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How To Change Your Domain Without Losing Traffic

by goindeep
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Hi

I am currently doing a bit of an experiment with a free blogger blog and free domain.

I want to purchase my own domain and get rid of the .blogspot

how do i and other warriors do this successfully without losing traffic.

Say the blog is already in google index and recieves regular traffic?

???

Thanks
#change #domain #losing #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author Irmscher
    Originally Posted by GoinDeep View Post

    Hi

    I am currently doing a bit of an experiment with a free blogger blog and free domain.

    I want to purchase my own domain and get rid of the .blogspot

    how do i and other warriors do this successfully without losing traffic.

    Say the blog is already in google index and recieves regular traffic?

    ???

    Thanks
    Make a redirect.

    <META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.yourwebsite.com">



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    • Profile picture of the author goindeep
      yeh thats great for people who already visit my site and i can then let them all know via a new blog or my list that my domain has changed. But doe sthat mean that for the new domain i would have to begin seo/sem all over again???

      cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author JLP
    Google recommends 301 redirect:

    301 redirects - Webmaster Help Center
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  • Profile picture of the author singleparent001
    sure? that's great . i need it very much. it's the best way for my plan. btw, anyone want to run a dating site? i can set up one for you at no cost
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  • Profile picture of the author Derek Pankaew
    What are you guys talking about? You can't do a 301 redirect or a meta redirect with a blogspot blog. You don't have access to those files.

    Best way is pretty much make a post and tell them where your new blog is.
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    • Profile picture of the author goindeep
      Thats what i originally thought Derek.

      p.s. why cant we do that?
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael patrick
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        because you dont own the blog or the domain or anything! you signed up for blogger and their terms of service..did you not read all the fine print? you have no control over anything..good thing I found this out BEFORE I ever started blogging!
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  • Profile picture of the author Sean Donahoe
    Actually you can redirect a 301 from Blogger to another destination.

    How to 301 redirect from Blogger to Wordpress | dannytalk ? A Danny Ng Blog

    However, check the terms and conditions. I never use Blogger due to it's limits except for a couple of experiments in traffic generation so not too familiar with their rules.

    Regards,

    Sean Donahoe
    The Manic Marketer
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