This post will clear any doubts you may have on the rumoured Google sandbox filter or aging filter as it is often referred to.

So you’ve proudly published your new website, tweaked your code, got the CSS and the XHTML verified, and the influential Google rewards your new site with a relatively easy, decent search engine page rank … then in the blink of an eyelid your new site disappears off the Google search engine’s index!

Baffled? .. don’t be.. It may not be the awkward dance of the Googlebot.. instead Google just may have sandboxed your new web site.

As a follow on to the Marketing Defined blog’s previous post: Google delays page rank for new sites, is this excellent article ie. Has Google placed your new site in the sandbox?

Google’s Sandbox

If you pay any attention to the search engine optimization community, you have probably heard about Google’s sandbox. Knowing exactly what the sandbox is might be a little confusing, but it is an important concept to know if you hope to eventually be successful with Google.
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