Most new bloggers started out using WordPress.com, Blogger, or some other basic platform as they can start blogging without any expense. These platforms works perfectly well as they are targeting friends and family for their new mommy blog (or whatever they happen to be writing about), Unfortunately these new bloggers are leaving a lot on the table if they don't think about … [Read more...]
Case Study: WordPress Permalink Structure SEO Impacts
I recently migrated my personal WordPress.com blog over to a self-hosted blog, only because a domain that I've been stalking for some time recently became available. One of the constraints with using the migration tool supplied by WordPress, is you must use the same permalink structure that is used on WordPress.com. I wanted to change this permalink structure to be a little … [Read more...]
SEO Impacts Migrating From WordPress.com
Have you ever wondered what impact there would be to your search engine rankings if you decided to migrate from WordPress.com to a self-hosted blog? I was, so I decided to do a little before and after analysis to see what impact (if any) there would be to my rankings for certain keywords that I was ranking for. Here’s my analysis on the SEO impacts migrating from … [Read more...]