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Wordpress.com vs Wordpress.org

by strangebrew1961
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I recently read a blog post about SEO that claimed your Wordpress site will rank higher and faster if you use a sub domain on their free hosting, because you would benefit from the high PR that the Wordpress site has. Any opinions on that?
#wordpresscom #wordpressorg
  • Profile picture of the author Synnuh
    You won't benefit from the PR because they won't be linking to the subdomain.

    If you could somehow get them to link to your subdomain from the main site, you would benefit.

    Host your own WP install. Wordpress.com won't let you monetize it. Their moderators move quickly.
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  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    Synnuh got it right. Sub domains are completely separate sites in the first place, and even pages only get authority if they're linked. Some try to build low-quality links to their WP.com sites, something they would not do with their money site.

    If you're just starting a blog WordPress.com is fine, and allows fairly easy migration to the .org version. Just remember to use your own domain name.
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    Links in signature will not help your SEO. Not on this site, and not on any other forum.
    Who told me this? An ex Google web spam engineer.

    What's your excuse?
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  • Profile picture of the author fpforum
    Wordpress.org is only used if you are wanting to download and put it on your hosting. Most people would download the script from Wordpress.org and put it on their domain XYZ.com...They could then also go to Wordpress.com and signup for a free site (hosted on wordpress' end).. You would have 2 wordpress sites - but one would be hosted on the Wordpress server while you would be hosting the other.
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