Google never has indexed my site

[johnnie2130]

I have a site that google hasn't indexed. The index.htm page has been online since November. I submitted it a few days ago using the Google webmaster tools. It verified my site, but I get these two messages:

No pages from your site are currently included in Google's index. Indexing can take time. You may find it helpful to review our information for webmasters and webmaster guidelines.

We can't currently access your home page because of an unreachable error.

Also, it wouldn't locate my sitemap either. I just re-submitted it. For some reason when I entered my domain, I had to enter http://mydomain.com. It wouldn't let be submit http://www.mydomain.com. It's the same was with the sitemap. I can use either URL and get to my site though.

Yahoo has me indexed pretty high, but I get nothing at all with Google. I added the metatag and it verified my site when I submitted it to Google.

Any suggestions on what to try to get Google to find my site? I'm pretty much a novice with this. I have another site on the same server and Google found it with no problem.

I'll list the URL's to my site and sitemap in links below. Thanks for any help.

Link to site

Link to my sitemap

I didn't add the www to either link although they work fine when typed into a browser)

[incrediblehelp]

Sounds like you should check out some of these newbie posts:

Sticky: All you need for Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Sticky: SEO, Where Do I Begin?

SEOmoz: Beginner's Guide to SEO

The Quick Kick-Start Guide to Search Engine Optimization

The SEO Playbook - Welcome to the Rabbit Hole Alice

Link Baiting and Social Media Optimization, Huh? - Jaan’s Search Marketing Blog - Toledo, Ohio

The best way to get indexed and rankings are links from other websites to yours using the "keywords" targeted in the anchor text.

[SemAdvance]

"We can't currently access your home page because of an unreachable error."

Till you get this fixed they will not be able to index your site.

Call your hosting company to find out what could be stopping the bot, check your error logs or hire an SEO Pro.

[incrediblehelp]

Do you have any back links to Mike Daniel for Sheriff of Washington Parish – Home Page Like I said above this is what you need to concentrate on. You should be working the political blogsphere and getting the word out about your website and campaign.

[johnnie2130]

I don't have any links to the site anywhere else. It's just a local election and I don't know of any blogs that are suited for that. Is that what you mean?

[incrediblehelp]

Yes, I would do some searches on Google for your city name and other related terms and see what websites you can find and try to contribute to.

[johnnie2130]

I'll look and see if I can find some blogs. I just need to post in them and include the link to my index.htm page, right?

[johnnie2130]

"We can't currently access your home page because of an unreachable error."

Till you get this fixed they will not be able to index your site.

Call your hosting company to find out what could be stopping the bot, check your error logs or hire an SEO Pro.

I'll check with th host and see if I can't get some answers.

[sacx13]

Do you have a robots.txt file in your root site? If yes what contain this file ?

Regards

[johnnie2130]

Do you have a robots.txt file in your root site? If yes what contain this file ?

Regards

I don't have any hidden pages. It's set to index/follow.