Has the Sandbox been Abandoned?

[phantombookman]

Sorry to start a new thread but felt it may warrant it.

I have been posting in favour of the Sandbox's existence and I have 2 sites firmly stuck in the sand!

However...
2 weeks ago I registered a brand new domain and started to build a new site. I knew it would be at least 6 months before anything happened but..

This morning it entered the index for the first time - straight on page one for a one word search (a town, granted only 194,000 matches) but none the less the last 2 sites still cannot achieve similar results after 6 months.

Also preliminary early pages ranking very well
The site has only one incoming link, no adsense, banners or anything, vanilla html etc.

Built as per my last 2 sites so clearly something has changed!
Regards and hope to all
Rod

[BroadProspect]

BUT , if adsense price and $$$ are the issue why does the sandbox applies also to pharma and gambling terms which google does not sell ads for them ....
/BP

[hdpt00]

They still sell ads for those. Search for a common prescription, it'll have some ads, maybe even some lawsuit ads if you're lucky.

[nuevojefe]

<quote>CF
ps Div01's DARN GOOD QUESTION :: When are the insiders eligible to sell shares?

</quote>

Google insiders will be able to sell 269.9 million shares within the first six months of the stock trading.

They were able to start selling some shares (4.6 million) as soon as 15 days after the initial public offering and an even greater number (39 million) after 90 days.

Usually, the so-called lock-up period lasts 180 days.

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BroadProspect,

Not siding with or against the theory but perhaps because it's easier to keep the formula simple that way and besides it doesn't negatively affect them just because they don't sell AdWords (not saying they really don't...) for certain terms.

Besides, these areas are probably prone to being manipulated with the SEO trick de jour and providing a little extra stabilization in them might not be such a bad idea in Google's eyes.

[Tigrou]

To my "new boss" - thanks. That's actually very helpful info.

hdpt00 - I agree that complex results can originate from a few simple axioms. The movement of a flock of birds, or school of fish, look highly organised but really just originate from 3 very simple rules.

I've personally held the revenue theory as a "possible" for a while but outside of a select few, who really knows? It may or may not be correct. But it is a framework for thinking about what may be correct.

CF

[div01]

finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=GOOG

Check some of the transactions from this month...mind-boggling numbers.

[airpal]

finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=GOOG
Check some of the transactions from this month...mind-boggling numbers.

John: Hi, this is John.
Stock Broker: Hi John, how can I help you?
John: When GOOG hits about 172, do me a favor and sell about a billion dollars' worth of my shares?
Stock Broker: You got it, take care.

17-Nov-04 DOERR, L JOHN
Director 5,780,387 Disposition (Non Open Market) at $172.545 per share. $997,376,874

[nuevojefe]

You're quite welcome Tigger

[Tigrou]

nuevojefe - very off topic, but I'm impressed you knew the Tigrou means Tigger in French. (The English version of Tigger was gone when I got here.)