"Google sends out bots," explains Jeremy, a friendly customer service rep at GoDaddy*, which is the web hosting service I use for my own blog (which you will find via Google, but please don't look to it as a model. It isn't a true blog, but more of a promotional tool). Basically, the bots only report back the sites when they see the site info in the domain's main folders, and your blogger blogs do not have their own dedicated hosts. "Easy-to-set-up blogs on Blogspot, or the old Angelfire accounts, they're not going to show up on Google. It's the way they're coded. If the bot is sent into subfolders, subdomains, it doesn't recognize it as a site," says Jeremy.
Here's one way to understand it, I think: Google's bots are sort of snobby. When they go to a party (the Internet), they only pay attention to the people (sites/blogs) who make themselves the center of attention, who seem to be the ones making the introductions, who act like they own the place. If you're a friend of a friend (a "masked" domain, or a blogspot.com), snobby Google bot may wave a hello, but it's not going to ask for your number.
Jeremy then makes it clear to me why I pay for a domain name and hosting: "When you have what's called a shared hosting account, Google bots don't see your site as a subdomain. We make it look like you have your own little server."
*note: your instructor is reasonably satisfied with GoDaddy but this post should in no way be seen as promotion. There are many, many web hosting services out there if you someday want to upgrade. At the very least, you can probably find one that has a more user-friendly web site!
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