Welcome to the Q&A Forum

Naghirniac is right, also I would consider changing to SEO by Yoast plugin (I have even used this plugin in conjunction with SEO Presser with great success) and write all your titles and descriptions.

The Yoast plugin has a great interface that allows you to see the Ttile, URL, and description exactly as it would look in Google search, excellent WP plugin....

Personally, I have run some tests, even before the devaluation by Google, and have found articles directories to be a waste of time for the amount of time you put into it and the little to no value you get from it.

With so many factors to consider for a good SEO plan, I try to focus on ones that help the most...

I wouldn't consider myself an expert on this one, but I would have most likely created internal pages that have yoursite.com/keyword-phrase and optimize them, especially if the site already has some authority on the topic.

Pointing the new domains to internal pages won't do anything as they don't have any rankings yet, and you can't get any if they don't have any content (I don't think).

Just my .02

It may take some time for it to propagate to Google if that is what you are asking. Are you trying to block the pages/posts completely from search engines?

Using directories for SEO is probably not the best way to spend your time, and if you use a submission service getting a ton of submissions at once will most likely result in negative results.

The ONLY time I use directories is when I have a client looking for "local" listings. And even then I use it with the concept that it will help us get more traffic from visitors to those directories.

The links aren't worth the time in my view....

I would consider moving hosts then. I use Wordpress to not only build CMS type sites, but static sites as well, and have been for over 4yrs. I use HostGator for hosting, but I like BlueHost as well. Mine have never been hacked. (knock on wood).

I am a big fan of Wordpress, the community and forums are great, it is user friendly, SEO friendly, and works great for any type of site.

I would go with Wordpress, and move my hosting to something more reliable. A plan on most places is only around $100 for shared (obviously more if you need dedicated servers).

Did you try to generate a new sitemap after clicking update options and then submitting it to webmaster tools?

Generally it will only update when you add/delete pages on it's own.

I have about 25 sites on an unlimited HostGator account right now ($8 per month I think), most of them get minimal traffic (few thousand visitors per month), but a couple of them are pushing 30k-50k per month and I will most likely have to move them.

Using it as a starting point is fine for new sites until they begin to gain traffic, then move them to better hosting.

That's my humble opinion anyway