Using iWeb FTP results in nested site...

I'm sure I'm just being a dummy here... but I'm lost.
I'm using iWeb v3.01 to upload a site to a non-.mac host (bluehost.com). The uploads proceed without a hitch, no problem. Let's call it "www.genericsite.com."
But when I go visit the site just uploaded, the browser's URL field immediately duplicates the URL, so that it reads "www.genericsite.com/genericsite.com/index.html."
I then use Fetch (FTP client) to view the files on the site. I go into the public_html folder (where the site is supposed to go), and there I find an index.html file (good) and a FOLDER named "genericsite.com." Inside that folder, I find all the site files, and ANOTHER index.html file too.
The Bluehost people are telling me that this "nested" folder is what's causing my problem. I could work around the problem by uploading from iWeb to a folder, then using Fetch (etc.) to upload the files. But that means I have to re-publish the entire site for every little change. So that ain't a great option.
Is there any way to fix it so that iWeb just uploads files directly to the root of public_html, without putting them into a second folder?
Help, anyone?

Hi Ethmoid
Thanks for you reply & patients. I followed you instructions, when I connect to my server I see several folders, php_uploads, public_html, SP_Barbarians.
I click on public_html, I see my files connected to my website but looks like without content as the files are only 4.0 - 4.0KB.
Then I click on public_htm - upload - it takes me to my desktop where I see my website folder - I select all and upload the contents of the folder. Cyberduck successfully uploads the content which is 436MB, however the website address stays the same, i.e www.spbarbarians/public_html/welcome.html , this is the previous address that came up when I used FTP to upload from iWeb with the site address public_html as you suggested earlier (to try & get rid of the double address www.spbarbarians/spbarbarians/welcome.html)
Then I look back at the folder public_html which is in my cyberduck window connected to my server & I see that all the files are still the same size, i.e 4.0 - 8.0 KB. If Cyberduck has uploaded 436MB of content to this folder shouldn't the folders reflect this size?
This window that I am looking at In Cyberduck is connected to my GoDaddy server and shows the content at that server correct?
Please help as I have followed the instructions but I must be doing something wrong>

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