BeeDeeDubbleU - 10:47 pm on Mar 14, 2005 (gmt 0)

Persoanlly, it seems doubtful that G would 'penalize' all or most sites based on launch date. Nah, it's algorithmic. ;-)

I still believe that this is related to launch date. If it were algorithmic would it not be applied to all sites as opposed to just those launched after Feb 04?

Also, if it were algorithmic it would not affect all (or almost all) new sites. I have launched a couple of non-commercial sites that appear to be well and truly sandboxed. As far as I know many other similar sites are in the same boat.