I'm pr0 in the directory.

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I'm pr0 in the directory.

zsalmon

4:25 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

On the google directory I'm now second from the bottom for my category. Now I have a PR of 0. Do you think I'm being penalized, or is it due possibly to a time when my server was down and googlebot could not spider?

ALSO! What does it mean if my home page has a PR of 0. But all the inside pages have a PR?

Thanks,
Zach

[edited by: Brett_Tabke at 10:28 am (utc) on Nov. 4, 2002]

fathom

5:21 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

You have somehow deleted your open <html> and have 2 close </html>

According to Googlebot I will assume it thinks the page does not exist.

You also have an extra open <body> that is not required.

Also when I click from other pages bac to your home page the PR4 is present. Fix the <html> problems and I believe everything will be fine.

[edited by: fathom at 5:26 am (utc) on Nov. 3, 2002]

zsalmon

5:24 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

Ok, I'll fix that! But google just spidered my site at my old hosting place (http://store.yahoo.com/storename) So they are basing PR and everything on my old site!

Thanks,
Zach

[edited by: Marcia at 5:36 am (utc) on Nov. 3, 2002]

zsalmon

5:30 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

If you go to store.yahoo.com/storename I have a PR of 3.

But then www.storename.com has a PR of 0

Does that mean my domain name has been penalized?

Thanks,
Zach

[edited by: Marcia at 5:35 am (utc) on Nov. 3, 2002]

fathom

5:31 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

As you appear "not" to have any outgoing links to "bad" sites and Google/DMOZ listings are shared by many others, I suspect the PR0 is from very limited inbounds links.

Recommend start getting more.

zsalmon

5:34 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

Thanks for the quick reply, I've had a PR of 4 for over a year! And this last month I was accepted to Looksmart, MSN, Zeal etc. But those site are not yet seen on my backlinks!

Thanks,
Zach

Marcia

5:39 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

>>google just spidered my site at my old hosting place

zsalmon, sometimes it just takes Googlebot a while to catch up when a site changes location. Make sure links are pointing to you correctly, and just as an added measure, check the PR of pages containing links to you.

As fathom suggested, continue to get good inbound links, and if you're currently hosting with a unique IP number, you might do a submission using the IP number - and/or get an inbound link with the new IP number (won't work with virtual name-based hosting). It's nothing dodgy, it's just like making sure the post office delivers your mail to the right address.

[edited by: Marcia at 5:52 am (utc) on Nov. 3, 2002]

zsalmon

5:41 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

Thanks again! Will do! (How will google know that that new ip address is connected to my domain name)

Any explanation for the difference of PR between my domain name and the store.yahoo.com/storename?

Thanks again,
Zach

Marcia

5:45 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

The difference could be accounted for by a different number of links being counted. I don't think we can know for sure, but with a change of hosting arrangements confusion is possible. I'd check ALL outbound and inbound links out and give it until next update before getting overly worried.

Someone else may have more insight, but I see the timing of a hosting change as a bad time to jump to any hasty conclusions unless there's good reason found to.

fathom

5:48 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

Can't be certain. Since you have suggested your domain is new, and the store is older, there maybe links to the store that are not directed to your domain.

I would think that when Googlebot revisits your site it will likely have some PR, and probably PR4 on your homepage.

There is no guarantees how googlebot would have interpreted the errors on the page. Be patience.

[edited by: fathom at 5:51 am (utc) on Nov. 3, 2002]

zsalmon

5:50 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

I've had this domain for over a year, I just changed the DNS servers to point to my new hosting provider!

Thanks fathom and marcia,
Zach

Marcia

5:54 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

Glad to help out Zach, keep us posted after the next update.

zsalmon

6:15 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

My new host tells me my ip address is - [207.150.221.95...]

This is not a unique ip address. As marcia said above I should submit my ip address so should I find a new hosting provider?

And good recommendations for hosting providers with Frontpage support?

Thanks,
Zach

ikbenhet1

6:29 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

I really don't want to contradict, but i have a url indexed in google that has no <html> or <body> tags at all with a pr5. I doubt that this is causing the problems.

Marcia

6:41 am on Nov 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

This thread is definitely worth a good read:

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