WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Is there a process to claim blog addresses that have never been used? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-there-a-process-to-claim-blog-addresses-that-have-never-been-used WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Is there a process to claim blog addresses that have never been used? en Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Is there a process to claim blog addresses that have never been used?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-there-a-process-to-claim-blog-addresses-that-have-never-been-used#post-959045 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:54:41 +0000 timethief 959045@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome.

]]> tallyt on "Is there a process to claim blog addresses that have never been used?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-there-a-process-to-claim-blog-addresses-that-have-never-been-used#post-959037 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:51:17 +0000 tallyt 959037@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you for your timely answer timethief.

]]> timethief on "Is there a process to claim blog addresses that have never been used?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-there-a-process-to-claim-blog-addresses-that-have-never-been-used#post-958410 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:59:10 +0000 timethief 958410@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Also note that blogs belong to those who registered them. There is no expiration date on blogs unused or otherwise. If you can make contact on your own then there is a means of a consenting blog owner to transfer the blog to another username account. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account In the case that there is no contact information Staff will not breach the privacy policy and provide you with an email address.

]]> timethief on "Is there a process to claim blog addresses that have never been used?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-there-a-process-to-claim-blog-addresses-that-have-never-been-used#post-958407 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:56:05 +0000 timethief 958407@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There is no such process deleted blog URLs here are not recycled.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/delete-blog/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

]]> tallyt on "Is there a process to claim blog addresses that have never been used?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-there-a-process-to-claim-blog-addresses-that-have-never-been-used#post-958405 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:53:17 +0000 tallyt 958405@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I was looking to change my blog address but found what I wanted in use on a blog from the year two thousand five. From what I can tell the blog has not been used itself.

I found the following:
"It is possible that, in future, we will consider reclaiming blog names that have been stockpiled by spammers and squatters and never used (although we make absolutely no promises that this will happen)."
-in an article, Recycling Blog Names

Any ongoing process to reclaim blogs that've never been used?
Blog url: http://purpleramblingsofabooklover.wordpress.com/

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