| De-indexed site - a cautionary tale
I recently moved a site onto a free host. No point in paying for hosting - four pages and the pics are linked - but now it has been de-indexed by Google.
Fishing around in Webmasters and Analytics help, I found the reason is in the way that Google indexes sites in the first place - if the site is indexed as
htttp:// www. mydomain .com initially, and the host has the preference set to
htttp:// mydomain .com , the indexing gets lost! Same thing happens if the preferences are the other way round.
So - how can I check the way Google has indexed a site before I move it next time?
Also, how do I know which is my host's preferred setting? Most do not bother you with the question when you are setting up an account.
I do remember being asked once, and thinking "what does it matter"? Now I know why it matters ...
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