Is there really a need for a sandbox? I mean, why should a new page be penalized. New pages should at least show up in the search engine, but perhaps lower in the SERPS until links (votes) to said pages are updated and the pages keep climbing. And this is Microsoft, they have the resources to create one. It's whether or not they chose to do it. It seems to me that anchor text and spam links are what are causing the pages to rank so high. I'd say wait until the engine matures and the algo is tweaked after it goes live to get a less spammy result.
I like it right now, I am doing so well and my back links are way way more than googles. Hope it stays the same
I am very pleased with the results I'm getting from the MSN preview. Got many first page positions, several on top. No. 15 for the highly competitive keyphrase "Webmaster Resources". I wish they will keep the present algo when it goes live Regarding the IBLs reported, I Love It. Stupid G reports only 42 BLs for webresource dot org. MSN preview reports 10,328. TLDTrader dot com has only 33 IBLs reported by G, MSN returns 5,750 C'mon MSN, make me happy
And for those on a sitewide link exchange, the "site:www.yourlinkpartner.com link:www.yourdomain.com" command shows the number of pages where your links are