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excuses reasons used by those who may not have the search engine presence they so desire is to blame something called a the sandbox effect.
In fact, yesterday's Danny Sullivan says and in the mind of many who debate these topics, the sandbox effect has become synonym for "I'm not ranking well in Google". For the record, Google has never admitted they have a sandbox.
However, now there's talk about Yahoo possibly having a sandbox as well. According to Danny's post on the SEW blog, here, here for starters) have been discussing the same condition existing, or perhaps being developed for Yahoo Search. Currently, those covering the potential development haven't seen enough evidence to support or deny the existence of a Yahoo sandbox.
Most pundits credit the sandbox effect to algorithm changes and updates that can weigh sites differently, causing their search ranking performance to fall short of expectations. Conversely, there are some who think that once a site starts performing respectably, their site has been removed from an engine's sandbox, even though none of the engines in question have ever confirmed (or denied) their existence.
When you consider the fact that Yahoo just Murdok. Visit Murdok for the
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