Sandbox Clarity

Well, I got an answer as to PR's relationship to the sandbox: There is none.....this is unfortunate, since I thought Pin Bottle was out with it's newly aquired Page Rank, but when searching for Pin Bottle in G, it's clear that we're still sandboxed (since we're nowhere to be found for competitive keywords). As far as getting out, we'll just have to wait. To speed up the process, I'm going to fix this blog's archive situation (we were archiving pages daily, which was creating duplicate content), and continue to play by the SEO rules to make sure we're not seen as a spam site (which is the #1 way of getting out).

Data centers are back to showing a PR of 2, so the fluctuation continues. Traded some links with a few sites today. Hopefully the back-links will get indexed....

Next up, applying to DMOZ as an editor to speed up the inclusion process. I've applied for site inclusion without a response (which isn't unusal for these people) so I figured this may be an alternative way of getting in. The fact that they take so long is disturbing, given the weight of the back-link that's gained once your in. Seems a little unfair that it should be determined by the luck of who your categories editors are, but that's life I guess.