The name of my blog.

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  kristynafromprague · Member · Jun 12, 2015 at 9:53 pm

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  Hello, I wanted to create a website (not a blog) but when I clicked on to create a website/blog – there was no more options to choose between a blog or a website. So I went ahead and deleted my website thinking I could just do the process all over again and find a way how to create a website (not a blog). But when I went to create my website again, it wouldn’t let me use the name I used originally. It keeps saying that that name is already taken (which cannot be because I deleted my blog already).
  Could you please fix it?
  I want to name my website christinafromprague.wordpress.com
  Thank you!

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  timethief · Member · Jun 12, 2015 at 9:57 pm

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  Hello, I wanted to create a website (not a blog) but when I clicked on to create a website/blog – there was no more options to choose between a blog or a website.

  A blog is a website.

  A blog is a post based website designed for interactive communication. As the posts are frequently updated and appear on the front page of the site it’s very attractive to search engines.

  What most people call a website is merely a page based site that functions as a one way noticeboard. As the structure is page based and as pages are for static content that rarely changes, and as pages do not have RSS feeds, and as others do not backlink to pages, it is not as attractive to search engines as a post based blog structured site is.

  Any WordPress blog can be restructured from being post based to being page based – no upgrade required. For greater clarity read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

  Here’s a link to my step by step post too http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/07/25/create-a-wordpress-website-step-by-step/

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  kristynafromprague · Member · Jun 12, 2015 at 9:59 pm

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  Thank you for the tutorial!
  The problem of the name of the site remains unresolved though!

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  timethief · Member · Jun 12, 2015 at 9:59 pm

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  https://christinafromprague.wordpress.com is no longer available.The authors have deleted this site.

  Site deletion is a permanent and irreversible act. There are at least 3 warnings including an email verification link sent that must be clicked to delete a blog URL. https://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

  I am sorry but you cannot register a deleted blog URL. No one can use a deleted blog URL regardless of who registered it. Deleted blog URLs are not recycled here and you can confirm by reading:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/delete-blog/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  However, you can register another blog with a similar name. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Or you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade and it will not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/