Why my indexed pages decreased ? - Webmaster Forums UK SEO SEM Webmaster Community Forum

MeetHere · #1 (**permalink**) 02-19-2008, 01:18 PM

Hello

After creating my seocontest site, i got 8 pages indexed within 3 days .
but the very next day it became 1 and now only 3 pages.

I am sure i am not penalized as i did no link building or blackhat.

Anybody having same problem ?

OldWelshGuy · #2 (**permalink**) 02-19-2008, 02:00 PM

new sites will experience this as they will not propagate around all the datacentres. Don't worry about it

MeetHere · #3 (**permalink**) 02-19-2008, 02:10 PM

thanks owg.

Also, my rank was #69 and not >200 on google. is this the same Sandbox effect ?

OldWelshGuy · #4 (**permalink**) 02-19-2008, 02:24 PM

It isn't sandbox, it is just normal behaviour for a new unknown site. There will be a lot of people chasing this prize, so you can't expect to stand still and keep your ranking. It will get harder as the sheer volume increases.

MeetHere · #5 (**permalink**) 02-19-2008, 03:22 PM

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Also, my rank was #69 and not >200 on google. is this the same Sandbox effect ?

It should be Now

OK . I will need to work hard

MacTeP · #6 (**permalink**) 02-24-2008, 12:04 AM

wait few days

pogung177 · #7 (**permalink**) 02-28-2008, 09:01 PM

If you ever heard sandbox effect for new site (new domain) you will understand Google postpone same new pages on their data center, waiting for stable rank