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KenNelson
08-14-2005, 11:53 AM
We have recently had to change the domain name for our web site (http://www.dining-out.co.za). We are in the top 3 for Yahoo.com and MSN.com however we are only visible on Google if you do a site search. I have heard about Google's Sandbox but hoped this would not affect us. We have 301 redirects to the new domain and notified all our link partners to update there links. The Google PR for the new domain is 5 and the Googlebot visits the Domain 100's of times per day.

Does anyone know how long we can expect to be left out of the Google results?

ReSiever
08-15-2005, 05:14 AM
Well, first thing i see when i look at the source of Default.asp is links.... Many links which i don't see when i look at the website.

Seems to me you're not playing by the rules and Google sees it. Maybe an automatic penalty has been given.

Try to remove those links (and other 'misleading' techniques if used) and wait for a couple of days (to get it spidered again) and see if Google takes away the Penalty..