Sandbox?

[gilbertimlay]

G'day to everyone,

I m totaly confused to sandbox topic, can anyone tell me....following.

What is the Sandbox?
Why Does the Sandbox Exist?
How Does This Affect My Website?
Is My Website in the Sandbox?
Is There A Way to Get Out of the Sandbox?

thnx in advance.

[ctabuk]

Never mind the sandbox - If I see those links again you and the other posters using them they will be banned.

[kenneth.robert]

Hi,
A sandbox is a testing (or virtual) environment that isolates untested code changes and outright experimentation from the production environment or repository, in the context of software development including web development and revision control, and by extension in web-based editing .

[terryson01]

Google's sandbox is a relatively new filter that appeared to be put in place back in March of 2004. The sandbox filter seems to affect nearly all new websites placing them on an initial "probation" status. The effect of this is that new websites may get into Google's SERP's (search engine results pages) relatively quickly and may even perform well for a couple of weeks. When the filter is applied to the new website it is referred to as being put in the "sandbox". The new website will still show in the result pages, but it will not rank well regardless of how much original, well optimized content and regardless of how many quality inbound links the site may have. The filter restrains new websites from having immediate success in the search engine result pages.

[acwebguru]

Thanks for the informations guys.

[kgun]

Advice:

Try this Google search before you ask a question.

KW site:www.webproworld.com

more precisely

sandbox site:www.webproworld.com

4090 hits !

or even more restricted:

"what is the sandbox" site:www.webproworld.com

3 hits.

[erikko]

is it still alive or not