I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has helped me and answered my questions over the last few months. I released my site 3 days ago (brand new URL) and after 3 days I come at the top of Google for slight variations on my main keywords! 
Iām quite surprised, I only have a handful of inbound links - but the way Iāve laid out the site seems to have made a huge difference. Thank you! 
Nice one thetafferboy83!!
Can you let us know if your rankings change in google? It will give us some real world data re the āgoogle ageing delayā
i donāt expect there to be any ageing filter, because from what iāve read it normally only applies to websites such as loans etc, where there is a high instance of spamming/black hatā¦ there would be no need for such methods in the area i am targetting, because there is generally not enough revenue in itā¦ it is still fairly competitve i come top of google for āmyspace + keywordā 
The way I understood it was that new sites rank fairly well, even for competitive keywords but for a short period only, before disappearing into oblivion for up to a year.
This is an excellent opportunity to test the theory (and I hope Iām wrong!)
me too 
Iāll let you know how it goes!
How did it go
I am ranking quite high so far on one keyword, want variations to start filtering through but I am up on page 1, pos 2. Granted itās not a competetive keyword all in all but itās local.
My site has moved up on a daily basis for the 1st 7 days, new domain name and itās still there after 1 month I think
so how did you goā¦did it drop out of SERPS
2 thingsā¦
1/ the thread is from 2006
2/ thetafferboy83 is a non-member now so he wont be able to replyā¦!