my website no longer shows up in google

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  ogcsasha · Member · Jan 7, 2018 at 12:43 pm

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  I have been trying to change my website link for a while, from theenex.wordpress to Ashikhmina.wordpress and eventually succeeded in changing it to ogcsasha.wordpress but now any blog I google comes up with an old theenex website and when clicking on it it no longer exists, however, the username is so I couldn’t change it back. if having a new link means none of my blogs will show up in google, I would rather switch back to the original theenex – can you please help with this?

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  staff-frank · Staff · Jan 7, 2018 at 1:49 pm

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  Hi there,

  The first thing you need to do is make sure your Privacy Settings do allow search engines. Unfortunately, you cannot control when your site will get picked up by a search engine. Google can take 4-6 weeks or more to add any new sites.

  The following support page covers why your blog might not be in Google: https://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/

  The following article also helps you understand how SEO works on WordPress.com: https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/seo-on-wordpress-com/

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  pauljacobson · Staff · Jan 7, 2018 at 1:51 pm

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  Hi

  It can take between four to six weeks for Google’s search index to update with your site’s new address. Bear in mind that when you changed your site’s address, you changed all the links to your existing content so Google’s web crawlers need to update all the links to your content with the new site address.

  It’s worthwhile adding your site to Google’s Search Console. Take a look at this support page for more information about how to do this.

  As far as switching back to your original address is concerned, this may not be possible. Take a look at this support page titled “Change a Site Address” for more information about the implications of changing a site address.

  Your best options may be to add your site to Google’s Search Console (this may speed up Google’s search index update to add your new site address), and a little more patience.