Hi,

 

I am new to web desgin. I have an issue with google search.

I have registered a starter package with a web hosting company

and built 2 pages for test.

 

If I search with key words, LIVE and YAHOO will list my web site

name (for example abcd.co.uk) in their search results.

But GOOGLE will give only s1234567.websitehome.co.uk in the

search result rather than abcd.co.uk

 

Actually , s1234567 is the folder where the hosting company has

given me the web space for this domain name.

 

How can I rectify this issue so that google search will give the

actual domain name in search rather than the web space the

files are hosted.

 

Please help.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

new_to_web_design.

How old is the Domain Name?

Have you uploaded a robots.txt file?

Thanks for the reply. The domain name is 2 years old... No robots.txt file uploaded...

 

new_to_web_design.

2 years old, the likely hood is both the temporary and Domain Name are spidered

Upload a robots.txt and exclude the temporary Domain Name

Hi,

 

As I am just a beginner in web site development, sorry for asking these questions.

Will the following command in robot.txt work ? Or is there another way of blocking

the s1234567.websitehome.co.uk ?

 

User-agent: *

Disallow: /s1234567.websitehome.co.uk

 

Thanks

 

new_to_web_design

That should work fine if it is a subfolder

I would remove the /

You may also need to add a list of any and all sub-folders that are present

 

Does the server support Apache?

--Does the server support Apache?

 

I asked them; No.

 

new_to_web_design.

I got the same problem, also carefully looking for your help

I got the same problem, also carefully looking for your help

Make a permanent redirect (301) from folder name to main URL. It will help.