What is Google Sandbox in SEO?

[jame91]

The Google Sandbox is an alleged filter placed on new websites.

 

[garyyharmon]

The Google Sandbox is very similar to a new website being placed on probation, and kept lower than expected in searches, prior to being given full value for its incoming links and content.

 

[Radhika Wadhwa]

possibly to put off spam sites from rising quickly, getting banned, and repeating the process.

 

[itabhyas]

The Google sandbox refers to a commonly held belief that Google has a filter that places all new websites under restrictions for a certain amount of time to prevent them from ranking in searches.