s there a Google sandbox? Yes? No? Whatever your view, most people in the SEM community agree that there is often a sandbox type effect. New domains can take a long time to rank in the SERPs, until they build up the required level of trust.
Andy Hagans has an
excellent post on how to aquire the necessary level of trust required in order to rank a new site in Google:
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As for what it is: The sandbox/Trustbox is a set of filters in Google’s search algorithm that together prevent new sites from ranking well until they gain trust. To gain perspective on this definition, you’ll need to understand the Link Algo Cycle™: