BeeDeeDubbleU - 7:16 am on Aug 3, 2005 (gmt 0)

Just because everyone says the earth is flat, it doesn't necessarily mean it is flat.

Just because Shafaki says that there is no sandbox doesn't necessarily mean that there is no sandbox. Here are the nine positive statements that Shafaki made about this ...

1. There is not such thing as sandbox any more. 2. In the past, a search engine used to 'penalize' a site for it being new. 3. This kind of 'descrimination' against new sites was the norm and only the older more established sites got the high recognition from Google and others. 4. It has been a while now since Google realized this was hurting its searches and has introduced new tweaks to its ranking algo to counteract this 'descrimination'. 5. Now, new sites actually get kind of a boost once they are first indexed. 6. After an initial test, Google sees if that boost is well deserved or not. 7. If, according to search patterns by searchers, Google finds that indeed the site deserves good ranking, it preserves the ranking and may even increase it with time. 8. If however the site turned out to be a failure as determined by search patterns, then Google dumps it low in its search results after having given it its initial chance. 9. No more sandbox crap talk again please. New sites actually get a boost in the new ranking algo of Google, but if they are not up to it, they fall deep down in SERPs.

Now here is the evidence presented by Shafaki ...

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