Hello Ivory!
It appears you're trying to get your site listed by Google, but the
Googlebot hasn't found you yet!
I had a look at your page source, and you don't seem to have anything
there which would cause the Googlebot to miss you, so it appears that
the only reason you haven't been indexed yet is that your site is
quite new (I notice that your update note is dated just a few days
ago!).
Let's start by asking the Googlebot to notice you. I've taken the
liberty of submitting your site for you:
For Site Owners: Submit your site
://www.google.com/addurl.html
Do note, however:
"We add and update new sites to our index each time we crawl the web,
and we invite you to submit your URL here. We do not add all submitted
URLs to our index, and we cannot make any predictions or guarantees
about when or if they will appear."
What you need now is a little bit of patience while waiting for your
site to be visited. The Googlebot takes a stroll around the web only
every few weeks - if your site went up just after the last crawl, it
may be a few weeks before the 'bot comes back to visit again:
"When a URL is submitted to Google, we look for it in our next crawl.
If you've already submitted your URL, your site could easily appear in
our new index, which will go up when the current crawl is completed.
However, if no other site links to yours, it may be difficult for our
crawler to find you. Conversely, if many sites link to your page,
there is a good chance we will find you without your submitting your
URL.
Occasionally, websites are not reachable when we try to crawl them
because of network or hosting problems. When this happens, we retry
multiple times, but if the site cannot be crawled, it will not be
listed in our current index. If it was a transient problem, the site
will likely show up in the next index, which will be completed in a
few weeks."
I've submitted my site to Google and it's still not listed. Why?
://www.google.com/webmasters/1.html
If you have previously submitted your site, it may be that there were
technical difficulties keeping the 'bot away:
"A technical glitch on our side may have caused us to 'miss' your
site. In crawling more than 2 billion pages every few weeks, our
system experiences hiccups from time to time. Again, this is a
transient problem, and your site will likely show up in the next
index. Please be patient with us during this period, as we are not
able to modify our index by hand to add sites missed in this way."
My Web Pages Are Not Currently Listed
://www.google.com/webmasters/2.html
You shouldn't have to wait too long for the next crawl - it might even
be underway already. According to "Google Update - Google Dance", the
last crawl commenced on August 21st. Google is about due for another
boogie:
Google Update -*Google Dance*-
http://www.linktree.info/googleupdate.php
While you're waiting, why not submit your site to DMOZ and Yahoo, and
boost your exposure a little?
"Google partners on the Web include Yahoo! and Netscape. As part of
our agreements with these sites we include the sites in their
directories (Yahoo! and DMOZ) in the Google index. If you are having
difficulty getting listed in the Google index, you may want to
consider submitting your site to either or both of these directories.
You can submit to Yahoo! by visiting
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/. You can submit your site to
Netscape's Open Directory Project (DMOZ) by visiting www.dmoz.org.
Once your site is included in either of these directories you can
expect to see it appear in the Google index in four to eight weeks."
Getting Listed
://www.google.com/webmasters/1.html
For more information about getting (and staying) listed, Google offers
several resources for webmasters:
Google Information for Webmasters
://www.google.com/webmasters/
Google Webmasters' FAQ
://www.google.com/webmasters/faq.html
User Support Forum
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=google.public.support.general
Completely unrelated to your query, but I feel compelled to say
something: "Plop" is very appealing. Of the paintings you display, I
like that one the best. It's very soothing!
I hope this has been helpful for you. If any part of my answer is
unclear or you need a little more information, please don't hesitate
to ask for a clarification. I'll be happy to assist you.
--Missy |
