How long is the google sandbox these days?

[BobGW]

Hello,

I'm putting up a new site for the first time in a while.

How long is the Google Sandbox these days, and what has changed about it. Before it was 6 months to 1 year long.

Thanks!

[Vegit]

There is a sandbox, and there will be chances to get hit by you, if you are competing for extreme competitive keywords. Then Google will put you under sandbox. As far as i heard on other forums, they got recovered from sandbox from 3-6 months.

[Mcarle]

Google no longer has a sandbox, Google also no longer has a quarterly "dance"

Currently a new site can be submitted and indexed in just a few hours.

You can submit direct using Google webmaster tools, and for extra juice I would get links to the site from another well trafficked site.

SERPS  show up instantly if a site is crawled fast enough, I have seen forums get indexed in five minutes from a first posting.

[GIGS20]

There is no exact time after which a site will get out of the sanbox affect. It can be 2 or 3 months, it depends how many quality link you are building on a monthly basis.

[EGOL]

I don't think that there is a sandbox.  A new site can be launched  and not have  any problems that people call a "sandbox".

I think that the problem is.... other websites scrape new content from you and post it on their site... then you  get filtered.  I think that has been happening for years but since nobody believes that is true they call it a "sandbox".

I know that this comment is going to get me a lot of thumbs down.