redirect deleted website

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  rcjurongtown · Member · May 15, 2013 at 10:48 am

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  Yesterday we deleted the site http://www.rcjt.wordpress.com by mistake after we set up our own site but we still want to redirect all internet searches from this site to our new http://www.jurongtownrotary.org website is that still possible ? cheers Rodger

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  tandava108 · Member · May 15, 2013 at 10:55 am

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  Sorry, once deleted it is gone. You can no longer set up a redirect

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  rcjurongtown · Member · May 15, 2013 at 11:04 am

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  many thanks for the help, unfortunately, not the news I was hoping for ..

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  tandava108 · Member · May 15, 2013 at 11:12 am

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  Having looked at the help instructions I don’t think it was as clear as it should be. I have posted a suggestion to WordPress that the delete site help page and the dropdown in the “Delete Site: What is your goal?” page you get when trying to delete a site should both mention redirecting traffic and advise users on how they can do this instead of deleting the site.

  Not much help to you I know, but it could prevent other people from doing the same thing

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  rcjurongtown · Member · May 15, 2013 at 11:19 am

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  now the google search etc finds the rcjt.wordpress site and presume will continue to as the site name stays even when the site is deleted ?

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  tandava108 · Member · May 15, 2013 at 11:22 am

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  Search engines will catch up eventually, but they could show your deleted site for a month!

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  rcjurongtown · Member · May 15, 2013 at 3:10 pm

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  to take advantage of the long history of searches related to the rcjt.wordpress page is it possible for me to open a new website at that address which is just 1 page with the whole purpose of redirecting searches to the new site ?