What's a sandbox?

netgal06 · #1 (**permalink**) 30th August 2006, 10:57 PM

Can someone please explain to me what a ‘sandbox’ is? I’ve come across this term in seo and similar articles, but there never is an explanation and to what it is concerns. Thanks in advance

humpty · #2 (**permalink**) 11th September 2006, 08:27 AM

did you try googling it up?
or wikipedia.com

both are great resources, else, go to answers.yahoo.com and you're bound to get some ideas there lol

backstage · #3 (**permalink**) 14th September 2006, 06:11 AM

If you are to lazy to doit yourself , here's some some definitions that might help you.:lol:

In computer security, a sandbox is a security mechanism for safely running programs. It is often used to execute untested code, or programs from unverified third-parties, suppliers and untrusted users.

The Sandbox Effect is a theory used to explain certain behaviours observed with some Internet search engines. The Sandbox Effect is a topic of hot debate among those interested in search engines and search engine optimisation and there are many different opinions about it, including the view that the Sandbox Effect doesn't actually exist and that the search ranking behaviours can be explained by sound mathematical principles, as opposed to a decided Google policy.

Although certain details of the Sandbox Effect are disputed by webmasters, there is general agreement that the Sandbox only applies to search results from Google, and that results from other search engines such as Yahoo or MSN are not affected.

mini_0 · #4 (**permalink**) 13th May 2007, 03:06 PM

Most of the webmasters with new competitive websites would really hate this effect . There are many tips available that wil help you to avoid this effect . Best way to escape from sandbox is to target less competitive keywords. Websites that get into sandbox are sites which target highly competitive keywords. If you target less competitive keywords or long phrases then your chances of getting sandboxed is very less.Only newly created domains get into sandbox. So try to buy old domains or domains that have recently expired. This is the easiest technique to avoid google sandbox. On the whole sometimes , I thknk even deserving sites might get into the sanbox because of the newness .