For sandbox or not, you gotta know Google's algorithms. But now sandbox is not official information, so that it's impossible to check!
Yes, that makes no sense. Google ban you for the link or content on YOUR site, never for content or links in other site. Unless they think you are buying links, they will not punish you because som bad site link to yours. Also the "fast building theory" is not truth. I am a software developer, and when you release some new software, from one day to the next you get tons of new back links poiting to your site from every software repository on the web and Google is happy about that (rewards you), never get punished for a lot of links suddenly showing. Its only my point of view.
I use this free position finder tool to see the position of my website. It's pretty accurate till now.
If your site in the sandbox, maybe you just leave home page in seach engine, and decrease of the pages indexed in search engine!So we have to work hard to get reputation from good quality links to get out of sandbox!
Interesting post... When using the said sandbox tool, i am getting "For Keyword: online marketing Sorry we could not retrieve your results now due to search engine block, Please check Later" Ooopss
I read from the Internet that newly released Google application, names: Google Cafeine is discussing about sandbox briefly. You should check what Google Cafeine is. Perhaps it is the tool to check whether our blogs are in sandbox or not.
Do you really believe that there could be a tool that can tell you whether your site is in sandbox or not where the idea of sandbox is still under question. I think you need to concentrate on a proper logic of what can be practically possible and what not.
Finding out if your website is ‘Sandboxed' is quite simple. If your website does not appear in any SERPS for your target list of keywords, or if your results are highly depressing (ranked somewhere on the 40 th page) even if you have lots of inbound links and almost-perfect on-page optimization, then your website has been Sandboxed.
If your site in sandbox, google webmaster tools very helpful to get your site out of sandbox. It's work for me
There is no tool like sandbox checker.... The only way to get out of it is too build links in a steady way
This isn't a tool, there isn't one capable of performing the checks .... This is a checklist. I've posted it at my newcastle seo blog - Am I in the Sandbox?
I'm told that as I appear to have been put in the sandbox, i should just keep adding a bit of content daily and keep building links and site will come back out hwere it was or better - seems to make sense - any experience on this anyone? Cheers, Dave.