Comments on: How Long Can a Google Sandbox Last?

By: Denver SEO

Denver SEO — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:07:44 +0000

Getting thrown into the sandbox seems to be the obligatory penalty that Google makes most new sites go through. I just kept setting links and working with the site and in about three weeks it came back up to top five for my preferred keyword phrase.

Those were a difficult three weeks and it felt more like the penalty box than the sandbox.

By: Cristian

Cristian — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:30:08 +0000

Yes, Google can use the sandbox as a penality for even older sites that conduct shady conduct like:

1. high numer of links aquired in a short period of time followed by extended periods of time with little to no link building activity;

2. massive infusion of content, also done in an unconsistent manner.

I don’t agree with Google sandbox being an initial period when the newly lauched site waits to be crawled and indexed.

Like Ann said above, this can happen quite fast, but due to its lack of authority Google places it on a probation period, without any ranking power.

Cheers,
Cristian

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:04:45 +0000

Tell me about it. We changed our domain with links from the old .com domain and wham bang thank you sandbox.

By: nfljersey

nfljersey — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:44:42 +0000

It hard to get out .take too much time.

By: TheFreeSite

TheFreeSite — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:45:18 +0000

Tell me about it, i submitted thefreesite manually and even though it has 6- pr6 links linking to it, it still hasn’t been indexed after 8 months.

By: Soap Dispensers

Soap Dispensers — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:43:00 +0000

The best thing to do is not to submit your site, if you submit your site manually google can take anywhere up to 8 months and more to index.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:32:55 +0000

Interesting article. Google changes are constant and you never know when the next one will hit and affect you.

Sometimes I think the Sandbox though is misconstrued as an algorithm change… those too are constantly occurring.

By: Ann Smarty

Ann Smarty — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:43:44 +0000

@Max, I am afraid what you are asking for is hardly possible. No one knows the exact time…

By: Max

Max — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:06:54 +0000

Is there like an estimated time table of how long a new site may be in the ‘sandbox’? Thanks!

By: entertainmenttodayandbeyond

entertainmenttodayandbeyond — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:53:56 +0000

The sandbox is both real and frustrating. Ive started a Movie and TV blog site over 3 months ago and Im stuck in it. Since Google can be 90% of every sites traffic, it wears on your patience.