After all the panic, my site is now listed as indexed again in my google webmaster tools. The only change I had made before my psuedo ban was to remove my Adsense code - could that have caused a temporary ban? Now however, some of my in-bound links are sending me emails stating that they are removing my link - ugh!

I will set up the 301 redirect code as suggested - is it as simple as just adding the line: redirect 301 / http://www.shopat-home.com

Is the text file .htaccess a file containing specific code? Where can I read about it/get access so that I can set up the redirect?

And finally, why is a simple forwarded URL not acceptable?

Thanks, and by the way Artist Discovery wrote - this was not written by me.