Need help! What to Optimize?

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Just a question. If I have a blog hosted at blogger shall we say xyz.blogspot.com. I used domain forwarding to masked the URL, shall we say xyz.com. Now, I'm doing SEO for the blog. What domain should I optimize?

xyz.blogspot.com
or
xyz.com
#optimize
  • Profile picture of the author DannyP_uk
    You should optimize xyz.com
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  • Profile picture of the author roadwarriorhawk
    Originally Posted by jesus72knight View Post

    Just a question. If I have a blog hosted at blogger shall we say xyz.blogspot.com. I used domain forwarding to masked the URL, shall we say xyz.com. Now, I'm doing SEO for the blog. What domain should I optimize?

    xyz.blogspot.com
    or
    xyz.com
    You've already said you're optimizing for your blog!

    I don't understand your question very well.
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  • Profile picture of the author taylormarek
    #1 I would say GET OFF BLOGSPOT ASAP! Ahem, sorry for the yelling but I can't tell you how many of those I see...

    #2 Because you are masking the url and forwarding it, it means you are obviously going to promote the xyz.com link. Optimize that.
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    • Profile picture of the author Stephen Crooks
      I think for a long term SEO project, forwarding a domain to a blogspot blog is not the best way to go in my opinion. However, you should promote the xyz.com URL and seriously consider getting hosting for it at some stage and move the blogspot content to it.
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    • Profile picture of the author justhandsome
      Originally Posted by taylormarek View Post

      #1 I would say GET OFF BLOGSPOT ASAP! Ahem, sorry for the yelling but I can't tell you how many of those I see...

      #2 Because you are masking the url and forwarding it, it means you are obviously going to promote the xyz.com link. Optimize that.
      Agreed you are wasting your time with blogspot
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  • Profile picture of the author JoeMbulu
    Originally Posted by jesus72knight View Post

    Just a question. If I have a blog hosted at blogger shall we say xyz.blogspot.com. I used domain forwarding to masked the URL, shall we say xyz.com. Now, I'm doing SEO for the blog. What domain should I optimize?

    xyz.blogspot.com
    or
    xyz.com
    Domain forwarding is bad for SEO period! Your best bet is register hosting account or even get a free hosting account from a web host that provides free space in exchange for ad space but allows you to user your own domain.
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