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Transfering blog from wordpress.org to wordpress.com

by Pootur
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Hello guys,

I have a blog that is getting decent traffic and I am making some money with this blog with affiliate marketing. Since the blog is a free wordpress blog then I don't have the option of using adsense. So mu plan is to transfer my free blog to a paid blog with a proper domain name and monetizing options.
The transfer should not affect Search Engine rankings by using the offsite redirect option but I don't want to take any chances.So does anyone have any personal experience with this and did this transfer affect rankings?
#blog #transfering #wordpresscom #wordpressorg
  • Profile picture of the author trevord92
    Not done it personally but in the dashboard you've got access to the regular Wordpress export.

    This page gives more information.

    And there's a good chance someone in Warriors for Hire or Freelancer or maybe even Fiverr can help you for a fee.
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  • Profile picture of the author laurencewins
    To clarify... if you are transferring from free to paid, then it is WordPress.com to WordPress.org, not the other way around as you mentioned.
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    Cheers, Laurence.
    Writer/Editor/Proofreader.

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  • Profile picture of the author mkgg
    Despite what they tell you, you will lose somewhat of a link juice. Not a lot to matter but yeah there's a loss.

    For example, if your TF/CF is 19/31 then after the move, the new domain will have somewhere between 17/29 or somewhere around that. If you're okay with that then go ahead.

    I can't tell about google SERPs, some of my rankings stayed consistent after the move and other went down a position or two so its really variable but yeah its not totally safe.

    PS: Also note that by using your own domain name instead of the wordpress subdomain, you will lose the authority of wordpress.org domain. So if its working out great, i don't recommend moving. Instead, wordpress lets you remove the ads for a fee and put your own so you should use that.
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