How long can one expect to stay in the google sandbox for?
I could swear that one of my sites has been in it for 7 months- isnt this too long?

7 months is a bit long. Maybe its a very competitive market you are in?
It really greatly depends on how much competition your website has.

Yes competition is a big factor.
Also the domain, is it brand new or an old domain?

yes it was in a niche that has alot of websites, perhaps thats why i waited 7 months.
Is there anything i can do to get it out of the sandbox?

Sort of. If you have some high pr links pointnig to your site, you are likely to get spidered early.
Try posting something at craigslist.com - its a great way to get a very high PR link.

ok i will try that, thanks alot
Looks like it could be costly getting out of the sandbox..

Gosh! 7 months??? I had one site that was in the sandbox for 3 mos. it was torture. I have another site that hasn't hit the sandbox. Knockon wood--I'm hoping it doesn't ever.

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OK, this may sound like a stupid question....but what is the sandbox??? and how do you know if your site is in it???

Hey Art you didmot know the Sandbox.?
You can say it a reservoir for google ,inwhich you submit your site for google ranking.

I didnt know what it wa called. i just thought it got dumped. I redid it thougha few times and finally it showed up. Then I dumped my website and strated anew, and low and behold it was there. I guess it depends.
I found that just continually doing it that eventually youll get there. Also I found but I cant remember where a spider that goes directly into google and others and always shows up.