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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: homepage re-direct

I have just checked my Google control panel and my homepage is no longer indexed , can you tell if if the re-direct has anything to do with this please??? www.theukforum.co.uk _________________ Advertise your site FREE!!!!!!!1 www.leedspeeps.co.uk http://www.topsiteguide.com/toplist.asp?site=LeedsTop100

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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:37 am Post subject:

Hard to day much without information on how the domain is mapped. Has it been done in the recommended way via DNS? But the key to staying on google is lots of links, and google is not keen on redirects, so it is best to keep those links to static pages. Creating an index.html so there is not a redirect would help if the link you are putting out is the www homepage. _________________ Family Friendly Shareware \| \| Web Design/Services \| Free Forums forum.myfreeforum.org

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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject:

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Hard to day much without information on how the domain is mapped.

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Has it been done in the recommended way via DNS?

But the key to staying on google is lots of links, and google is not keen on redirects, so it is best to keep those links to static pages.

Creating an index.html so there is not a redirect would help if the link you are putting out is the www homepage.

what do you mean when you say " how your domain name is mapped" ? sorry I dont understand a great deal about this type of thing

we have two link pages one is on the main posting page http://theukforum.co.uk/ and the other being this page http://www.theukforum.co.uk , its the latter page that Google has failed to index.

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Has it been done in the recommended way via DNS?

I just followed your instruction.:-)

When you use our domain name www.theukforum.co.uk , MFF seems to re-direct it , now this wasnt a problem when we used our old domain name , we were still able to achieve a good Google ranking:-)
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject:

if the domain is directed via the dns, as indeed it seems to be, then the main thing you can do is to actually have an index.html file. Just create it, and make it use the portal template, and put a portal like {MYFF.LATEST} on the page, and you will have the same look, but without the redirect. This will help with google. _________________ Family Friendly Shareware \| \| Web Design/Services \| Free Forums forum.myfreeforum.org

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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject:

Thanks admin , but that just goes wush right over my head , do you have a "how to do it" post on the forum????? cheers Steve. _________________ Advertise your site FREE!!!!!!!1 www.leedspeeps.co.uk http://www.topsiteguide.com/toplist.asp?site=LeedsTop100

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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject:

Click to see full size image This may help , the homepage was crawled when we first created the new domain name , since then Google has'nt even crawled the homepage , where as the other page is crawled every two days. _________________ Advertise your site FREE!!!!!!!1 www.leedspeeps.co.uk http://www.topsiteguide.com/toplist.asp?site=LeedsTop100

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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:56 am Post subject:

I have looked in various how to do it searches,but unfortunately because my knowledge on these things is zilch,i have had no joy. Please could you give us a simpler explanation as to how to rectify the problem.The fact that Google hasn't crawled the site for a month is a real worry Thanks Anne http://theukforum.co.uk/index.php _________________

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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:04 pm Post subject:

I appologise for asking again,but would it be possible for you to give me a step by step guide for a novice please. Thanks again Anne _________________

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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject:

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if the domain is directed via the dns, as indeed it seems to be, then the main thing you can do is to actually have an index.html file.

Just create it, and make it use the portal template, and put a portal like {MYFF.LATEST} on the page, and you will have the same look, but without the redirect. This will help with google.

i will have another go at this , if i we ,we are prepared to pay for a breakdown on how to do it:-) Wink

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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject:

There is already a guide section on how to make webpages _________________ http://www.saynoto0870.com/ http://www.myshopbag.co.uk XXVIII/ I/ MCMLXXI

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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject:

oh , so it involves making a webpage??? anyway the offer still stands , we are prepared to pay:-0 _________________ Advertise your site FREE!!!!!!!1 www.leedspeeps.co.uk http://www.topsiteguide.com/toplist.asp?site=LeedsTop100

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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject:

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oh , so it involves making a webpage??? anyway the offer still stands , we are prepared to pay:-0

As i say there are guides on how to make a webpage already on there.

check the admin panel section.
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:

so i make a webpage and add {MYFF.LATEST} that to the page , the re-direct will cease and our members will still see the index page??? _________________ Advertise your site FREE!!!!!!!1 www.leedspeeps.co.uk http://www.topsiteguide.com/toplist.asp?site=LeedsTop100

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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject:

goto admin panel -- web pages -- click on webpage then copy this _________________ http://www.saynoto0870.com/ http://www.myshopbag.co.uk XXVIII/ I/ MCMLXXI

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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject:

thank you young man:-) _________________ Advertise your site FREE!!!!!!!1 www.leedspeeps.co.uk http://www.topsiteguide.com/toplist.asp?site=LeedsTop100