Comments on: Choosing and Buying the Right Domain Name for Your Blog http://robbsutton.com/choosing-buying-right-domain-name-your-blog/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:54:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Robb Suttonhttp://robbsutton.com/choosing-buying-right-domain-name-your-blog/#comment-397 Robb Sutton Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:03:33 +0000 http://robbsutton.com/?p=1940#comment-397 Knau...thanks for that tip...that is an incredible idea to make sure that you do not hurt your branding. Knau…thanks for that tip…that is an incredible idea to make sure that you do not hurt your branding.

]]> By: Robb Suttonhttp://robbsutton.com/choosing-buying-right-domain-name-your-blog/#comment-396 Robb Sutton Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:02:37 +0000 http://robbsutton.com/?p=1940#comment-396 Peter...from what I have seen from others that have done the same...it takes about 30 days for everything to cycle through and return back to normal. Check out this post at yoast.com and make sure you have everything in line.<a href="http://yoast.com/move-wordpress-blog-domain-10-steps/" rel="nofollow">Move Your Wordpress Blog in 10 Easy Steps</a> Peter…from what I have seen from others that have done the same…it takes about 30 days for everything to cycle through and return back to normal. Check out this post at yoast.com and make sure you have everything in line.

Move Your WordPress Blog in 10 Easy Steps

]]> By: Peterhttp://robbsutton.com/choosing-buying-right-domain-name-your-blog/#comment-395 Peter Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:18:18 +0000 http://robbsutton.com/?p=1940#comment-395 I picked a pretty silly name when I first started out and it really hurts to change your domain name mid-way especially when most of your income comes from your site and you've built up a sizable online presence.I changed domain names this month for proper branding of my site, 10 months after I started out. Followed google's recommendations on movng sites. Set up proper redirects and all. I've lost 70% of my traffic and all incoming traffic from SEO has dropped to almost nothing. 80,000 uniques / month down to 20,000 uniques / month (estimating since it's still not the end of the month). I picked a pretty silly name when I first started out and it really hurts to change your domain name mid-way especially when most of your income comes from your site and you’ve built up a sizable online presence.

I changed domain names this month for proper branding of my site, 10 months after I started out. Followed google’s recommendations on movng sites. Set up proper redirects and all. I’ve lost 70% of my traffic and all incoming traffic from SEO has dropped to almost nothing. 80,000 uniques / month down to 20,000 uniques / month (estimating since it’s still not the end of the month).

]]> By: KNauhttp://robbsutton.com/choosing-buying-right-domain-name-your-blog/#comment-394 KNau Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:31:01 +0000 http://robbsutton.com/?p=1940#comment-394 Another tidbit I just picked up on is to check "The Wayback Machine" that archives websites over the years. You may find that the domain was previously registered and used for something else (even an adult or attack site) and that there may be residual links / reputation that could draw the wrong kind of traffic to your domain.I lucked out. I'm creating a horror movie, books and games review site and found out that the domain was previously registered back in 2001 for...a horror review site! So I'm already getting low-level traffic (about 20 visitors a day) from old links that are still out there. Too bad I still don't have the site up and running yet :( Another tidbit I just picked up on is to check “The Wayback Machine” that archives websites over the years. You may find that the domain was previously registered and used for something else (even an adult or attack site) and that there may be residual links / reputation that could draw the wrong kind of traffic to your domain.

I lucked out. I’m creating a horror movie, books and games review site and found out that the domain was previously registered back in 2001 for…a horror review site! So I’m already getting low-level traffic (about 20 visitors a day) from old links that are still out there. Too bad I still don’t have the site up and running yet :(

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