Total newb, trying to set up a blog.
I bought a domain from GoDaddy last month and I created/published my site using their Website Builder (Marketing + Email plan thing).
Then, I started expirimening with WordPress .com (I know, I should have done .org but like I said, I’m a newb).
Anyway, I built my site using WordPress .com and then I upgraded my WordPress .com plan to Premium.
This week, I mapped/connected the GoDaddy domain (that I previously purchased) to my new site that I recently built in WordPress .com
I had to connect the domain, instead of transfer, because my domain is only a month old and this was the only option.
Keep in mind, I had already published the website I created earlier using the GoDaddy Builder. Meaning that my domain was already connected to a visible website.
So now, after I’ve connected my domain to the new site that I built on my WordPress .com Premium plan, do I need to officially “unpublish” the previous website I built using the GoDaddy builder?
The nameservers are still GoDaddy nameservers. But the A record has changed.
Typing my sites URL into a browser correctly returns the newer site I built on WordPress .com
My main concern is SEO. I stupidly set up Google Analytics and Search Console when still using the GoDaddy builder. So now it has a bunch of indexed pages that no longer exist. Yes, i added the Google tracking ID to my new WordPress .com site. But I don’t want to get docked for the wrong site maps, duplicate content, etc…
TLDR;
bought a domain from GoDaddy and published website using GoDaddy’s builder. Then built a website in WordPress .com and connected existing my GoDaddy domain to the new WordPress site. Nameservers are still GoDaddy, but A record has changed. Typing my URL correctly shows the new WordPress site.
Do I need to click “unpublish” on my old GoDaddy website after connecting the domain? Especially for SEO purposes.
Thank you so much! Any help is appreciated!
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