What is meant by `sites sandboxed'?

It might be too basic a question.. but i need to begin..

[Purva]

What do they mean when they say "my site is sandboxed'? what are its implications? Is it good, bad or a natural occurane/set back? How can one deal with it. How to find it if my sites are sandboxed? Too many questions i know, but i need them answered or directed to where i can find these answers to. Thanks guys! Someone please take time out to reply to it.

[mack]

The term "Sandboxed" is like a lag period. It is the time it takes for a brand new site to become searchable in Google.

This tends to vary greatly depending on how competative your key terms are. In not very competative terms I have been able to get sites wel indexed within weeks, for more competative terms it can often take as long as 3-4 months.

Mack.

[Ameriman]

Started a new site about 7-15-05.. was searchable almost immediately for a non competitive term... as of 9-4-05 still waiting on the ones optimized for...

[ezyid]

put site up Jan 05 still waiting for terms optimized for................

[dkin]

how do you optimize for terms? I have a gaming site but all my content is based on what game publishers send me.