I've been in the sandbox for 11 months, I know that is not a new length of time by any means. But we sit and wait when perhaps is there a chance we're killing ourselves just waiting and we're actually in some penalty we need to fix? As far as I can tell I have a great site equal to my competitors with great optimization. I work harder on it than any other site to fight the sandbox. Not only is it about my favorite subject but it's become my life, and I'm so distraught.
Anyway, I guess what brings me to write right now is that reading here I read these tips and stuff that don't fit my site.
1) Typing
www.sitename.com - my site doesn't come up for this!! Should I be worried? I'm on the second to last page for my site name + 2 keywords (there aren't many pages now because all the spam has been removed, I have lots of junk sites referring to me but if you visit, all that text is hidden. this worries the carp out of me but I read on a forum that other sites can't hurt me.)
2) Allintitle and allinurl and allintext - I don't come up! Not even for my site name!
3) Using this service: Google Search without Filter
Search Google without filters.
I don't come up. Well if I search for my site name + 2 key words, I am on the last page, 7. Is this tool really supposed to work? I understand at any time Google can fix these holes, but I haven't read anything.
Ahhh!!!