One of the bigger excuses reasons used by those who may not have the search engine presence they so desire is to blame something called a the sandbox effect.
Yahoo, MSN, Google Lost in a Sandbox
Seventy-two days ago Googlebot first showed up and crawled over 250 pages of a brand new domain in an experiment that has had an odd cartoonish character to it, where unexplained things happen with sometimes dark foreboding, a kind of Fantasia online.
Big Sandbox for Google, AskJeeves & Yahoo. MSN Indexes Quickest
Listing delays that have come to be called the Google Sandbox effect are actually true in practice at each of four top tier search engines in one form or another.
Playing in Googlebot’s Sandbox with Slurp, Teoma & MSNbot Spiders Display Distinctly Differing Personalities
There has been endless webmaster speculation and worry about the so-called “Google Sandbox” – the indexing time delay for new domain names – rumored to last for at least 45 days from the date of first “discovery” by Googlebot. This recognized listing delay came to be called the “Google Sandbox effect.”
Taking Advantage of Google’s Sandbox Effect
Most new sites submitted to Google (at least within the last year or so) encounter a peculiar phenomenon known as the “sandbox effect” within about 2 weeks to one month after appearing in the index.
Google Sandbox Mode Demythified
I have spent a lot of time reading search engine tricks and techniques. During this time one thing that kept reappearing is the idea of a sandbox mode. I wanted to experiment with driving traffic to a few sites through expert links so I decided to create a blog. I chose Google’s Blogger tool hoping that somehow it would give me a boost to Google rankings or a higher PR from that link.
Up the Sandbox!
Go to any internet marketing forum you want these days and one of the topics is sure to be whether or not there is a “sandbox” at Google where new sites are forced to come and play for 3-6 months before joining the ranks of ranked and searched results.
What is The Google Sandbox Effect?
In the age of fair competition you may find it hard to believe that a search engine may hinder the appearance of a new website.
Google “SandBox Effect” Revealed
I reported recently on a Google ranking phenomenon in which newly listed sites rank well for two to three weeks and then drop completely out of the top 1000. Often these newly dropped sites have high page rank and don’t show for even the least competitive of terms. Discuss the Sandbox Effect in WebProWorld.
MSN Sandbox Highlights Search Features
Eager to capitalize on the growing search engine industry, MSN, Microsoft’s web portal, has launched Sandbox. Sandbox is the testing ground for MSN technologies designed to provide a broader search engine presence.