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A couple of whys
There are so many unanswered questions in my head. And i can’t seem to find the answers; perhaps you can help me somehow.
Here are just a couple of the questions. I was wondering:
How to avoid and elude Google’s Sandbox
Whenever a new site is launched, Google tries to figure out what this new site is all about. He scans the content and the internal linkage but he can’t determine the site’s theme and topic from that alone. On the other hand, Google knows the authorities in each domain, so he will ask them for a helping hand. How? Through inbound links, links pointing from other sites towards yours. So, before a reasonable amount of quality links from authority pages is not attracted, the site will be sandboxed.
What does sandbox mean?
You can consider Google’s sandbox as an extended probation period for your site. A period given to you to prove you’re worthy. Basically, the sandbox is a penalty or devaluation in the Google SERPs of new sites. Most of the time this devaluation will effect only the competitive keywords targeted, as other long tails searches would do just fine and receive high SERPs positions.
Google Zeitgeist 2007 is here
Well, if you we’re looking for the most searched keywords and phrases on Google for 2007, the Zeitgeist (the spirit of the times) is here. A very valuable resource after the latest Top Yahoo 2007 Trends that was released a couple of weeks ago.
The results are somehow expected but these statistics are not so thorough as i would have hoped. Anyway, top 10 risings is dominated by iphone (globally, not just in the US - kudos to Apple for this), with other terms like Facebook, Youtube, Badoo, Hi5 (all of them social networks) and Second life and Penguin club (virtual worlds). What does this mean? People like to spend their time on the WEB more and more, and they like getting in touch with others while they’re doing this. Is it benefic? Well, i doubt it… I prefer the classic coffee chit chat. 
