Ever since the Google sandbox was uncovered about a year and a half ago, there has been a growing number of questions about how it all works. Let me try to clear up some of the most common questions.
1: What is the Google Sandbox aka: aging delay?
The major consensus is that it is a filtering process for new domains. It prevents deposable sites from being created with spam techniques for short term success by not allowing the new domains to rank for several months.
2: How long will a new site be in the "sandbox"?
Most research is showing that you will be in this delay for 6-8 months. New research has shown it can take up to 10-12 months.
3: How can sites get out of the sandbox faster?
One of the best and most widely accepted steps is to build natural inbound links form relevant authority sites. Try to gain links from .orgs, .edu or well aged domain with similar topic theme. This is not easy, but can be done. Start off by submitting to Dmoz.org.
Provide free and useful information that will generate possible link popularity. This way you might not have to hunt for quality links, but have them come to you instead.
The Simple Time Factor
One of the newer theories out there is that you can not really do anything to speed up the process. It is a simple matter of when Google does there next algorithm update. After this it is said that new sites are released from the filter. Of course the time you are seen compared to when the next update is might be the deciding factor of if it is 6 months or 10 or more months.
Whatever it may be, simple keep building relevance with your site and try to make it the best resource for its subject matter and you will rank in time.
Learn More: Rand Fishkin from seomoz.org talks about the Google Sandbox
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