deleting web site

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  secondchancetolive · Member · Jul 13, 2016 at 9:35 pm

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  I am deleting secondchancetolive.wordpress.com as I have had my website transferred to a managed WordPress website a year ago. Why am I having a difficult time completing the process? All my files, folders, and posts, pages were exported to the new site last June / July. I am still finding that I people are being directed to the secondchancetolive.wordpress.com instead of to the new managed wordpress. Does not happen all the time, but recently has been happening. Will links in old articles to articles on wordpress.com still work if I delete secondchancetolive.wordpress.com?

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  secondchancetolive · Member · Jul 13, 2016 at 10:03 pm

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  The createasparkofhope.wordpress.com was not the website. secondchancetolive.wordpress.com was the website in question. I have completed the process of deleting the secondchancetolive.wordpress.com as I have a managed wordpress website on Go Daddy. No need to follow up.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 13, 2016 at 10:10 pm

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  Thanks for letting us know that you were able to delete https://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/

  IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or blog content or making the site private does not remove indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results) and we cannot help with that. Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. To completely remove an entire page from Google search results after it produces a 404 (page not found):
  https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332384?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465&rd=1

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  secondchancetolive · Member · Jul 13, 2016 at 10:13 pm

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  Thank you for the Important notice. Good to know. Have a pleasant evening. Craig

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  timethief · Member · Jul 13, 2016 at 10:15 pm

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  Thanks, Craig. I will be practicing for a concert this eveing. I hope you have a pleasant evening too.

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  secondchancetolive · Member · Jul 14, 2016 at 12:15 am

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  Thank you Timethief. Good to hear from you. Hope your concert goes well for you. If you get the chance stop by and check out the new website. A friend helped me to move it over to http://secondchancetolive.org/ a year ago. I have been working on polishing and adding to the presentation. Have a great evening my friend with practice. Have fun. Craig