As you all would be aware by now that I have bought the domain recently for this blog, I suddenly realized its disadvantages! Yeah, you would ask, why? Ok, the details would be a little technical.
Now, whenever I link to any post, whether within the blog or from outside, they create backlinks to the blog. These backlinks were all to the earlier valid blogspot address.
Though blogger now redirects the blogspot address to the current domain but those backlinks are now invalid. And, these backlinks are essential to maintain blog page rank or popularity in the search engines.
Since these backlinks are invalid now, the blog’s page rank is back to zero and it will take probably a long time to get back to the same PR. Though I have not yet seen any affect on traffic but this change is disheartening.
So, the first lesson in blogging is TO get your own domain. When you buy it from blogger, it costs 10$ for a year. Well, I would suggest this only when you are sure you would like to write regularly, only then you should spend this money.
Also, a custom domain gives your blog an identity of your own. And, don’t forget that going mobile is very essential for your blog business. That’s the next thing in blogging.
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Purple Angel says
February 5, 2013 at 8:07 PMcongrats on ur purchase of domain,, bt ua ryt dats it disheartenin..
bt stil ur blog rocks n kp up d gud work!!!
Swati Murti says
February 11, 2013 at 6:32 AMthanks a lot 🙂
Karishma says
February 5, 2013 at 8:36 PMIs there a space limit that blogger gives to free blog. Also i would like to stick to blogger when i buy a domain, but did you choose blogger over wordpress for a particular reason.
Thanks for this series, it’s really helpful. 🙂
Swati Murti says
February 11, 2013 at 6:34 AMnope but there is a space limit for the photographs upload so that is sad coz once you hit that limit, you would have to host the website on your own! no, there is no special reason of choosing blogger over wordpress but buying from wordpress means hosting the website on your own which is pretty expensive. lemme know if you have any questions 🙂
Asha says
March 3, 2013 at 4:09 AMAgree with you completely…Iam also facing this problem now…Your blogging series is really informative…thanks for sharing
Swati Murti says
March 15, 2013 at 4:46 PMthanks Asha…if you have any problems, do let me know. may be i can help you 🙂
Asha says
March 3, 2013 at 4:11 AMI agree with you completely, I am facing this problem now…your blogging series is very informative…thanks for sharing..