SEO tips = better search engine ranking

Sandbox effect timing

I just wrote about the Google sandbox effect, but there's something else worth mentioning. I started this site, www.travel-plan-idea.com, and www.stock-market-idea.com at about the same time: January 2004. As I mentioned the travel site has been hit the hardest. Then the stock market site.

What about this site? Let's compare Google results for an allinanchor search with Google results from a regular Google search:

allinanchor:free seo = 7 / regular search = 5
allinanchor: seo tips = 5 / regular search = 6
allinanchor: free seo tips = 1 / regular search = #1 (and #2)
allinachor: better search engine rankings = 2 / regular search = 29

Now I should note that these are not get rich quick keywords. seo tips is the one bringing in the most traffic (about 1 visitor/day). Still there's a big difference between the sandbox effects on my different sites.