Hi everyone
I need some advice in regards to getting rid of my ancient I-Web website - formerly hosted via mobile.me.
It has popped up for one of my clients and it really should not be out there anymore - I have a new website since many many years ....
Very grateful for any pointer to where and how I can get rid of this misleading rudiment.
Thanks and kind regards
Kerstin
Make sure the domain name points to your new website.
Also, do you have different web hosts for each of the sites? Did you cancel out the host for the first, older site? Contact them and make sure it's still not hosted and available.
Make sure the domain name points to your new website.
Also, do you have different web hosts for each of the sites? Did you cancel out the host for the first, older site? Contact them and make sure it's still not hosted and available.
I contacted my hosting company and the mystery is solved:
"Your old website which was plain html was placed in a subfolder in case you ever wanted it for any reason.
We can either delete it for you or we can mark it as non indexable so that Google etc cannot see it. It will then over time drop out of their index.
Please advise what if anything you’d like us to do. "
It will now be deleted - time to let go!
Thanks for everyone's support and help here!
Much appreciated and pointed me in the right direction to get the issue sorted!!!
Kerstin
Hey There!
Unless you are more tech literate, there is a tool of the internet you may not know. All websites registered online are required by law to register a WHOIS. That is a database with information such as the site owner, domain host, etc.
There are several look up sites (I used the first hit on Google which was (https://whois.domaintools.com)
Putting in the link of your old site it came up with information. Included in this information is the domain server (www.publicdomainregistry.com). From there you should look for a "Contact Us" link on their page, and try to manually have them remove the site.
Best of Luck
Then it should be long gone physically.
Have you tried googling yourself and trying the links that you get? It may be an archived version of your site.
You did replace all of the site's original files with the new files on the same server, right?
Only that one client is seeing the old website? If that's the case have them clear their browser caches and reload your URL.
It sounds like you didn't take down, i.e. delete, the old website and it's still out there for people to find.
Contact the original web hosts that you used and have them delete the files?
You may have to send an email to all of your clients with the correct URL to your site.
You might caution your clients that if they don't clear their browser's caches they might get the wrong website.
Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
To be honest - I did not do anything with it.
I created a new website with a different provider and a different hosting company.
I am not very technical ........
The client googled me and found the old page .....
Someone else found it as well ...
This is my current website:
https://www.ciorstain-photography.com/
This is the link my client used which goes to the dead website:
http://ciorstain-photography.com/Ciorstain-Photography/Ciorstain_Photography.html
I really have no idea how I can kill it 😳
Thank you for taking the time to respond to me.
Kind regards
Kerstin
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply!
My domaine name is directly purchased with WHOIS actually
I have put both in - the link that goes to my current website and the one that points to the old one - both give me the same results in Whois ....
Not sure what to do with this now 😅
I think I had it hosted via the mobile me server???
It is so long ago - I am not sure if I ever moved it somewhere .... I shall investigate.
Thank you
Yes I tried googling myself and I cannot find it 😂
It is really really strange .....
Hi
after MobileMe died I switched to the hosting company I am still using.
they are doing everything for me
i will try to check with them.
good call
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That's good news!
OLD Iweb site - seems to be still "there" how can I get rid of it?
