Help! Website Problems!
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Hi!
So I made this site for work awhile back, since then we’ve outgrown the site and are now using a managed WordPress site through GoDaddy since that is where we bought our domain name. I’ve gone through the steps of exporting the content to build the other site to look just like the old one. Now I need to delete the old site (ohiobusinessmag.wordpress.com) so that it will stop showing up in the Google search. I had a domain map on this site so our domain that we purchased with GoDaddy would direct to the old site. That has since expired. My real problem is that I can’t delete this site because of a theme we bought that never expires.Will deleting this site erase it showing up in a Google search?
I hope that this made sense.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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re: deleting sites
All sites are independent. What you do on one or to one has no impact on any other site. To delete a WordPress.COM hosted site you must be logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog to navigate to Dashboard > Tools > Delete Site. The guide is here http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/ note the alternatives provided there.
I would choose to make the site private and use it as a backup.
https://wordpress.com/settings/delete-site/NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com
*Replace “NAME_OF_BLOG” with the actual name of the blog in the URL above.
If you are not logged in under the correct WordPress.COM username account then clear your browser cache https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache and cookies https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies prior to logging into another account
Deleting sites and/or site 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 -
My real problem is that I can’t delete this site because of a theme we bought that never expires.
Do you want Staff to transfer the theme to another wordpress.COM hosted site site you have registered?
Premium themes have to be removed by Staff or transferred to another WordPress.COM hosted site of yours before the site they are on currently can be deleted. Deleting a site with upgrades https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/#deleting%C2%A0a-site-with-upgrades
I will type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Also subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
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If it would be possible to transfer the them to another wordpress site, that would be great!
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Yes, Staff can transfer the theme to another wordpress.COM hosted site (not a wordpress.ORG site) that you have registered. Post the URL for the wordpress.COM hosted site you want them to transfer it to and be patient while waiting.
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I can help you with this. Please let me know which site you need to move the them over to.
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