Tulsa Website Design | What is Google’s Sandbox

by | Feb 6, 2021 | Website Design | SEO

Today we are talking about sandboxing and Tulsa website design.  No one wants to be sandboxed.  In this cancel culture that we live in today, it is all too familiar to see social media accounts being blocked.  There are good reasons why Google does this, but the slope is slippery.  Today we talk about what we call “black hat” SEO.  This is in complete opposition to “white hat” SEO.  We will define what a sandbox even is and how to stay out of it. 

Centupli is a Tulsa based website design company with a dedicated team of developers.  We want to build your website to the best of our ability.  That means full functionality of both page ranking and beauty. Nothing can separate your business from another faster than a good website. Stand out from the competition easily with a website that turns heads. For more information or to schedule an appointment call us at 918-218-2228 or email us at info@centupli.com

Black vs White Hat Defined

The term black hat defines search engine optimization methods that go against Google Terms of Service.  The whole point of black hat search engine optimization is doing things in a cheating way to rank higher in Google’s SERPs.  The opposite – white hat – is what Centupli does.  We put in the work writing articles, analyzing content, etc.

The Dangers of Black Hat

 As you might expect, there are some dangers to trying to “game the system”.  The biggest problem might be Google sandbox.  A sandbox in coding terms is a place where no one else can reach you. This is what we see happening to a lot of social media accounts.  You see Twitter, Facebook, etc. “sandboxing” accounts.  When you are sandboxed in effect the only way that people can reach your site is through your domain name.

People who know about your site and type your name like www.centupli.com will be able to reach you, but if you search for “Tulsa website design” you won’t see Centupli at the top.  

The Repercussions on your Tulsa Website Design

As you can image, this is exactly what you DON’T want to happen.  The whole point of your website is to rank high in search engines and be found by people.  The ironic thing is that many people find themselves in this situation after hiring someone to make their website rank higher in search results.  The problem is that you cannot snap your fingers and make your website rank high.  Instead, you simply have to put in the work to make it matter.  That is where Centupli comes in.

Centupli and Search Engine Optimization

Don’t allow a charlatan to tell you they can make you rank top in Google.  Usually they will start off telling you how “easy” it is.  They want you to think if you just pay them a specific amount of money you are guaranteed to rank high.  This just isn’t the case.  The market is more and more competitive.  It takes work.

For more information or to ask about our free website design prototype and SEO articles, call us at 918-218-2228 for more information.  As always this post is part of IT Insecurities and you can see more here