renee - 5:20 pm on Oct 4, 2004 (gmt 0)

>>Back off topic then. I don't believe anyone has had any problems getting sites indexed.

let me repeat. if my theory is correct, the problem is getting sites into the MAIN INDEX. just like pages in the supplemental index are in the "index" but do not rank. why is this so difficult to understand?

once you accept that the sandbox is a separate index (JUST LIKE the supplemental index) then all the symptoms fall into place!