2by4 - 8:19 pm on Mar 14, 2005 (gmt 0)

Caveman, thanks for the in depth response, too much to cover right now, food for thought. I considered the 'sandbox' as a function of the algo, given that it applies to new domains, seems like there would have had to be the addition of a 'new domain' type flag that would cover sites, not just pages.

Re: ut that is not at issue here. The well defined topic of this thread is: Does the "Sandbox" Only Affect Phrases Containing Popular Words?

I have to admit, I read the linked to item, and the argument was to me so weak it wasn't really worth talking that much more about. Plus I could see with a single counter example that this didn't appear to be correct. Say: kw1 kw2 kw3 versus kw1 kw4 kw3, both containing common keywords, one was 'sandboxed', or 'algoed' if you prefer that term, the other was not. Didn't read it that close, but really seemed like the author went a bit overboard on his assumptions, there could have been much simpler explanations.