Google Sandbox: What it does and How to deal with it

A lot of people heard of Google Sandbox but still doesn’t know what it does. Google is having problem controlling spam sites because of the sudden increase of websites on the Internet and that’s when Google Sandbox was created.

Google Sandbox is the place where your new sites will be. It will stay there for 3 months or more while quality is being checked. This is another way of Google to control those spam sites.


Google Sandbox has not been that successful so far since even good sites are being placed there. The goal of the Google Sandbox is to stop spam sites so that they will not rank high in the SERPS to maintain the quality of results the Google provides.

Reasons why a website is in the Google Sandbox

• Website is not indexed by Google (but may have page rank)
• May have good rankings and enough inbound links but will still have a hard time ranking for primary keywords
• Website has no existence in Google Index

Ways to get your site out of the Google Sandbox

• Increase the number of backlinks
• Make your site more seo-friendly
• Add more unique and good content