URL Upgrade

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  therantingpoet · Member · Dec 19, 2013 at 3:33 pm

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  I would like to purchase the domain name upgrade, to drop the wordpress from the name. Unfortunetly I have already sent the link with the “wordpress” in it to a bunch of people.
  If I get rid of the “wordpress”, will links with the wordpress in it, still function the same way?

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

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  auxclass · Member · Dec 19, 2013 at 4:35 pm

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  If I get rid of the “wordpress”, will links with the wordpress in it, still function the same way?

  yes –

  There are two steps you need to do

  1) register the domain name
  2) Map the domain name

  2.5) Wait for the changes to move across the internet – changes start in a few hours but can take 24 to 72 hours to fully migrate

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  timethief · Member · Dec 19, 2013 at 5:02 pm

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  @auxclass
  Good morning :)

  @mcscripturus
  Here’s how to proceed. In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase.

  If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.

  (1) See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  (2) See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  (3) See here for mapping a sub-domain (for a domain with an existing website) to your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-subdomain/

  Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

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  therantingpoet · Member · Dec 22, 2013 at 3:00 am

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  Would it work through search engines? Say if one was to Google, mcscriptor.wordpress.com instead of mcscriptor.(insert here), would it still work?

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  auxclass · Member · Dec 22, 2013 at 3:15 am

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  yes the name works with search engines, the base URL mcscriptor.wordpress.com will redirect properly to your-cool-name.com, with the proper Post / Page URL

  Over a period of time search engines will stop indexing the URL mcscriptor.wordpress.com and the URL in the search engine will show up as your-cool-name.com,

  Either way, links will go to the proper address

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  therantingpoet · Member · Dec 26, 2013 at 2:51 pm

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  Alright Thanks!