I found some unwanted files on my website and deleted them. Unfortunately, these were files that the Google Search crawlers found when finding the site, and are embedded in the links you see when you click on a Google Search item. Now that the files Google was expecting are gone, the linky no worky. I've gotten a few e-mails from folks who say the website is down, but it isn't. If you cut and past the resulting link into a new tab, the site comes up just fine. I've tried everything on Google Webmaster Tools to get the search feature corrected without success. Grrr.
I created a new site, http://midlifeharness.com to replicate the old site: http://midlife66.com/harnesses . Both sites are identical. Google searches are beginning to show the new site, so that's good.
So...the lesson to be learned is that the links seen on Google Search are not quite what they appear to be: they include a lot of directional linkages and crawler information that may or may not be valid. Caveat emptor...
I created a new site, http://midlifeharness.com to replicate the old site: http://midlife66.com/harnesses . Both sites are identical. Google searches are beginning to show the new site, so that's good.
So...the lesson to be learned is that the links seen on Google Search are not quite what they appear to be: they include a lot of directional linkages and crawler information that may or may not be valid. Caveat emptor...