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  hopemarnamusic · Member · Aug 15, 2020 at 12:30 am

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  Hi, I changed my domain name and now the link won’t work when I paste it into Google; it just comes up as ‘page not found’. Any help would be much appreciated – thank you.

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  correspondwithjohn · Member · Aug 15, 2020 at 12:37 am

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  Hello,

  What is the URL that is causing the 404 error?

  -John

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  hopemarnamusic · Member · Aug 15, 2020 at 1:30 pm

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  Hi John,

  It’s this:
  https://hopemarnamusic.wordpress.com

  Thank you for your help.

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  hopemarnamusic · Member · Aug 15, 2020 at 1:30 pm

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  Hi John,

  It’s this:
  https://hopemarnamusic.wordpress.com

  Thank you for your help.

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  hopemarnamusic · Member · Aug 15, 2020 at 1:32 pm

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  What is confusing me the most about it is that when I paste it into a thread like this it works but when I just try and paste it straight into Google it doesn’t…

  Thanks!

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  correspondwithjohn · Member · Aug 15, 2020 at 3:10 pm

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  Hey Hope,

  Do you mean pasting it into Google for a search or into the address bar of Chrome?

  If you’re putting it into a search, it might be too early. I want to say it can take up to 6 weeks for Google to index your site. If it’s been longer than that go into your site settings and make sure the ‘Discourage Search Engines from indexing’ isn’t checked.

  If it’s in regards to pasting it into the address bar, you may need to clear your browser cache. Instructions for this can be found at:

  https://wordpress.com/support/browser-issues/

  Hope this helps explain things. If you have any more questions feel free to let me know.

  -John