Website not being indexed?

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Website not being indexed?

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dailypress

9:09 pm on Jan 18, 2007 (gmt 0)

I read the Robot.txt thread and someone suggested to upload a sitemap and robot.txt file.

I have already done so and my website still does not show up. I upload the file about 2 months ago and have had the domain for over 5 months.

It is a one page website with some content. Although I have linked to it from 2 of my other websites and have already submitted it to Google it is not showing up! When I search for www.mywebsite.com my other two websites show up + other proxy spam websites!

Also my PR is 0/10 and the PR toolbar is not gray!

any clues what the symptom could be?

monkeythumpa

9:53 pm on Jan 18, 2007 (gmt 0)

A 1 page site is a weak site. Write 99 more pages about your subject and you should start to see results.

dailypress

10:29 pm on Jan 18, 2007 (gmt 0)

So you're saying the issue is the number of pages? I would understand why the PR is low but I would think it should show up on a Google search.
but thanks for the suggestion,.

monkeythumpa

4:45 pm on Jan 19, 2007 (gmt 0)

I would say size is your main problem. You are probably combating some penalties from the age of the pages. Your pages will not reach their full potential for about 3 months after you launch them.

wolfadeus

4:28 pm on Jan 21, 2007 (gmt 0)

I disagree, I have a domain with one page content and one link from another site - took a few weeks, but it is clearly indexed (PR 0, but at least it's there).

pageoneresults

4:51 pm on Jan 21, 2007 (gmt 0)

I disagree, I have a domain with one page content and one link from another site - took a few weeks, but it is clearly indexed (PR 0, but at least it's there).

The bots will index just about anything.

That page ranking is a totally different aspect.

Typically, one page wonders don't rank. If they do, there are most likely thousands and thousands of links pointing at it.

1 page in a sea of billions and billions of pages? Your chances of ranking are probably equivalent to that of hitting the lottery. ;)

FalseDawn

11:05 pm on Jan 21, 2007 (gmt 0)

I believe the issue is that when the _actual domain name_ is searched for, then the site does not show up, as the OP mentioned.

Normally, if you type in the domain name, the SE will return a link to the actual domain as first on the list.

Ranking for other keywords is a whole different ball game.

Try submitting your site to various free directories. 2 months is too early to get worried.

centime

11:44 pm on Jan 21, 2007 (gmt 0)

hi dailypress

try typing in

site:www.mywebsite.com

if you're in the index it should show up, if it doesn't show, try

site:mywebsite.com

if you still don't see your page, then you're probably not indexed at all

just typing in www.mywebsite.com is insuffient to check for indexing

you must use the

site:

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