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Is there a need for a custom domain??

Posted by phostan • 11/24/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: backlinks, blog, domain, traffic

I think it's really necessary to have a domain even before you start blogging. It just cost $7.15 for a .com domain .. and even cheaper you get get a .info one.

The difference is really obvious when u start late. Check out the alexa ranking @ the right side bar of my blog www.phostan.com and you can see the difference.

All the backlinks you work so hard to get on old url is gone when u change to a new domain. so i feel it's better to get a domain early on.

What do u think?

User Comments

11/24/07

libdrone

when I bought up my domain name in other top levels and pointed them all to my blog my alexa rating went up

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1. 11/25/07
  
  phostan
  
  wow .. that's interesting .. maybe my ratings will go up next time they update :P.. thx for sharing
11/25/07

arindra

Have you not heard about 302 redirects ?

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1. 11/25/07
  
  jaesten
  
  What is that?
11/25/07

arindra

sorry for any confusion m i meant to write 301 .
www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=40151 should help you channelize your earlier efforts to the new one

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1. 11/25/07
  
  phostan
  
  hmm thx for sharing but how do i put a 301 on my old blog address? it belong to blogspot and i have no idea how to set a 301 on that.
11/25/07

exinco

i have an experience on buying my new domain. i buy it from my local provider.
when i check using their tool and the domain name is available. i make the payment to them and wait for setting up my domain.

within the period when i check the name using another tool, and the result is taken!. omg what happen to my domain name and money. i contact them and they tell me that the tool they provide are not up to date. they ask me to find another domain name. now i running the new domain 5 days old. what i'm regret was they don't say sorry to me as a customer. this is bad

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1. 11/25/07
  
  phostan
  
  then i feel it's time to change to a new provider. a reliable and customer-oriented one.
11/25/07

BlogBadly

You definitely need your own domain if you want people to take your website/blog seriously. It's better for branding, recognition, and all that good stuff.

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1. 11/25/07
  
  arindra
  
  for blogging i would not say that ... for a business maybe .
  many well known bloggers blog on Blogger and Typepad and Wordpress.com
11/25/07

bradblog2

You don't need a custom domain to be taken seriously moose.

I use blogspot and its working great.

I wouldn't get one.

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1. 11/26/07
  
  phostan
  
  that's good for you bradblog2
  
  i am begining to think it's all about personal preference and content instead of just a domain name.