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I have read through some threads, but my problem seems to be a bit different. I have designed a small website, but it is not being recognised by search engines although I have done some SEO, and submitted to google etc.

The strange part is that I can't even pick up the domain name when entered in a search engine. The URL works if you go to it directly, but isn't recognised by searh engines? Any ideas on what may be wrong?

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has already done sensible first steps and, as pointed out, the TLD itself is unlikely to be the cause. The pattern described — pages reachable directly but the root domain not appearing in searches after a few days — usually comes down to a technical block, site-visibility setting, or an indexing delay rather than a mysterious global block.

Recommended quick diagnostics (run these and share results if asking for more help):

  • Use site:yourdomain.com to see exactly what (if anything) is indexed and cache:yourdomain.com to see how a crawler last saw the page.
  • Check http://yourdomain.com/robots.txt for a Disallow: / or malformed rules and inspect page HTML for <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> or an X-Robots-Tag header.
  • Verify HTTP response codes (use curl -I): pages should return 200, redirects should be 301 not 302, and the canonical tags should point at the correct URL (www vs non-www / http vs https).
  • Use the webmaster tool’s fetch/inspection feature (as recommended) to see how search crawlers see the page and to request indexing.
  • Check server logs or ask the host whether Googlebot has visited; validate Googlebot hits with reverse DNS lookups (user-agents are easy to fake).
  • Confirm the site is not parked, domain status is normal in WHOIS, and any CMS setting like “discourage search engines” (WordPress) is turned off.

About the “sandbox” mentioned by : Google has never documented a formal sandbox product; new sites commonly take weeks to fully index and rank. If all technical checks are clean and the site still won’t index after a few weeks, inspect manual-action reports in Webmaster Tools, gather crawl logs, and add a couple of genuine, crawlable links from relevant sites while avoiding link schemes.

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Member Avatar for ithelp

Better get a .com , put the website link in your signature , submit it to daniweb directory , it will get indexed fast.

Member Avatar for SEOvB

The extension of the domain does not matter at all. Get backlinks from relevant sites that get crawled frequently and make sure you've got unique content.

Sometimes submitting a sitemap, and making sure your robots.txt file is valid helps (if you have one)

Member Avatar for abhicho

even i have submitted to various search engines but of no use. my site is

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Member Avatar for carikester

I agree. I don't think the domain ext is relevant, search angines should be able to pick it up.

I will try the other suggestions although I think this site is a fluke...all my other sites have worked with the same method as this one.

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I would sign up and use Google's Webmaster Tools. It's free, and it can give you vital information about how Google sees your site. You can also setup a sitemap in Webmaster Tools that helps let Google find your site.

http://www.google.com/webmasters/

Member Avatar for abhicho

i have done that. i use ggogle webmasters but still no use.

Member Avatar for carikester

So I have now used google webmaster tools, added a robot.txt and sitemap and still no good after about 3 days... I can now get a search result for two of the site's pages when searching locally in South Africa, but I can still get no search results for the site's URL.

Any other ideas. Could it be that the domain name is blocked somewhere that I'm not aware of?? I have contacted my host and they say nothing seems wrong...

Please help

Member Avatar for einfoway

Is your domain in google sandbox? if it is it will take time to take out of sandbox.

Member Avatar for carikester

What is the sandbox. Where can I check this?

It was registered a couple of months ago, but only went live in August and has not been picked up since.

Member Avatar for einfoway

just google "check if in google sandbox" you will get top few links to check same...

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