Was deleted from directory and search engine and don't know why

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[HollyHats]

Okay, I really hope someone can help me because I am going crazy over submitting my site. I submitted my site to open directory, excite, yahoo, lycos, google, etc. (all the big ones) about 2 months ago. FINALLY, after 2 long months, I was suddenly listed in ALL of them. But, to my dismay, only a couple of hours later I was deleted...from all of them. What happened? I can't figure it out. The only thing that we did was some minor updating to the site that evening. Would that mess things up? I didn't break any of the site submission rules, like invisible text, over and over keywords, spamming or anything. Can anyone help me? I sure hope someone has ideas. This is my first time posting on this board.
Thanks-
Holly

[edited by: Marcia at 9:00 pm (utc) on Sep. 25, 2002]
[edit reason] url not necessary [/edit]

[Marcia]

Holly, according to our terms of service, we don't do individual site reviews, but I did take a quick look. The problem is that your domain name is immediately redirected to the site at another URL - that's what shows up in the browser address.

It's not the domain name that will get listed, it's the actual URL of the site, and that's exactly what's happened. The solution if you want to promote the domain name is to use regular hosting for it and have all links pointing to it.

[HollyHats]

i dont quiet understand. if i get a host dont i still have to re-direct? a domian name will lead to my host server, doesnt it need a redirect address to find my files?
i think what i'm trying to really find out is how do i make meta tags work for me? i'm not looking for people to search for "hollyhats" but for words like "wig" wigs ect.

[martinibuster]

I am going crazy over submitting my site.

A domain name points to where the file resides on a host.

A redirect is a domain name that points to another domain name that points to a file that resides on a host.

If the file resides at mydomain.cheapo.hosting.com, your domain is mydomain.cheapo.hosting.com.

If you buy a domain name to point to your file at mydomain.cheapo.hosting.com, then the actual domain name/url is still mydomain.cheapo.hosting.com. You only have another domain name pointing to it.

Most search engines/directories want you to submit your true url/domain name. No redirects.

It may not be you, but I can hear someone somewhere out there asking why? Think about it. You look in a directory for widgets. The first twenty listings go to the EXACT SAME SITE. How useful would that be?

That's why this rule exists.

[HollyHats]

im still confused.
heres my situation.
i purchased a domain name from a server.
my url is with my isp.
i dont understand what relation my domain name and url have in conflict. even if i used the same server that i have my domain name with ,to host my site. when my domain name is typed in it has to direct somewhere.

[jatar_k]

directing a domain somewhere and redirecting are not the same thing.

Yes, you have to direct the domain to your server's address.

Marcia said your domain redirects. That would imply that if I type your domain into my location bar it changes. It is redirected to another domain. This is not normal behaviour. If a domain is redirected to another domain the original actually has no content and will not be indexed or ranked.

If your domain name stays up in the address bar the whole time a user is on your site, no problem. If the domain name does not stay in the location bar when someone enters your site then that is not proper.

[martinibuster]

You and a million other would be (intentional and unintentional) spammers would be clogging up Yahoo.

Imagine this is the Yahoo category for Widgets:

widgets.com Offers widgets. Nice.
coolwidgets.com This site offers really cool widgets!
patriot-widgets.com Provides patriotically themed widgets.

Then, Hollyhats, you think, "Wow! Look at all the choices!" But then you click on these listings, and they ALL LEAD TO THE SAME FREAKING SITE: myusername.homepage.isp.com

EVERY SINGLE ONE POINTS TO THE SAME URL: myusername.homepage.isp.com

This is called spam, circa 1996. That is why you cannot have a DOMAIN NAME that points to ANOTHER DOMAIN NAME (even if that DOMAIN NAME is myusername.homepage.isp.com)

myusername.homepage.isp.com is a domain name that is hosted at a server.

your-eight-dollar-and-ninety-five-cent-domain-name.com domain name is just a domain name that REDIRECTS to myusername.homepage.isp.com, WHICH IS ANOTHER DOMAIN NAME, which happens to be hosted on a server.

Your-eight-dollar-and-ninety-five-cent-domain-name.com is NOT hosted on a server. It is a redirect. It redirects to the real web site located at myusername.homepage.isp.com.

Short of drawing pictures, this can't be explained any clearer.

:) Y Cheers

p.s. Y is a martini glass.