My Blogspot My Domain Experiment

by reapr
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Ok I always suspected that my domain would always do better than a blogspot blog. I never have really measured this statistically because I have been doing this for ten years and have always followed my gut. I have asked several seasoned warriors and most say go with your own domain if possible.

As of 2/25/10 I picked a .com domain with a keyword of my choice and I used the same keyword in my blogspot domain. As of 2/27/10 I started promoting both sites.

So if I chose 'widgets' as my keyword I have the following domain ...

widgets.blogspot.com

My domain would be ...

widgets.com

I have submitted both sites using automated and semi automated software and subscription services. All things being equal I have also used the same exact article for my landing page and I have used the same spun articles from 35-40% for back links to both sites.

Each site will see the same spun articles.

I will not reveal the niche but I will reveal number of backlinks to both sites over the coming days.

Depending on interest I may reveal more with conversions.

Both sites are promoting the same clickbank product.

Over the several weeks I will be giving both sites equal treatment ...
#blogspot #domain #experiment
  • Profile picture of the author mrenish
    would like to see what would be the difference if you host your own domain using Wordpress. Wordpress domains would rank quicker than blogspot domains as far my experience goes.
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  • Profile picture of the author reapr
    The site hosted "widgets".com is based on WP and using a custom template.
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  • Profile picture of the author reapr
    Before I turn in tonight ... for backlinks

    'widgets'.com 6

    'widgets'.blogspot.com 26

    Even more interesting ...

    No keywords I am targeting are showing in the top 500 for
    'widgets'.blogspot.com even though more backlinks are showing which is likely being measured through yahoo.

    For 'widgets'.com several keywords I have targeted are showing in the first 200 results of google all above 50 and 2 of the 13 keywords I am targeting are showing on the first page of yahoo.

    I am using MS for my analysis.

    'widgets'.com is a new domain with no prior history or PR.
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  • Profile picture of the author bluearrow
    What about UV's you get from Google ? which blog gets more from Google ?
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    • Profile picture of the author reapr
      Originally Posted by bluearrow View Post

      What about UV's you get from Google ? which blog gets more from Google ?
      UV's I have not looked at yet. Once/If I start to get a few UV's a day I will start to report that.

      I am in the process of spinning and placing my second article.

      My goal is an article a day for 7 days. It may take a little longer.

      Both sites are being treated as a landing page not as a blog. Just a one page squeeze page.
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  • Profile picture of the author AFD
    Blogspot has always a good start in SEO.. The only advantage of TLD is your ownership of the domain...
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  • Profile picture of the author valerieSONORA
    Interesting experiment, looking forward to the results.
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    • Profile picture of the author reapr
      widgets.blogspot.com at this point is showing 55 backlinks and even more amusing ... though indexed is not even showing in the first 500 of google.

      widgets.com is showing 20 backlinks ... though indexed is not even showing in the first 500 of google and is ranking on page one of yahoo for 3 of 13 targeted search phrases.

      I am on my second spun article for submission and submitted to rss and social bookmarking sites.

      Third article will go out in the next day or two.
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      • Profile picture of the author reapr
        Just a quick update ...

        3 articles have been submitted for each site. Also 5 approved backlinks for blog comments with dofollow links of pr4-5 have been placed with anchortext for both sites since yesterday and are still up.

        It is a bit surprising there is not much in ranking and the little traffic that has came in the last few days is from the blog comments or articles and not from search.

        I know reporting of backlinks and PR will never be accurate but it is being used as a measuring tool to compare both sites over time.

        Here is the breakdown.

        'widgets'.com
        BackLinks 127
        PR0=121
        PR1=0
        PR2=2
        PR3=2
        PR4=1
        PR5=1
        3 of the 13 chosen phrases are showing in the top 10 of Yahoo.


        'widgets'.blogspot.com
        BackLinks 62
        PR0=53
        PR1=1
        PR2=6
        PR3=2
        PR4=0
        PR5=0
        Nothing for Yahoo but indexed in Google all keywords between 501-1000.

        4 more articles to go ...
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  • Profile picture of the author big_t
    I don't usually bump threads, but what ever happened with this?
    I need closure!
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