Is There Still a Google Sandbox?

[usedcarforsale]

It is just about a year since we posted our poll on the Google Sandbox existing or not. The results back then had a lot of people saying it still existed on some level. Some said it no longer existed and some said it never existed.

I spotted a new WebmasterWorld thread with renewed discussion on the topic. The SEOs there are debating about if it exists now, did it ever, etc. I wanted to run a very short poll, the 2010 Google Sandbox poll. This poll has two answers, yes or no. If you think it never existed, answer no. If you think it doesn't exist now but did exist in the past, answer no. If you think it still exists on some level today, answer yes.


As I said before, but just so some of you have some history. The Google Sandbox goes back to April 2004. We first spotted it when I wrote New Sites = Poor Results in Google, then it became known as the Sandbox effect and had controversial definitions. Matt Cutts confirmed the sandbox existed, somewhat, in his Coffee Talk with Brett Tabke. But since then, we really did not discuss it much.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

[eyanharve]

yes still google sandbox available for spam website.

[flyingstone88]

But black hat can let spam website create value.

[seattleseo]

Yes the sandbox exists, although I would better describe it as the "trustbox". Do something sketchy (bad neighborhood link, excessive pings, too many new links, etc) can put you in the sandbox.

[mypaperplates2]

Google sandbox is a myth around. There is no such thing. Google sometimes penalize some sites but it does that for some serious reasons. That's what I can say here.

[SexyTracey]

it's actually still an open discussion... Google have been silent on the subject of this sandbox, and its existence is only speculative. Some SEO practitioners maintain that no new site will rank properly until after a set time has passed because of it. The length of that time is the subject of hot debate amongst sandbox believers too, as are the exact effects of being placed in the sandbox in the first place. Most agree that the sandbox sentence lasts for six to nine months, but beyond that it’s all open for debate.

[robinjackman]

google sandbox for put spamming website into google sandbox.