Stupid sandbox. My website, link in sig (first one), is in the sandbox NO DOUBT. It ranks well in many searches for social networking (word) and social bookmarking (word), BUT only the homepage and forum come up. No pages are getting search results. They are being indexed, but not getting results. Very few pages are, like I have to type in my domain name and type a very specific word that would HAVE to be on its own page. It sort of annoys me because I could be performing so much better. I've been working hard on this site and Google is being mean to the new kids on the block I know I have to do the time. Would a page rank update possible help me get out of the sandbox if I have enough links, pages, and strong backlinks?
I don't think that a PR update would have any effect. As you said, you just have to be patient. Google has its own schedule for doing things.
social bookmarking is a competitive area. If you search for words in your domain name and your site comes up it is possible that your problem is low ranking due to competition, not to sandbox. just a thought, not a statement
Would there be a way to check? Its not low ranking, many of them are first page results. Its the fact that the pages aren't results, just the forum index and the site index itself. THAT is sandbox, is it not?
I think you should see if your other pages have a good pagerank. I suggest you to acquire more deep links.