You may have already heard or read about Google’s latest patent application regarding “information retrieval based on historical data”, but if you’re like me, you probably didn’t bother to read it all.

Patents are not easy to read, that’s for sure!

I had skimmed it and glanced at a few forum posts and articles that discussed it, but until today, I hadn’t actually read it completely.

I wasn’t surprised about the stuff in the patent that corresponded with Google’s aging delay and its “sandbox” as I had already seen a lot of discussion on this.

For those who aren’t familiar with the aging delay and the sandbox, you’ll want to note that there is a lot of disagreement over what causes a site to be thrown in the sandbox. However, based on my own observations and the experiences of some trusted SEO friends, it’s my belief that the sandbox is basically a purgatory database where Google places certain URLs based on a variety of predetermined criteria.

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