Flash player disappeared, re-downloaded it,

I know I'm not very computer smart, but this truly has me baffled...
I had a message come up today that there was an update for my flash player. I clicked on it, but not much happened. When I tried to open a website that required flash player I got the message that there was a plugin missing. I didn't really know what I was looking for but I checked under applications, and flash player was nowhere to be found. I checked on the Adobe website, and apparently I don't have it on my computer anymore.
So, seeing that I have MAC OS X 10.5.8 I looked for the appropriate download (10.3.183.90), and as far as I was concerned downloaded it.
The "f" shows up at the bottom of my screen (next to Firefox, etc.), but some websites (like my own) still don't work, and on YouTube for instance, it says that "additional plugins are required to display all the media on this page".
What does that mean?
Like I said - I am not joking when I say I do not have a clue what I am doing?
HELP!!!

@Gems_ca: I had the same problem on an 2008 iMac and almost went nuts. Here is what worked for me, finally:
Instead of double clicking on the "Install Adobe Flash Player" icon in the .dmg folder, right-click (control-click) and select "Show Package Contents" from the resutling pull-down menu.
Then select the following file: (folder) / Contents / Resources / Adobe Flash Player.pkg
Double-click to open. It should open the installer app "Install Plugin" and will run after you click continue.
Be sure to uninstall or trash any other Flash Player downloads you have in your system; you should only have the one when you're through and when you click on Apple icon top left of your screen and go to System Preferences you should see the red Flash Player icon under Other. You may need to restart your system before you can play videos.
Your system might not have the exact same terms for everything but if you work around that you'll be able to have Flash Player again. It was said that Adobe wanted to make it difficult for people to stay out of date and that's why we have to do this weirdness.
Let me know if this works or if you'd already solved your problem?

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