How do I get a real "www" web address?
Posted on January 30th, 2010 by admin
Here’s my problem, I know only the basics about computer stuff and zero about blogging. What I want is a daily blog with my own web address: http://www._____.com. I went to Wordpress.com and did their premium service which offered a domain name under the notion that it would be what I wanted with the "www" in front of it. It’s not. I can’t find it when I google or yahoo the domain name I paid for, all it does is take the .wordpress.com out of the address, which is useless since people still can’t find it in a search engine. What’s worse, Wordpress support is shut down until Jan. 2 so I can’t figure out what to do. How do I get the "www" address? I think I own this domain name now but what the heck do I do with it????
Please answer in layman’s terms, as I apparently have the mentality of a four-year-old.
Edit: I did go to godaddy before I went to wordpress and the name I wanted was available, then I went to wordpress, bought the name, went back to godaddy and it was no longer available, which tells me I own it. I didn’t buy the name through godaddy because they wanted a lot of money up front and I read bad reviews about them and all I wanted was a basic blog that people could find in a search engine…
I’ve tried searching the domain name with .wordpress.com and without it and still don’t see it.
You paid Wordpress for a domain name, which is fine. What you’re confusing that is with Google’s ability to find your site.
Try going to www.(yoursite).wordpress.com. Then try it without the .wordpress
If it works without the .wordpress you’re good to go. Your next step is trying to get Google and Yahoo to index your blog. Go here for google: http://www.google.com/addurl/
January 31st, 2010 at 12:40 am
Search engines can take some time to index a new domain name. If you just purchased it, give the search engines a little time to find your site and index it. After that it should show up in the search results.
If you type in http://www.yourdomain.com in your web browser does it take you to your blog?
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January 31st, 2010 at 1:16 am
you buy domains from registrars, this one is easy to use
http://www.godaddy.com/default.aspx?ci=13333
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January 31st, 2010 at 1:42 am
You paid Wordpress for a domain name, which is fine. What you’re confusing that is with Google’s ability to find your site.
Try going to www.(yoursite).wordpress.com. Then try it without the .wordpress
If it works without the .wordpress you’re good to go. Your next step is trying to get Google and Yahoo to index your blog. Go here for google: http://www.google.com/addurl/
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January 31st, 2010 at 2:19 am
You must purchase your own domain for 5 to 10 dollars
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http://www.buydomains.com/
January 31st, 2010 at 2:29 am
TO let your Domain be found on Search Engines
Just add them manually but i do think I forgot it
You can add your domain though but it will rise from the thousands of searches
If it is clicked and visited tremendously
Unless you can format the HTML files you need to add a Meta Tag
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January 31st, 2010 at 2:36 am
I checked out wordpress.com. That’s not your domain name. That’s their domain name.You have a blog page under the wordpress.com site. If you want to own your own domain name, you have to register for it and pay for it. It’s like buying a piece of property on the internet. You own the address after you pay for it and it’s registered under your real name. I got my own domain names from Bluedomino.com, but there are lots of other sites where you can buy your own domain name if it is not yet taken. Yahoo even has a domain registration site: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/
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