aris1970 - 2:30 pm on Jun 27, 2005 (gmt 0)

Hi all, I think that what we call "sandboxed site" should be defined better.

I know people that start a website i.e. with the name/title "About Blue Widgets" and they report that their site is sandboxed because it is not on the top of 10,000,000 results when they search for their... site name "About Blue Widgets"...

Generally, I believe that "sandbox" exist as it should be in the real world but is NOT applied to ALL the sites under the same weight/timeframe. It does depend on topic, content quality and - of course! - backlinks.

I think that many people believe in "sandbox" as they try to find something as THE official reason that their sites are not on top of SERPs.

I have created several websites for competitive keywords (like "About Blue Widgets") within the last few months, but I would never expect them to be on the top for my site... name so soon.

On the contrary if you develop a website with the name "BlueWidgetAccessoriesAndResources", I am sure that the so called "sandbox" with your site name will be minimum.

Maybe it sounds that I am a fan of sandbox :)
I am not, but I prefer to be realistic indeed.