Changing domains

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  wolfygw2 · Member · Feb 27, 2014 at 5:52 pm

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  Hi there,

  I just recently bought a new domain for my website, “quagganspress.com”. I had the original “quagganspress.wordpress.com” registered with Google analytics, however I’d like to know if I should re-register my site under Google analytics as “quagganspress.com” now, and remove the “quagganspress.wordpress.com” site from Google.

  Thanks!

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  wolfygw2 · Member · Feb 27, 2014 at 5:59 pm

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  Just a bit more information:

  If I Google search Quaggan’s Press, it still shows “quagganspress.wordpress.com” in the Google search, so I am asking whether or not it will update accordingly to my new URL, or if I have to manually remove that URL from Google analytics, and add my new one.

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  wolfygw2 · Member · Feb 27, 2014 at 6:10 pm

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  Sorry I’m not sure how to edit the posts here, but I meant to mention Google webmaster, not Google analytics.

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Mar 3, 2014 at 8:08 pm

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  Hi there,

  WordPress.com automatically sends notifications to Google with every post and page update. However, search engines can take 4 to 6 weeks (or more) to add any new sites.

  For more information about WordPress.com and search engines, please see this guide:

  Search Engines

  Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

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  wolfygw2 · Member · Mar 3, 2014 at 8:37 pm

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  Okay, thanks! So it should update automatically show the “.com” URL, instead of the “.wordpress.com” URL?

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Mar 3, 2014 at 8:42 pm

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  You’re welcome! Yes it should :)

  Cheers!