how to know if a site is sandboxed?

qxxxp

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May 3, 2009

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Hi *

my site was #1 (on page 1) for 2 months, then since 1 week it dropped to 2.. (google results 13.000.000)

ok, I started to build some links last week, not too much, maybe 50, comment spam and social links - and today it dropped to ~700. wtf? am I sandboxed or something? how can I tell? I heard that if you are sandboxed the site lands somewhere on page 30 (position 300)....

the domain is 3m old.

 

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digga

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You might build links to fast.
I am not an expert regarding sandboxes, but it seems to me that your site is in it.
One of my hubpages lost ranking after I pinged the site. Did you ping your site?

 

qxxxp

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digga said:

Did you ping your site?

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of course ..

 

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digga

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qxxxp said:

of course ..

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Well...that may be the reason

 

dynander

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if you see your site when you do site:domain in google, it's because you're not in sandbox.

Google Dance Probably it what's happening to you

 

qxxxp

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I dont think if the site is sandboxed it wont appear in site:bla.com ... it is in the index, just miles miles away from the top.
how do I know if google is dancing?

 

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sakuragi1475

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yes. i guess sandbox means your site won't be on the search engine results at all. perhaps you were just penalized for doing something?