WordPress.com Forums » Tag: changing blog address issue - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/changing-blog-address-issue WordPress.com Forums » Tag: changing blog address issue - Recent Posts en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:59:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Changed my name, now no hits." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-my-name-now-no-hits#post-1096444 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:49:52 +0000 timethief 1096444@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I've been shaking me head when witnessing bloggers post here who have done the same thing. There's not way I would every change a blog URL unless I was purchasing a site redirect or a domain mapping upgrade. This explains why > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/08/05/avoid-creating-404-pages/
You're welcome.

]]> theogon on "Changed my name, now no hits." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-my-name-now-no-hits#post-1096442 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:46:11 +0000 theogon 1096442@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Ah, thanks timethief - I changed the URL and that must be why traffic is so low. If it's just a matter of waiting now, I guess that's fine, at least I know.

Thanks for your help!

]]> timethief on "Changed my name, now no hits." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-my-name-now-no-hits#post-1096432 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:36:29 +0000 timethief 1096432@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Edit - "Doing this will have no effect on SEO or traffic flow. "

]]> timethief on "Changed my name, now no hits." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-my-name-now-no-hits#post-1096430 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:35:10 +0000 timethief 1096430@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ What exactly did your change?

1. The Site Title ie. the Blog Name that can be changed at any time here > Settings > General
Doing this have no effect on SEO or traffic flow?

2. Or did or the Blog Address ie. the URL starting with http:// and fail to purchase a site redirect upgrade?
http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/

Changing the URL breaks every link in the blog and it will take 3 - 4 months for Google, Bing and other search engines to re-index the content under the new URLs. That's why there are two warnings about purchasing a site redirect upgrade.

If you do change your blog address, permalinks to your old address, including search engine results, will be broken unless you purchase a Site Redirect upgrade.

]]> theogon on "Changed my name, now no hits." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-my-name-now-no-hits#post-1096426 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:28:14 +0000 theogon 1096426@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Just an update: I've also posted a blogpost last night, and usually I get at least 30 hits from a new post... I've even used the same tags, categories etc.

]]> theogon on "Changed my name, now no hits." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-my-name-now-no-hits#post-1096305 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:12:30 +0000 theogon 1096305@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello everyone,

I recently changed the name of my blog about a week ago, and I've noticed that I've only had one hit since then (which was probably me from another computer - tragic).

I used to get about 30 a week, not much, I know, but I preferred that to just 1!

What can I do to get my hits back up? I wouldn't really want to change the blog name back...

Anyway, I hope you can help,
Theogon

]]> kathrynwp on "Wordpress Admin - Please Help Return my 649+ followers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-admin-please-help-return-my-649-followers#post-1082654 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:50:08 +0000 kathrynwp 1082654@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

Could you please help tell me what happened to my 650+ followers? They dissappeared over night and I don't know how or where they went to.

Did you make any changes to the site shiftstorm.wordpress.com before the follower number changed? Did you change the site address, or do anything else like that?

]]> timethief on "Wordpress Admin - Please Help Return my 649+ followers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-admin-please-help-return-my-649-followers#post-1079963 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:38:16 +0000 timethief 1079963@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The bloggers who subscribed to your blog subscribed to the URL. The page rank and authority and all links below to the original URL but you changed the URL.

If you do change your blog address, permalinks to your old address, including search engine results, will be broken unless you purchase a Site Redirect upgrade. http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/

This thread is flagged for Staff assistance.

]]> runningfrommyheart on "Wordpress Admin - Please Help Return my 649+ followers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpress-admin-please-help-return-my-649-followers#post-1079667 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:26:37 +0000 runningfrommyheart 1079667@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi - Could you please help tell me what happened to my 650+ followers? They dissappeared over night and I don't know how or where they went to. Could you please look into this for me?

Blog URL: http://www.shiftstorm.wordpress.com

2) I also wanted to put my blog back on the url: http://www.runningfrommyheart.wordpress.com - but keep my 4700+hits and followers (?)

Thanks!
Kate

]]> thistimethisspace on "How do I change my blog address back?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-blog-address-back-1#post-1077765 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:35:44 +0000 thistimethisspace 1077765@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Luckily you did not delete http://thespicypepper.wordpress.com/ and can still use it. You can export your content out of the other blog and import you content into it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/ However, note that you cannot change your username to match it.

]]> thistimethisspace on "How do I change my blog address back?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-blog-address-back-1#post-1077763 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:32:21 +0000 thistimethisspace 1077763@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,
Site Titles and/or optional Taglines can be easily changed at any time here > Settings > General.

Not so when it comes to blog addresses ie. URLs. http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/

If you do change your blog address, permalinks to your old address, including search engine results, will be broken unless you purchase a Site Redirect upgrade. http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/

7. The final option presented on this screen allows you to discard your current address. This option will permanently disable the address and you will not be able to reuse it. Only select this option if you are sure you will not use the address again. If you want to redirect traffic to the new blog, you can keep the address and purchase the Site Redirect upgrade. http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/

]]> karibradfield on "How do I change my blog address back?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-blog-address-back-1#post-1077760 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:29:38 +0000 karibradfield 1077760@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It needs to be shown as thespicypepper.wordpress.com

]]> karibradfield on "How do I change my blog address back?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-blog-address-back-1#post-1077759 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:28:48 +0000 karibradfield 1077759@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I did something wrong and now I've got 2 blogs and the new blog is under the old name, but all my blogging is under a new name. I need to switch them around, how do I do that?

]]> timethief on "I hope this finds an ACTUAL support person..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-hope-this-finds-an-actual-support-person#post-1068324 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:37:35 +0000 timethief 1068324@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I was sincere. I am sincerely sorry you deleted that URL because I've done the same thing you did myself and I still regret it. See: http://timethief/wordpress.com

Best wishes with achieving your degree in shooting messengers and launching passive aggressive manipulation attacks. I'm sure you are the head of your class.

]]> jessdyball on "I hope this finds an ACTUAL support person..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-hope-this-finds-an-actual-support-person#post-1068314 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:21:07 +0000 jessdyball 1068314@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ wow, I love condescension

It's too bad you ignored the 3 warnings and then clicked the verification link required to delete the blog.

That could have been said in a much more polite way. As the rules clearly state to keep discussion on the topic on hand I wont say more, though I do hope your obviously hard day gets better.
anyway, cheers for that. I blame complete mental exhaustion for not realising that the URL could not be recycled. thankfully it was just a URL that was deleted and not my blog with all the content. As I want to change the title of my primary blog, I will simply pay the necessary $18 so that the blog can be linked with other social networking for a PhD project. Cheers for your help - even though it was full of snark that wasn't really necessary. To be fair, i didn't read the copy pasted stuff - just the info I actually needed - because i haven't yet had coffee!

]]> timethief on "I hope this finds an ACTUAL support person..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-hope-this-finds-an-actual-support-person#post-1068003 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:55:55 +0000 timethief 1068003@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,
Site Titles and/or optional Taglines can be easily changed at any time here > Settings > General.

Not so when it comes to blog addresses ie. URLs. http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/
Note that if you do not purchase a site redirect upgrade then every links will be broken and all the page rank, authority and backlinks the original blog URLs has earned are gone forevermore.

If you do change your blog address, permalinks to your old address, including search engine results, will be broken unless you purchase a Site Redirect upgrade. http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/

7. The final option presented on this screen allows you to discard your current address. This option will permanently disable the address and you will not be able to reuse it. Only select this option if you are sure you will not use the address again. If you want to redirect traffic to the new blog, you can keep the address and purchase the Site Redirect upgrade.

It's too bad you ignored the 3 warnings and then clicked the verification link required to delete the blog. Deleted blog URLs are not recycled.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

You can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

Or you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade and it will not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/

]]> jessdyball on "I hope this finds an ACTUAL support person..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-hope-this-finds-an-actual-support-person#post-1067794 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:46:33 +0000 jessdyball 1067794@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi, so I created a new blog and then thought that was stupid I just wanted to change my blogs name so i deleted the new blog, and went to try to change the name of my old blog to what i HAD called my new blog, and now it says the blog name is taken. How can I change my old blog to that name because I don't want to lose all that content.

]]> timethief on "changed blog name and disatster ensued" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-blog-name-and-disatster-ensued#post-1064707 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:19:43 +0000 timethief 1064707@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That's good news. Best wishes with your blog.

]]> hperlberger on "changed blog name and disatster ensued" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-blog-name-and-disatster-ensued#post-1064705 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:17:27 +0000 hperlberger 1064705@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ HI - I worked with my website designer and we worked it out - thanks for all the responses

]]> timethief on "changed blog name and disatster ensued" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-blog-name-and-disatster-ensued#post-1064400 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:56:14 +0000 timethief 1064400@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This thread is flagged for a Staff response.

]]> hperlberger on "changed blog name and disatster ensued" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-blog-name-and-disatster-ensued#post-1064381 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:36:44 +0000 hperlberger 1064381@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi - thanks for replying - no I did not select option which would delete the site. So - now - it's the new names of the business - with the old business name url. I had resigend myself to just re-creating the site, but I can't do that with the wrong url because I send links.

]]> timethief on "changed blog name and disatster ensued" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-blog-name-and-disatster-ensued#post-1064223 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:17:25 +0000 timethief 1064223@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Did you use this process to change the URL http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/

If you do change your blog address, permalinks to your old address, including search engine results, will be broken unless you purchase a Site Redirect upgrade.

7. The final option presented on this screen allows you to discard your current address. This option will permanently disable the address and you will not be able to reuse it. Only select this option if you are sure you will not use the address again. If you want to redirect traffic to the new blog, you can keep the address and purchase the Site Redirect upgrade.

]]> hperlberger on "changed blog name and disatster ensued" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changed-blog-name-and-disatster-ensued#post-1064219 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:10:13 +0000 hperlberger 1064219@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I changed the name of my blog. ALL of my blog posts disappeared! Also, the blog entry that now shows up on my website is not a blog post, but my admin dashboard - HELP
my old site was heartandsoulmarriage which I changed to sacredspacemarriage
Blog url: http://sacredspacemarriage.wordpress.com/

]]> edgarswamp on "How come my old blog url comes up on Google and not my new one?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-come-my-old-blog-url-comes-up-on-google-and-not-my-new-one#post-1052312 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:41:23 +0000 edgarswamp 1052312@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello timethief, yes I meant URL and you've completely answered my question, thank you. I knew (gut feeling) I'd have some problem when I switched it but wasn't sure what it would be. So I either make a purchase or wait 3-4 months....very effcient way of doing things! I guess I'll start a new blog with a name similiar to what I wanted and take it from there. Again, many thanks!

]]> timethief on "How come my old blog url comes up on Google and not my new one?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-come-my-old-blog-url-comes-up-on-google-and-not-my-new-one#post-1052138 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:28:57 +0000 timethief 1052138@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ edit: "and does not content to the content." was meant to be "and does not connect to the content."

]]> timethief on "How come my old blog url comes up on Google and not my new one?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-come-my-old-blog-url-comes-up-on-google-and-not-my-new-one#post-1052135 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:27:37 +0000 timethief 1052135@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ What is a " registry name"? Do you mean a site URL starting with http:// ? If so then beware that if you change a blog address ie. the URL and do not purchase a site redirect then every existing link to the original content under the original URL is broken. When any of those links are clicked anywhere on the internet the person clicking them experiences a 404 (page not found) error message and does not content to the content. It takes about 3-4 months for the search engines like Goggle and Bing to re-index all the content under the new blog URLs.

]]> edgarswamp on "How come my old blog url comes up on Google and not my new one?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-come-my-old-blog-url-comes-up-on-google-and-not-my-new-one#post-1052058 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:46:01 +0000 edgarswamp 1052058@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I changed my registry name and now it doesn't appear on Google or Yahoo!, although the old name still comes up. And this is after I registered with both of them.
Blog url: http://edgarswamp.wordpress.com/

]]> bryanvillarin on "replacing old blog with new by renaming blog addresses" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/replacing-old-blog-with-new-by-renaming-blog-addresses#post-1035411 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:27:23 +0000 bryanvillarin 1035411@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Since the blog address is permanently deleted, I'm afraid those aren't options.

]]> emsanborn on "replacing old blog with new by renaming blog addresses" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/replacing-old-blog-with-new-by-renaming-blog-addresses#post-1035312 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:47:46 +0000 emsanborn 1035312@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ or is there an option where i can upgrade the site to a ".com" URL and redirect phxprimetimers.wordpress.com and phoenixprimetimers.wordpress.com to this new .com URL?

]]> emsanborn on "replacing old blog with new by renaming blog addresses" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/replacing-old-blog-with-new-by-renaming-blog-addresses#post-1035309 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:40:06 +0000 emsanborn 1035309@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ do i have the option to redirect phxprimetimers.wordpress.com to phoenixprimetimers.wordpress.com?

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