I've been complaining about Google's sandbox about as long as I've had this blog. Today I'll complain about my English grammar forum and how it's #3 for allinanchor:learn english grammar online but not in the top 100 in the search results.
The forum was started around June and got it's initial PR very quickly. I haven't been adding many links, but there have been a few. There has been lots of fresh content; The forum is up to 400+ members and 1200+ posts.
It's detail page in my langauge directory is #30 (which again shows that WSN links is a good value directory). The link pages ranking higher than the site is a classic sandbox indicator.
Anyway, how to beat the sandbox: Buy the domain, set up some content and get a few links 6 months to a year before you plan to officially launch the site. Maybe an obscure link from the bottom of one of your old blog entries or a contnet page with PR that doesn't see much traffic anymore. Maybe a few paid directories, especially one that promises money back if your site isn't accepted.
Make Google think you're an old timer when you're ready to begin.
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