Using own domain for Google blog
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Is it worth the effort using your own domain for a Google blog? After adding my own domain to a blog I see a boost in ranking, maybe the url has more value without the blogspot extension, or that Google might treat the (max.10) pages you produce under your own domain as "independent" thus giving you the chance of building your own domain trust...?
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I agree with Egol all the way. However I'm less concerned about Google abandoning Blogspot than wanting to move to another platform, and being able to re-create and redirect all my pages, links, and rank. With your own domain you can do this, but as a subdomain on blogspot.com it might not be possible.
Redirecting blogspot.com sites came up in another thread recently.
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One of these days, google will abandon blog spot. Every company abandons almost every product at some point in time.
I know a guy who lost a PR7 site when Yahoo abandonded their hometown. He was left with no way to redirect and was lucky to copy his content elsewhere. Then he started out as a PR0 website with zero SERPs and zero traffic.
Don't build your castle on another guys land.
Don't rely on anybody - not even google.
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Having your own domain gives you so many more benefits than being reliant on a 3rd party platform like Blogger or Wordpress. And with super cheap domain registration and hosting, you really can't go wrong with having your own domain. Plus, it looks so much more professional to have your own domain that a domain @ blogspot.
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It is always better to have your own domain name as it comes with various advantages.
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If you are just running the blog, then I don't see where it would. If the site is going to offer more than a blog, then I would set up my own domain and have the blog on that.
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I don't think it matters that much to be honest. I think Google treats a new blog on blogger.com with the same scepticism as a new domain. Only significant difference is probably the crawl rate - your blog on blogger.com should be crawled very quicky.
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