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What's the best way for me to change my blog address?

  1. iknowwhathuntsyou
    Member

    Hi, I've been blogging at http://iknowwhathuntsyou.wordpress.com for about seven months now and I would like to change my blog address with minimum hassle and without having to pay anything extra.

    I'm aware of three options: Transferring my blog, exporting my blog and then importing it to to a new blog, or changing the address.

    I don't want any permalinks to the site broken, however, so I don't think I should simply change the address.

    Any comments or recommendations?

    Thanks!

    The blog I need help with is iknowwhathuntsyou.wordpress.com.

  2. timethief
    Member

    I would like to change my blog address with minimum hassle and without having to pay anything extra. I don't want any permalinks to the site broken, however, so I don't think I should simply change the address.

    There is no free way to do this. This is how to change blog address > 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.

  3. iknowwhathuntsyou
    Member

    Thanks for your response! I've seen that article, but don't fully understand the permalinks with regard to search engine results - will the old posts eventually be re-indexed by search engines? I guess I just don't understand how it's any different from when those posts were first created.

    Also, this article http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/ seems to imply that there might be other options as well. From what I understand, I think I can make a new blog and then either export my old blog and import all the files into the new one, or transfer ownership to the new blog.

    Is that correct?

  4. angelwisdom46
    Member

    Hi I hope someone on this site can help me, is there any option to talk to a real person about changing the name of my blog, i may be using the wrong words, which is why i want to speak to a real person, any advice please!

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