[kwills]

I have recently completed a site and submitted it to google etc....

I have done some Google Searches for my site and Google has cached the preview directory that i put the site under so the customer could view it before i put it live on the root folder.

When i search Google using a phrase, i get the preview link which errors out. Does anyone know how i could fix this?

Another problem i am having is the #1 listing which shows "Index of /" - does anyone know why this is occuring?

here is the link to the search: Ingredients Box - Google Search

Cheers

[pgo]

Wait.

It probably last indexed when there was no index file in the root.

As for /preview/ you should set up a 301 redirect to point that elsewhere (to the root, probably).

This is why you don't mess with a live domain or put development versions up without controlling things with robots.txt, htaccess, etc until you're ready for a final launch!

[kwills]

Cheers.

Never set up a 301 re-direct before, how would i go about doing that?


EDIT*** Done - before i get the "get off your lazy ass" comment.

Cheers for the help

[pgo]

Your best bet is to use htaccess, but you can also use a scripting language - PHP or whatever.

[kwills]

Cheers, used .htaccess

[kwills]

Dont suppose you know why "Index of/" is showing up on search results?

[pgo]

Originally Posted by pgo

It probably last indexed when there was no index file in the root.

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[freelancr]

Originally Posted by kwills

Dont suppose you know why "Index of/" is showing up on search results?

Google usually takes a while to update

[kwills]

Cheers

[unclesha]

Google have multiple datacenters all over the world, plus google specific countries not to mention

Re-indexing takes time, to help that process, setup a sitemap and create a robots.txt