What if URL does not match Blog name?

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  shinyd53 · Member · Jul 10, 2015 at 6:39 pm

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  When I started my blog there wasn’t available a URL that matched the name, Messiah Gate. This has caused some confusion. Any solution, and does this affect search engine results?

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jul 10, 2015 at 7:03 pm

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  Hi,

  Any solution…

  You may change the address (URL). You might use a modified version of the site title. For example: “messiahgate1,” or “themessiahgate.”

  …and does this affect search engine results?

  I don’t know much about that, but the uniqueness of the site title may be a more important factor in SEO than whether it matches the name in the URL.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jul 10, 2015 at 7:05 pm

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  See the Change a Blog Address support page.

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  shinyd53 · Member · Jul 11, 2015 at 3:59 am

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  Again, thank you.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jul 11, 2015 at 5:08 am

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  You’re welcome.

  You could also leave a comment at the site https://messiahgate.wordpress.com/, asking the administrator of the inactive, virtually empty site whether they’d consider transferring it to you.