being sandboxed... that just means google isn't ranking you for keywords correct? I'm ranked #3 on one of my targeted keywords on one of my new sites... but it still has a zero PR and no backlinks showing through google (I should have a few dozen solid one's). Site is a few months old. Am I being paranoid?
Take a look at: http://www.webpronews.com/ebusiness/sitepromotion/wpn-3-20040826WhatisTheGoogleSandboxEffect.html http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/searchinsider/wpn-49-20040506GoogleSandBoxEffectRevealed.html
google does not display all the reported backlinks for your site..check your backlinks on msn since yahoo now I think is not also showing all the links. see here and we still have to wait for the next pr update for your site to have a pr.. also this one