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I'm thinking about switching to the custom domain setup option for Blogger. That would let me use a real non-blogspot domain but it would still hosted for free by Blogger. All I'd have to do is buy a domain from someone like GoDaddy.com.
Moving to a real domain on a different host would be like starting over again. I'd lose all my backlinks and search engine traffic. But this Blogger Custom Domain automatically redirects your traffic from your blogspot site to your new site.
But the big question is, and I'd appreciated some help in the comments, what would the new site be called? CompostBin.com is taken as is TheCompostBin.com. I guess my only requirement in a new name would be that it has something to do with compost. Any ideas?
2/19/2007 10:07:00 PM
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Annie
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Annie, I proud to live in NJ but I know there's a lot of people out there who don't think too highly of it. Come on people! It's the Garden State after all. :)
Lorna, One of my candidates was InMyCompostBin but I like your idea better. Hmmm...
Or switch to a compostguy.NET extension or ORG extension as you're going to be the compost Network or Organization "for the world" by next week. :-)
All the best
Doug
Next week might be a little soon though, better give it two weeks.
I do have a question, though. What would be the benefit of switching? My blog is GardenDesk.blogspot.com and I already own GardenDesk.com, so I could switch as well. I wanted to use it to make a non-blog website but I'm a very slow learner with such things. Maybe I should follow your lead and switch my blog. Anthony, do you think I should? If so, why? I'd appreciate your insight.
I just thought of a name maybe. How about CompostAnthony.com?
Re:Blogspot vs Non-Blogspot
It's really just personal preference but it's something I've been meaning to do for a while. This new blogger feature lets me do it without losing any traffic or backlinks so I'm considering it.
I think it's great that you're learning how to do a non-blog website. I'm a Web Developer at my 9-5, so I just take the technical side of webmastering for granted.
I wholeheartedly support this. I own allentowngardener.com and gardeningwhile intoxicated.com
Much cooler to send people to your own domain name.
It's easy to set up a redirect. I don't know that you need to even do it through blogger.
* I get paid to blog thru PayPerPost and some of those advertisers don't like the blogspot address.
* A guy who switched over to a dot com from blogspot address said his Google ads pay better -- another said his Google ads are more intuitive
* Folks look down on blogspot addresses -- saying we're not "professional" enough and only taken seriously when we get a regular dot com address
* And lastly, this guy's post here says that you don't have to lose your ranking when you switch over using this method:
http://www.sciencetext.com/blogger-custom-domain.html#comment-62
I think I'm going to try his way possibly over this way, described here:
http://blog.instabloke.com/2007/01/best-setup-for-custom-domains-with-new.html
I pray the switch goes well for all of us!
Happy Friday Blogging,
Paula
And that's interesting info about Google Ads working better and paying higher.
CompostHappens
YOUCompost
TotalCompost
In the End...Compost
ChoiceCompost
AboutCompost
CompostConversation
Composter
Okay, my brain is tired..enough creativity for one day...lol!
Bin There, Composted That
What do you think??!
(I'm amusing myself if no one else!)
You're ideas are great but I think I found one that I'm going to use. I'm not going to mention what I picked until I owe it though.
But I'm holding off on the Custom Domain for a little while. I want to be 100% sure that I don't lose my backlinks and traffic and I'm not sure yet.
hahahahaha....oh....sorry...it's just that I read the other post first, and... well...I bet your wife would like that title! Anyhow, good luck!