Robots cannot follow this. So your homepage which is at
http://web.mac.com/josh.chambers/ is an empty page for all intents and
purposes.
You would need to add there an html link which robots can follow at
least, to spectacles/Blog/Blog.html. Even then it's a wasted page,
since robots are not likely to follow it for a long time.
Why did you make your homepage all the way down in a folder rather
than in the root of the site itself?
Fix up your site structure and navigation all through because right
now it's a bit of a mess and there's no chance of proper indexing if
at all.
The homepage should be at the root of the site and all other pages
should be on the same level or below it, but not above, and all should
be accessible through a crawl starting at the homepage. This means no
relying on meta refresh nor on javascript redirections.
> I've seen quite a few posts regarding indexing, but very few specific
> to a .mac account. Can anyone help?
> I submitted my site to Google and it was successfully verified.
> I also successfully created a sitemap usinghttp://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ > and submitted it to Google. The sitemap is being regularly crawled
> without errors; but it is still not indexed and when I search for my
> site via google it does not come up.
> I have only had this submitted for a few days; but I just want to make
> sure I've done everything right. If it is helpful, here is my URL:
Sorry, I can't help with anything related to mac sites.
How did you upload the sitemap.xml file? That's the same way you'd
upload a new meaningful index.html file, which would overwrite the
existing one that does the meta refresh.
You must have a setting somewhere that resulted in the entry point
being your blog.
> It looks like what I was afraid of is true...I'm in over my head. The
> nice thing about using iWeb to create a webpage is people like me who
> don't have a ton of knowledge with HMTL can create a decent looking
> page. I didn't assign any of those folders, iWeb creates the URL
> itself when it publishes. I am unsure how I would reassign all my code
> into an index.html as it is produced automatically.
> Thanks for the help, I may just have to surrender to the fact that I
> can't get on google. Huge bummer though after I put in all this work
> to try and get registered and build a sitemap etc.
> If you have any info on a step by step or further instructions I would
> love to see them; otherwise, thanks for the help.
> > Robots cannot follow this. So your homepage which is athttp://web.mac.com/josh.chambers/isan empty page for all intents and
> > purposes.
> > You would need to add there an html link which robots can follow at
> > least, to spectacles/Blog/Blog.html. Even then it's a wasted page,
> > since robots are not likely to follow it for a long time.
> > Why did you make your homepage all the way down in a folder rather
> > than in the root of the site itself?
> > Fix up your site structure and navigation all through because right
> > now it's a bit of a mess and there's no chance of proper indexing if
> > at all.
> > The homepage should be at the root of the site and all other pages
> > should be on the same level or below it, but not above, and all should
> > be accessible through a crawl starting at the homepage. This means no
> > relying on meta refresh nor on javascript redirections.
> > On Dec 23, 7:24 pm, josh.chambers wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > > I've seen quite a few posts regarding indexing, but very few specific
> > > to a .mac account. Can anyone help?
> > > I submitted my site to Google and it was successfully verified.
> > > I also successfully created a sitemap usinghttp://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ > > > and submitted it to Google. The sitemap is being regularly crawled
> > > without errors; but it is still not indexed and when I search for my
> > > site via google it does not come up.
> > > I have only had this submitted for a few days; but I just want to make
> > > sure I've done everything right. If it is helpful, here is my URL:
An XML sitemap file helps us to better understand your site, but it
does not guarantee that we will crawl and index your site. In our help
center at http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34397 we have some general information about what you can do to get your
site included in our index. I'm sure the posters here can help you
with more details, as webado has already started doing :-).
Also, in Firefox, the page has your footer bar overlapping text and a
couple of minor glitches. In IE7, the browser pretty much froze. Can't
see exactly what's causing this at the moment, will continue to look
but anyone with an idea will be welcome to help
> Thank you for the reply. I am sure it's my fault, I'm just not sure
> how to fix it. If you have any additional practical ideas I would be
> very grateful.
> Cheers,
> josh
> > An XML sitemap file helps us to better understand your site, but it
> > does not guarantee that we will crawl and index your site. In our help
> > center athttp://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34397 > > we have some general information about what you can do to get your
> > site included in our index. I'm sure the posters here can help you
> > with more details, as webado has already started doing :-).
> Also, in Firefox, the page has your footer bar overlapping text and a
> couple of minor glitches. In IE7, the browser pretty much froze. Can't
> see exactly what's causing this at the moment, will continue to look
> but anyone with an idea will be welcome to help
> On Dec 25, 12:07 am, josh.chambers wrote:
> > John,
> > Thank you for the reply. I am sure it's my fault, I'm just not sure
> > how to fix it. If you have any additional practical ideas I would be
> > very grateful.
> > Cheers,
> > josh
> > > An XML sitemap file helps us to better understand your site, but it
> > > does not guarantee that we will crawl and index your site. In our help
> > > center athttp://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34397 > > > we have some general information about what you can do to get your
> > > site included in our index. I'm sure the posters here can help you
> > > with more details, as webado has already started doing :-).
> > > Hope it helps!
> > > John- Hide quoted text -
Essentially, Webado's helpful post pretty much covers the situation.
The main problems lay in the way your site is configured and you might
be better getting help from people who are used to iweb. There is a
forum at
They seem to deal with general website concerns and specific topics
relating to iweb. I'm sure if anyone here can help they will but
posting there might be a good idea.
> Also, in Firefox, the page has your footer bar overlapping text and a
> couple of minor glitches. In IE7, the browser pretty much froze. Can't
> see exactly what's causing this at the moment, will continue to look
> but anyone with an idea will be welcome to help
> On Dec 25, 12:07 am, josh.chambers wrote:
> > John,
> > Thank you for the reply. I am sure it's my fault, I'm just not sure
> > how to fix it. If you have any additional practical ideas I would be
> > very grateful.
> > Cheers,
> > josh
> > > An XML sitemap file helps us to better understand your site, but it
> > > does not guarantee that we will crawl and index your site. In our help
> > > center athttp://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34397 > > > we have some general information about what you can do to get your
> > > site included in our index. I'm sure the posters here can help you
> > > with more details, as webado has already started doing :-).
> > > Hope it helps!
> > > John- Hide quoted text -
> I've tried a few different ways to clean up the code; but that's the
> sacrifice in using iWeb. Accordingly, how would do the following that
> webado mentioned:
> " You would need to add there an html link which robots can follow at
> least, to spectacles/Blog/Blog.html. Even then it's a wasted page,
> since robots are not likely to follow it for a long time. "
> Thank you!
> On Dec 24, 7:57 pm, webado wrote:
> > I think I noticed UE7 freezing too, but had no time to case the bug
> > around.
> > Tomorrow ....
> > Merry Christmas :)
> > On Dec 24, 7:41 pm, Chibcha wrote:
> > > Hi josh
> > > The good news is that your site was indexed today but not much in the
> > > way of content
> > > Also, in Firefox, the page has your footer bar overlapping text and a
> > > couple of minor glitches. In IE7, the browser pretty much froze. Can't
> > > see exactly what's causing this at the moment, will continue to look
> > > but anyone with an idea will be welcome to help
> > > On Dec 25, 12:07 am, josh.chambers wrote:
> > > > John,
> > > > Thank you for the reply. I am sure it's my fault, I'm just not sure
> > > > how to fix it. If you have any additional practical ideas I would be
> > > > very grateful.
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > josh
> > > > > An XML sitemap file helps us to better understand your site, but it
> > > > > does not guarantee that we will crawl and index your site. In our help
> > > > > center athttp://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34397 > > > > > we have some general information about what you can do to get your
> > > > > site included in our index. I'm sure the posters here can help you
> > > > > with more details, as webado has already started doing :-).
> > > > > Hope it helps!
> > > > > John- Hide quoted text -
I use iWeb too and I am wondering if youir solution is as simple as
dragging the home page (in left side of iWeb screen where all the
pages are shown) to top position. It maybe as you have added pages
others have come in above it. Simply drag the Home or Welome page
upwards to the top place and then re upload the site. This will make
the Home page become what is being referred to as the root page.
> It looks like what I was afraid of is true...I'm in over my head. The
> nice thing about using iWeb to create a webpage is people like me who
> don't have a ton of knowledge with HMTL can create a decent looking
> page. I didn't assign any of those folders, iWeb creates the URL
> itself when it publishes. I am unsure how I would reassign all my code
> into an index.html as it is produced automatically.
> Thanks for the help, I may just have to surrender to the fact that I
> can't get on google. Huge bummer though after I put in all this work
> to try and get registered and build a sitemap etc.
> If you have any info on a step by step or further instructions I would
> love to see them; otherwise, thanks for the help.
> > Robots cannot follow this. So your homepage which is athttp://web.mac.com/josh.chambers/isan empty page for all intents and
> > purposes.
> > You would need to add there an html link which robots can follow at
> > least, to spectacles/Blog/Blog.html. Even then it's a wasted page,
> > since robots are not likely to follow it for a long time.
> > Why did you make your homepage all the way down in a folder rather
> > than in the root of the site itself?
> > Fix up your site structure and navigation all through because right
> > now it's a bit of a mess and there's no chance of proper indexing if
> > at all.
> > The homepage should be at the root of the site and all other pages
> > should be on the same level or below it, but not above, and all should
> > be accessible through a crawl starting at the homepage. This means no
> > relying on meta refresh nor on javascript redirections.
> > On Dec 23, 7:24 pm, josh.chambers wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > > I've seen quite a few posts regarding indexing, but very few specific
> > > to a .macaccount. Can anyone help?
> > > I submitted my site to Google and it was successfully verified.
> > > I also successfully created a sitemap usinghttp://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ > > > and submitted it to Google. The sitemap is being regularly crawled
> > > without errors; but it is still not indexed and when I search for my
> > > site via google it does not come up.
> > > I have only had this submitted for a few days; but I just want to make
> > > sure I've done everything right. If it is helpful, here is my URL:
