Changed URL cannot be found

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  shaneor · Member · Jan 10, 2013 at 8:56 pm

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  I changed my blog url from shanesfilms to shanethefilmsnob and now I can’t find my blog on google at all

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Jan 10, 2013 at 8:59 pm

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  How many posts have you published on the new blog?

  Did you follow this guide to verify ownership http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/very carefully and not use any other instructions because they do NOT apply to free hosted WordPress.com blogs?

  Also note that even if you don’t verify the blog your posts will still be indexed so there’s no need to feel panicky about this at all. It takes time and frequent publication of content that cannot be found elsewhere on the internet for search engines to discover your content and index it.

  Google recommends the XML sitemap as the best means of communicating site specific data and WordPress.com automatically generates an XML sitemap for your blog – you do nothing. http://en.support.wordpress.com/sitemaps/#xml-sitemaps-for-search-engines

  For 10 factors that expedite indexing of your content see > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/01/21/omg-i-cant-find-my-blog-on-google/

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  shaneor · Member · Jan 10, 2013 at 9:15 pm

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  well i mean its here is u put it into url search
  http://shanethefilmsnob.wordpress.com/

  but type it into google and nothing…
  i even added on the meta link n verified.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 10, 2013 at 9:18 pm

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  Yes and that’s normal. You need to publish, publish, publish fresh content that cannot be found anywhere else on the internet to gain search engine attention.

  These 5 videos introduce how Google discovers, crawls, indexes your site’s pages, and how Google displays them in search results. It also touches lightly upon challenges webmasters and search engines face, such as duplicate content http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/03/22/5google-webmasters-video-tutorials/

  If you are using a WordPress.com theme good SEO is a given. However, going beyond the theme what the blogger has done within that structure is worth evaluating. Whether you write informative, persuasive or controversial content learning how search engines work, and how to apply basic SEO to you content will benefit your blog as it will increase traffic from targeted readers. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/10/21/two-seo-videos-for-bloggers/

  See also: Revisiting Keywords and Tags

  Hope this helps and best wishes with your blog.

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  shaneor · Member · Jan 10, 2013 at 9:46 pm

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  then why did my first url go up immediately AND could be found no problem? it had no articles…

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  timethief · Member · Jan 10, 2013 at 10:29 pm

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  I don’t know.