How do I change my Primary Site name?

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  roryplaysthesims · Member · May 18, 2015 at 4:51 pm

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  Hi everyone,

  I am a dork. I misspelled my domain name/blog name and need to change it. How do I do this?

  Thank you for your help,

  -Rory

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

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  timethief · Member · May 18, 2015 at 4:52 pm

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  Hi there,

  re: changing a site title or tagline
  The Site title (blog name) and/or the optional Tagline can be changed on the top of this page at any time. > Settings > General … “save changes”.

  That is exactly where search engine spiders look for the site title and removing it from there can cause issues with getting your content indexed. Note that the site title (blog name) and blog address URL do not have to be the same but it’s better for SEO (search engine optimization) if they are the same.

  re: changing a .wordpress.com address
  We cannot edit any blog URLs. If you want to change the .wordpress.com blog address ie. the URL starting with http:// then you must be logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog to do that and the URL you desire must be available. If so, then you can change the URL by using the guide http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/

  Be sure to locate the correct page http://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/dashboard-e1371648470893.png

  Changing a URL is a permanent and irreversible act. No changed or deleted blog URLs are recycled here, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

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  roryplaysthesims · Member · May 18, 2015 at 4:54 pm

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  Thank you for your help, Timethief. I appreciate it! :)

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  timethief · Member · May 18, 2015 at 4:55 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes with your blogging.