Victoria's Voice: Should I Switch To A Custom Domain Through Blogger?

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Should I Switch To A Custom Domain Through Blogger?

If you'd prefer not to have the *.blogspot.com extension in the URL for your website, you can choose to use a Custom Domain. When you set up a custom domain, Blogger will continue to host your website, but visitors will be able to visit at your new .com, .org or .net address. Basically instead of www.victoriasvoice44.blogspot.com it would be www.victoriasvoice44.com. Cool! Right?

Blogger uses GoDaddy.com to register your domain for just $10 a year. The hosting remains free through Blogger. That is much cheaper then the other options I have looked at, plus everything "Google" still remains.

I would of course loose my page rank, Alexia ranking and on and on if I made the switch. But Google Page Rank updates are going on this month. I dropped from a 3 to a 2; so in the big picture, does it really matter? I have been doing a lot of research and weighing out the pros and cons, but I still find myself wondering if I should jump.

For anyone who thinks they may be interested, I have included some links I have found to help you make your decision.

consumingexperience.com

Bloggerhelp
Spiceupyourblog
Bloggerbuzz

If any fellow bloggers have actually purchased your custom name through Blogger, I would REALLY love to hear from you. If you were using a custom template did it switch over? How easy was the process? Were and are you satisfied with the outcome?

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Kathe · 688 weeks ago

I switch to the custom domain with Blogger about a month ago. It was simple and painless. I did not have a custom template so I can't help you there. Nothing was lost in the process. Rankings and such don't mean a lot to me so I can't confirm whether you see a drop or not. I am satisfied with the process and the end result. It looks so much more professional not having the .blogspot.com in my link. Hope this helps ♥ ♥ ♥
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Vickie · 688 weeks ago

Thank you Kathe. I appreciate the feedback. I am just about ready to do it, just teetering on the edge. Love the blog by the way!
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Orangeheromama · 688 weeks ago

I am also in the same boat as you. I know that I need to make the switch though! Just can't seem to actually do it though. and now you totally freaked me out about the ratings thing! I didn't even think about that!! I just got my Alexa below 500 000!! wahhh!
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Vickie · 688 weeks ago

Yeah, I really want to make the transition Orangeheromama, but I am also finding out that things such as Technorati and Google Analytics will have to be repointed to them and will start from scratch. I guess since I am not that huge, the time is now to do it, but then again, I don't want to start all over. Ho Hum!