Hi Cormac
Hope you dont mind me pointing out one or two things:
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As you can see, there are approximately 31 pages of this website indexed by Google. This indicates that the domain is not Sandboxed. If the domain were Sandboxed then there would be a grand total of zero results.
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This is completely incorrect - if your pages aren't indexed they cannot be sandboxed. If you want to see if you are sandboxed the first thing to check is whether you are indexed. The site: operator is not affected by sandbox dampening. Then you need to try searching for unique strings contained in the page titles or text of those pages. Generally a site that is sandboxed wont rank for anything other than the most long tail queries, and perhaps the actual domain name.
Your points about domain registration duration and SSL have been validated in Google patents. 10yr registration will help.
The only true way to avoid the sandbox altogether is to get really great authority links pointed at the domain. As long as you have quality you dont need to worry about quantity (i.e. thousands of inbound links wont hurt at all if you have some well trusted authority links in the mix).
Nice article though
