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  ssabineswllpca · Member · May 17, 2017 at 2:42 am

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  I am trying to set up a domain name which can be accessed by others from Google without entering WordPress. I have a domain name from WordPress, but it seems to be accessable only within wordpress.

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

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  kokkieh · Staff · May 17, 2017 at 1:55 pm

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  Hi there,

  Are you speaking of https://sailingintrepidiv.wordpress.com/? That URL can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection, and without having to log into WordPress.com.

  If that’s not the site you’re speaking of, please give the domain you’re having trouble with and I can take a look.

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  ssabineswllpca · Member · May 22, 2017 at 5:50 pm

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  I cannot access https: //sailing intrepid.wordpress.com/ on Google. Can you assist?

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  kokkieh · Staff · May 23, 2017 at 7:57 am

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  Please don’t put spaces in a URL. Because you type it with spaces I can’t just click it, but instead have to type it out to visit the link.

  https://sailingintrepid.wordpress.com/ does not exist, as that URL has never been registered on WordPress.com before. The only site in your account is the one at the URL, https://sailingintrepidiv.wordpress.com/

  If you want to use https://sailingintrepid.wordpress.com/, use the following link to create a new site with that address:

  https://wordpress.com/start/site/

  Note that after you create that site it won’t immediately come up in Google searches, as Google will first need to index the site. This takes about 6 to 8 weeks, and is also dependent on you regularly posting new original content on the site. If you create the address, but never post any content, search engines won’t index it.

  This also applies to your current site, https://sailingintrepidiv.wordpress.com/, as that site is only a week old and does not yet have any content except the default content that was added when you created it.