I have a newish site - about 7 months old - I have never optimised it but have done it recently. Its in dmoz and has lots of (lesser quality) links as well. It google webmaster tools its says its ranking at 20 for my keyword, but actually it doesnt appear at all - definately not in the top 100. When I search for my domain we are number 11. So am I right to think we are not banned? Is this a sandbox? Thanks FH
What is the URL of the site in question? Although the site is "7 months old", when was the home page indexed and then add 6 months. You may still be in it. But I doubt it. When you fill out a post, you need to supply more detail about what you need. What keyword?
different google datacenter will show different result unless your ranking is the same across all datacenter. hard to tell without the url