Comments on: Migrating Your Wordpress.com Site to your own Domain and Host http://om4.com.au/migrate-wordpress-com-own-domain/ Find customers and convert online Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:23:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Glenn http://om4.com.au/migrate-wordpress-com-own-domain/#comment-349 Glenn Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:37:43 +0000 http://om4.com.au/?p=270#comment-349 Hi Justin, that is pretty cool, your post ranks #1 worldwide for a search on [people process technology] - people who know what it the term means know that it matters. Not being able to do a 301 redirect for that post is a bugger. And since you have already setup the new domain, I can't see any options for getting a 301 in place. The approach in this post would have worked for a migration like yours, ensuring all the traffic for the old post went to the new site (provided you did it when you migrated the site). As you are getting a lot of traffic on that, you could: - write a new post optimized for people, process, technology (new words, same sentiment) - link to the new post from the old post - do a few more links from old posts to new posts to pass authority - get all your consulting associates to link to your new post - once the authority of your new site kicks in, your new post might outrank your old one. Google's <a href="https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal" rel="nofollow">Keyword Tool</a> suggests this is a 1,900mth search term, so well worth the effort :) One more thing - if you do this query in Google site:yoursite.com you will see your blog title is presented in titles first, getting in the way of unique titles for each post. Install the All in one SEO plugin and lose your blog title in favour of just the post title. You will find your posts rank a whole lot better. Hi Justin, that is pretty cool, your post ranks #1 worldwide for a search on [people process technology] - people who know what it the term means know that it matters.

Not being able to do a 301 redirect for that post is a bugger. And since you have already setup the new domain, I can’t see any options for getting a 301 in place. The approach in this post would have worked for a migration like yours, ensuring all the traffic for the old post went to the new site (provided you did it when you migrated the site).

As you are getting a lot of traffic on that, you could:
- write a new post optimized for people, process, technology (new words, same sentiment)
- link to the new post from the old post
- do a few more links from old posts to new posts to pass authority
- get all your consulting associates to link to your new post
- once the authority of your new site kicks in, your new post might outrank your old one.

Google’s Keyword Tool suggests this is a 1,900mth search term, so well worth the effort :)

One more thing - if you do this query in Google site:yoursite.com you will see your blog title is presented in titles first, getting in the way of unique titles for each post. Install the All in one SEO plugin and lose your blog title in favour of just the post title. You will find your posts rank a whole lot better.

]]> By: Justin Davies http://om4.com.au/migrate-wordpress-com-own-domain/#comment-348 Justin Davies Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:39:26 +0000 http://om4.com.au/?p=270#comment-348 Hi Glenn, having been through the joy and pain of migrating my site to my own host, I have enjoyed the ability to control everything. And as you said it would, it can take up a lot of time tinkering. But overall I would recommend the move, particularly for being able to use Google Analytics, Feedburner etc However, one of my posts on my old Wordpress site (new address for the post is http://justindavies.com.au/2007/02/09/people-process-technology-still-the-3-keys-to-successful-application-development-projects/ is still getting BIG traffic - as much as 10 times any of my other posts there. So, I have put a link at the post directing people to the new site. I know I am getting some, but probably not all of people visiting clicking to the new site. Whilst the process you have described here is simple and painless (take heed anybody reading this, and get Glenn to help you!!), once you have made the move it is basically a question of leave the old site and enjoy what redirects you have - or kill it and hope that your new site will eventually get picked up to the same extent. For now, I am leaving the old site.... Hi Glenn, having been through the joy and pain of migrating my site to my own host, I have enjoyed the ability to control everything. And as you said it would, it can take up a lot of time tinkering. But overall I would recommend the move, particularly for being able to use Google Analytics, Feedburner etc

However, one of my posts on my old Wordpress site (new address for the post is http://justindavies.com.au/2007/02/09/people-process-technology-still-the-3-keys-to-successful-application-development-projects/
is still getting BIG traffic - as much as 10 times any of my other posts there. So, I have put a link at the post directing people to the new site. I know I am getting some, but probably not all of people visiting clicking to the new site.

Whilst the process you have described here is simple and painless (take heed anybody reading this, and get Glenn to help you!!), once you have made the move it is basically a question of leave the old site and enjoy what redirects you have - or kill it and hope that your new site will eventually get picked up to the same extent. For now, I am leaving the old site….

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