Comments on: 10 Step Guide To Moving From Blogger (Blogspot) to Wordpress with a 301 http://www.widecastmarketing.com/wordpress-tips/10-step-guide-to-moving-from-blogger-to-wordpress-with-a-301.html Internet marketing, search engine optimization, SEO, design, wordpress, consulting... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:04:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nice wordpress themes http://www.widecastmarketing.com/wordpress-tips/10-step-guide-to-moving-from-blogger-to-wordpress-with-a-301.html#comment-59 nice wordpress themes Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:04:43 +0000 http://www.widecastmarketing.com/?p=19#comment-59 After reading this article I am sure I can improve my wordpress blog a lot. This will help me. After reading this article I am sure I can improve my wordpress blog a lot. This will help me.

]]> By: Peter http://www.widecastmarketing.com/wordpress-tips/10-step-guide-to-moving-from-blogger-to-wordpress-with-a-301.html#comment-58 Peter Sun, 02 May 2010 06:28:34 +0000 http://www.widecastmarketing.com/?p=19#comment-58 Excellent Guide. Instead of manually adding .htaccess for all your categories, you can use this plugin to remove the /category/ from the URL, so in most cases, it should match with Bloggger's: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-no-category-base/ Excellent Guide.

Instead of manually adding .htaccess for all your categories, you can use this plugin to remove the /category/ from the URL, so in most cases, it should match with Bloggger’s:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-no-category-base/

]]> By: David - WidecastMarketing.com http://www.widecastmarketing.com/wordpress-tips/10-step-guide-to-moving-from-blogger-to-wordpress-with-a-301.html#comment-57 David - WidecastMarketing.com Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:06:29 +0000 http://www.widecastmarketing.com/?p=19#comment-57 Great, I'm glad you're up and running. About your feed, I don't have experience moving a feed but you can try adding to your .htaccess: redirect 301 /posts/feeds/default http://www.example.com/newfeedlocation No guarantees, but you can try and test it out. Great, I’m glad you’re up and running. About your feed, I don’t have experience moving a feed but you can try adding to your .htaccess:

redirect 301 /posts/feeds/default http://www.example.com/newfeedlocation

No guarantees, but you can try and test it out.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.widecastmarketing.com/wordpress-tips/10-step-guide-to-moving-from-blogger-to-wordpress-with-a-301.html#comment-56 Jonathan Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:26:55 +0000 http://www.widecastmarketing.com/?p=19#comment-56 Hey, thanks. I am up and running! Thanks a lot for all your help, much appreciated. I only have one question left - can you redirect a feed to point to a new feed via the .htaccess file? I lost a tonne of subscribers because my old feed no longer works (example.com/posts/feeds/default) and if possible I want to redirect subscribers at that address to the new feed. Thanks again. Hey, thanks. I am up and running!

Thanks a lot for all your help, much appreciated. I only have one question left – can you redirect a feed to point to a new feed via the .htaccess file?

I lost a tonne of subscribers because my old feed no longer works (example.com/posts/feeds/default) and if possible I want to redirect subscribers at that address to the new feed.

Thanks again.

]]> By: David - WidecastMarketing.com http://www.widecastmarketing.com/wordpress-tips/10-step-guide-to-moving-from-blogger-to-wordpress-with-a-301.html#comment-55 David - WidecastMarketing.com Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:25:12 +0000 http://www.widecastmarketing.com/?p=19#comment-55 Your old site will cease to exist on the Internet. This means your old sitemap and old blogger pages won't be accessible by anyone including Google. About the all in one SEO plugin, I'm not sure how it affects permalinks. Maybe it would be a good idea to post on the support forum and find out exactly what that feature does. Your old site will cease to exist on the Internet. This means your old sitemap and old blogger pages won’t be accessible by anyone including Google.

About the all in one SEO plugin, I’m not sure how it affects permalinks. Maybe it would be a good idea to post on the support forum and find out exactly what that feature does.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.widecastmarketing.com/wordpress-tips/10-step-guide-to-moving-from-blogger-to-wordpress-with-a-301.html#comment-54 Jonathan Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:34:11 +0000 http://www.widecastmarketing.com/?p=19#comment-54 I will look into the sitemap generator, thanks. Will it conflict with the old sitemap I have in webmaster tools which, as it stands, is not working? Also will there be a problem with search engines if I turn off the blogger blog being listed in search engines, considering they have the same address? And finally, I'm thinking of installing the All in one SEO plugin for Wordpress. However some of the literature implies it 'optimizes permalinks'. Does that mean it will change my permalinks or something? I spent hours and hours editing them all to match old Blogger ones, would hate the plugin to delete all that! Thanks for all your help. I will look into the sitemap generator, thanks. Will it conflict with the old sitemap I have in webmaster tools which, as it stands, is not working?

Also will there be a problem with search engines if I turn off the blogger blog being listed in search engines, considering they have the same address?

And finally, I’m thinking of installing the All in one SEO plugin for Wordpress. However some of the literature implies it ‘optimizes permalinks’. Does that mean it will change my permalinks or something? I spent hours and hours editing them all to match old Blogger ones, would hate the plugin to delete all that!

Thanks for all your help.

]]> By: David - WidecastMarketing.com http://www.widecastmarketing.com/wordpress-tips/10-step-guide-to-moving-from-blogger-to-wordpress-with-a-301.html#comment-53 David - WidecastMarketing.com Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:38:56 +0000 http://www.widecastmarketing.com/?p=19#comment-53 No clue how why the blogger comments would have disappeared, that's strange. As for avoiding duplicate content, you should do as you suggested, choose the option in blogger to not have the site listed in search engines. That option will likely add a noindex/nofollow to all pages in your old site. Regarding a sitemap on the Wordpress version of your site, have you installed a plugin to generate one? If not, install one such as the 'google sitemap generator'. No clue how why the blogger comments would have disappeared, that’s strange.

As for avoiding duplicate content, you should do as you suggested, choose the option in blogger to not have the site listed in search engines. That option will likely add a noindex/nofollow to all pages in your old site.

Regarding a sitemap on the Wordpress version of your site, have you installed a plugin to generate one? If not, install one such as the ‘google sitemap generator’.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.widecastmarketing.com/wordpress-tips/10-step-guide-to-moving-from-blogger-to-wordpress-with-a-301.html#comment-52 Jonathan Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:23:21 +0000 http://www.widecastmarketing.com/?p=19#comment-52 Ok, changed it back. Images are back but seem to have lost all comments in the old Blogger blog (not that that matters hugely, just wondering why it happened - Blogger realising I've moved maybe?) So with 2 sets of identical articles how can we avoid the dreaded robots.txt and duplicate content penalization from Google? I notice in my Webmaster Tools that the sitemap is now listed as not functional... Ok, changed it back. Images are back but seem to have lost all comments in the old Blogger blog (not that that matters hugely, just wondering why it happened – Blogger realising I’ve moved maybe?)

So with 2 sets of identical articles how can we avoid the dreaded robots.txt and duplicate content penalization from Google? I notice in my Webmaster Tools that the sitemap is now listed as not functional…

]]> By: David - WidecastMarketing.com http://www.widecastmarketing.com/wordpress-tips/10-step-guide-to-moving-from-blogger-to-wordpress-with-a-301.html#comment-51 David - WidecastMarketing.com Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:42:15 +0000 http://www.widecastmarketing.com/?p=19#comment-51 Hi Jonathan, there's no reason to change the Blogger back to the old address. You should keep it as it was and change the DNS at your registrar to point to your new site/server. Hi Jonathan, there’s no reason to change the Blogger back to the old address. You should keep it as it was and change the DNS at your registrar to point to your new site/server.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.widecastmarketing.com/wordpress-tips/10-step-guide-to-moving-from-blogger-to-wordpress-with-a-301.html#comment-50 Jonathan Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:32:08 +0000 http://www.widecastmarketing.com/?p=19#comment-50 Oh right - I switched the site in Blogger back to the old .blogspot address and I've now instantly lost all images, seemingly on both old and new blogs! I thought the images transferred to the new account so long as you didn't delete the blog completely?! Oh right – I switched the site in Blogger back to the old .blogspot address and I’ve now instantly lost all images, seemingly on both old and new blogs!

I thought the images transferred to the new account so long as you didn’t delete the blog completely?!

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