Google ranking and allinanchor results

[CainIV]

Lately I have been seeing competitor websites with a very low number of incoming links (as measured using link: in MSN) beating out one of my websites for allinanchor: keyword.

I haven't used this feature much lately, but am wondering if others use allinanchor often and if they might notice this? Is the allinanchor still accurate, and does the results from a quey using it change if a site is sandboxed or penalized in some fashion?

[alphacooler]

In my niche I've seen the allinanchors mirror the serps pretty darn well. Unless of course you are being filtered (sandbox).

[ulysee]

I'm seeing spam sites with no links on any search engine rank high for allinanchor.

[CainIV]

Unless of course you are being filtered (sandbox).

Thanks guys, and this was what I was getting at to the tee. Do filtered or sandboxed sites show poorly for allinchor: searches for their main keywords?