domain name / child web

[rhelling]

Need some advice...

My process is to register a domain name for a niche and direct is to a sub-folder on my main hosting account. (i.e.: mainhost.com/newniche) I use the niche name for the folder. It's easier for me to keep track of things.

Well, I just noticed in Google searches that when articles are ranked...they don't identify the domain name. They identify (mainhost.com/newniche)

How can I get this to just show the niche domain?

Thanks.

[rhelling]

UPDATE:
I talked with my hosting company and they indicated that they don't allow 'masking'. Has anyone else ran into this? I'm just worried that I'm not portraying a professional image if my "niche" domain is obviously pointing to a directory somewhere else.

[rhelling]

Thanks Shane...

I spoke with my host (BlueHost) and also (HostGator)...I don't really want to switch providers so I was trying to get as much info as possible. lol

HostGator said no problem...create a sub-directory, point your domain to it...done.
BlueHost first said that was domain masking and not allowed. Then they came back and told me I just needed to upload a robot.txt file and prevent Google from indexing my main sites sub-directories.

So...right now I'm in the middle of educating myself on all the Webmaster Tools at Google and figuring out how to upload robot.txt files and sitemaps. ;-)

[rhelling]

I felt compelled to update...even though it makes me look like an idiot. ;-)
(...but I guess I've learned some more about Google's Webmaster Tools in the process! lol)

In WordPress: General Settings:
I had my site URL pointed to my "http://www.mainhostingaccount.com/nichedirectory"...
(...of course Google is going to index it like that...)

So...I was messing around with tech support on a different issue...noticed it...changed it to my niche domain name - VIOLA! ;-)