Comments on: Can I change my blog name and keep my readers? http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/03/can-i-change-my-blog-name-and-keep-my-readers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Tips & instructions for beginning and intermediate bloggers. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:36:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GOLIAMA LEO http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/03/can-i-change-my-blog-name-and-keep-my-readers/#comment-6617 GOLIAMA LEO Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:50:05 +0000 http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/?p=2530#comment-6617 In fact it to hard , but .I am planning to have the blogs that comprise current news I wish I will have the famous and fantastic blogs from Tanzania covering different issues In fact it to hard , but .I am planning to have the blogs that comprise current news
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]]> By: What You Wish You Had Known Before You Started Blogging – Guest Week | The Raven's Spell http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/03/can-i-change-my-blog-name-and-keep-my-readers/#comment-6598 What You Wish You Had Known Before You Started Blogging – Guest Week | The Raven's Spell Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:07:48 +0000 http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/?p=2530#comment-6598 [...] Turns out I can, but at the risk of confusing — and losing — followers. So I’m currently on the fence about it. I know a few bloggers who have undergone a brand/identity change and emerged from it unscathed. Heather at www.girlgonemom.com told me that changing her brand (blog name, Facebook page, Twitter handle) wasn’t so bad. She had a lot of followers when she did it, too. She said the key was writing lots of posts and tweets to remind readers of the change, a tip that is echoed in this helpful article from bloggingbasics101.com. [...] [...] Turns out I can, but at the risk of confusing — and losing — followers. So I’m currently on the fence about it. I know a few bloggers who have undergone a brand/identity change and emerged from it unscathed. Heather at http://www.girlgonemom.com told me that changing her brand (blog name, Facebook page, Twitter handle) wasn’t so bad. She had a lot of followers when she did it, too. She said the key was writing lots of posts and tweets to remind readers of the change, a tip that is echoed in this helpful article from bloggingbasics101.com. [...]

]]> By: Rick Levy http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/03/can-i-change-my-blog-name-and-keep-my-readers/#comment-6453 Rick Levy Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:17:55 +0000 http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/?p=2530#comment-6453 Hi Melanie, Excellent and very helpful tutorial. I've been in denial for the longest time that the blog site title that I originally selected, "Towards a Rational America and an Enlightened Judaism" is no longer apropos for the content of my posts Besides the title was rather clunky from the get-go. But the more I wrote, the more entrenched I felt in sticking with it. So after 62 posts, the first of which was in Feb., 2008 I want to change it to "The Jewish Nontheist", tweak the site description, and keep my url. Do you think that this modification is viable? Rick Levy Hi Melanie,

Excellent and very helpful tutorial. I’ve been in denial for the longest time that the blog site title that I originally selected, “Towards a Rational America and an Enlightened Judaism” is no longer apropos for the content of my posts Besides the title was rather clunky from the get-go. But the more I wrote, the more entrenched I felt in sticking with it.

So after 62 posts, the first of which was in Feb., 2008 I want to change it to “The Jewish Nontheist”, tweak the site description, and keep my url. Do you think that this modification is viable?

Rick Levy
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]]> By: Rachael @ Empowering Mommy http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/03/can-i-change-my-blog-name-and-keep-my-readers/#comment-5436 Rachael @ Empowering Mommy Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:58:04 +0000 http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/?p=2530#comment-5436 Wow! Thanks so much for referring to my article! I really appreciated your article. I am one of those that did change their name after a year and couldn't have been happier. I didn't lose a single reader but in fact, it caused my readers and sponsors to take me more seriously. Thanks for this article and for referring to me. I'll be checking out the rest of your articles. Wow! Thanks so much for referring to my article! I really appreciated your article. I am one of those that did change their name after a year and couldn’t have been happier. I didn’t lose a single reader but in fact, it caused my readers and sponsors to take me more seriously.

Thanks for this article and for referring to me. I’ll be checking out the rest of your articles.

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/03/can-i-change-my-blog-name-and-keep-my-readers/#comment-5404 Stephanie Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:07:17 +0000 http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/?p=2530#comment-5404 Excellent points to consider, Melanie! This blog is such a great resource for new and experienced bloggers. Keep up the great work! Excellent points to consider, Melanie! This blog is such a great resource for new and experienced bloggers. Keep up the great work!

]]> By: Melanie Nelson http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/03/can-i-change-my-blog-name-and-keep-my-readers/#comment-5403 Melanie Nelson Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:04:29 +0000 http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/?p=2530#comment-5403 Chris, I wonder if you've set up a 301 Redirect for your old blog so it point people to the new one? Have a look at this article by Devil's Workshop: http://devilsworkshop.org/blogger-to-wordpress-traffic-permalinks-redirection-plugin/ Melanie Chris, I wonder if you’ve set up a 301 Redirect for your old blog so it point people to the new one? Have a look at this article by Devil’s Workshop: http://devilsworkshop.org/blogger-to-wordpress-traffic-permalinks-redirection-plugin/

Melanie

]]> By: Chris Brown http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/03/can-i-change-my-blog-name-and-keep-my-readers/#comment-5401 Chris Brown Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:27:03 +0000 http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/?p=2530#comment-5401 Melanie: You bring up some great points about changing names. I frequently blog about naming challenges from a company standpoint, but having a blog and a domain causes "double" the branding challenge. If you change your name and your domain all at once, you're very likely to lose all your traffic. Another idea might be to create a category within your blog, a subgroup or navigation to help. Or change both but continue to post links to the new domain/blog title on your existing site. I moved my blog (but kept the name) in Jan 2008 from blogspot (blogger) to a self-hosted domain (with wordpress software). Unfortunately, I have so many backlinks from the old blog (from Feb 06-Jan 08) it often comes up one or two results ahead of the new blog... even though the new blog has twice as many posts and 4 times the amount of traffic. Can't beat those 'old backlinks. I've helped my readers to move to the new one by leading with a short post on the old blog and then the ... read more ... link goes to the new blog. This of course is also causing the old blog to continue to grow. Any ideas of how I should do it differently?? Or should have done it differently?? Thanks, Chris Melanie:
You bring up some great points about changing names. I frequently blog about naming challenges from a company standpoint, but having a blog and a domain causes “double” the branding challenge.

If you change your name and your domain all at once, you’re very likely to lose all your traffic. Another idea might be to create a category within your blog, a subgroup or navigation to help. Or change both but continue to post links to the new domain/blog title on your existing site.

I moved my blog (but kept the name) in Jan 2008 from blogspot (blogger) to a self-hosted domain (with wordpress software). Unfortunately, I have so many backlinks from the old blog (from Feb 06-Jan 08) it often comes up one or two results ahead of the new blog… even though the new blog has twice as many posts and 4 times the amount of traffic. Can’t beat those ‘old backlinks.

I’ve helped my readers to move to the new one by leading with a short post on the old blog and then the … read more … link goes to the new blog. This of course is also causing the old blog to continue to grow.

Any ideas of how I should do it differently?? Or should have done it differently??
Thanks, Chris

]]> By: Amy http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/03/can-i-change-my-blog-name-and-keep-my-readers/#comment-5388 Amy Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:18:16 +0000 http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/?p=2530#comment-5388 Thanks for the insight! I just started blogging and currently my blog is whatever I feel like writing about - called "Pintucked." This has nothing to do with the blog subject (I do plan on writing about fashion, though) but I'm already getting ideas for different blogs for different niches. I'm thinking of calling my blogs "The Pintucked Collective" and using subdomains for each blog's name. What do you think? Thanks for the insight! I just started blogging and currently my blog is whatever I feel like writing about – called “Pintucked.” This has nothing to do with the blog subject (I do plan on writing about fashion, though) but I’m already getting ideas for different blogs for different niches. I’m thinking of calling my blogs “The Pintucked Collective” and using subdomains for each blog’s name. What do you think?

]]> By: Jody http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/03/can-i-change-my-blog-name-and-keep-my-readers/#comment-5387 Jody Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:50:23 +0000 http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/?p=2530#comment-5387 At the beginning of this year I changed Have Kid Will Travel to Family Rambling due to having begin 5+ years ago and totally not planning to build a business. My change was due to not copyrighting my name and having it stolen in various ways. When I rebulit and re-branded I was able to do it "right" with SEO, and other fun tools. So while I am not up to the readership I previously had I will be in about 3 months + I am receiving more opportunities now. (Oh, and I am copyrighting my new name!) At the beginning of this year I changed Have Kid Will Travel to Family Rambling due to having begin 5+ years ago and totally not planning to build a business. My change was due to not copyrighting my name and having it stolen in various ways. When I rebulit and re-branded I was able to do it “right” with SEO, and other fun tools. So while I am not up to the readership I previously had I will be in about 3 months + I am receiving more opportunities now. (Oh, and I am copyrighting my new name!)

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