Comments on: The New Ultimate Guide to Migrating from Blogger to WordPress http://www.mamablogga.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-migrating-from-blogger-to-wordpress/ mom's search for meaning Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:26:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Julie-Inspired to Write http://www.mamablogga.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-migrating-from-blogger-to-wordpress/#comment-8748 Julie-Inspired to Write Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:43:37 +0000 http://www.mamablogga.com/?p=1080#comment-8748 @Slavco You don't care about SEO for your OLD blog. You will change the settings to not even search that blog. It will not be duplicate content since it is a redirection. I wrote a post about this: http://www.inspiredtowrite.com/2010/06/switching-blogger-to-wordpress.html I actually referenced this post in MY post and some other resources I found valuable. And Jordan is right, if it is the same custom domain, SE will not be affected. @Slavco You don’t care about SEO for your OLD blog. You will change the settings to not even search that blog. It will not be duplicate content since it is a redirection. I wrote a post about this:
http://www.inspiredtowrite.com/2010/06/switching-blogger-to-wordpress.html
I actually referenced this post in MY post and some other resources I found valuable.

And Jordan is right, if it is the same custom domain, SE will not be affected.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.mamablogga.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-migrating-from-blogger-to-wordpress/#comment-8747 Jordan Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:36:48 +0000 http://www.mamablogga.com/?p=1080#comment-8747 The question was about redirecting feeds to FeedBurner feeds, so I would assume Julie was referring to that, too. You're right about FeedBurner and FeedSmith as great resources—the original post here already advises readers to use them both. When dealing with Custom Domains, the search engine ranking shouldn't be affected if the URL is staying the same (or being redirected properly). Blogger doesn't administer a redirect and the same content is simply available from on a different host. Duplicate content filters, which we don't totally understand because it's all part of Google's secret sauce, don't automatically mean that all your listings will be removed. However, it's also easily solved in Blogger: go to Settings and scroll down to "Let search engines find your blog?" Change the answer to No and Save Settings. I realize this may look like a "just" a mom blog, but I've worked in SEO and Internet marketing since I graduated college. The question was about redirecting feeds to FeedBurner feeds, so I would assume Julie was referring to that, too. You’re right about FeedBurner and FeedSmith as great resources—the original post here already advises readers to use them both.

When dealing with Custom Domains, the search engine ranking shouldn’t be affected if the URL is staying the same (or being redirected properly). Blogger doesn’t administer a redirect and the same content is simply available from on a different host.

Duplicate content filters, which we don’t totally understand because it’s all part of Google’s secret sauce, don’t automatically mean that all your listings will be removed. However, it’s also easily solved in Blogger: go to Settings and scroll down to “Let search engines find your blog?” Change the answer to No and Save Settings.

I realize this may look like a “just” a mom blog, but I’ve worked in SEO and Internet marketing since I graduated college.

]]> By: slavco http://www.mamablogga.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-migrating-from-blogger-to-wordpress/#comment-8746 slavco Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:18:10 +0000 http://www.mamablogga.com/?p=1080#comment-8746 @julie-inspired But if you change to the original blogspot.com address then you might lose search engine ranks and it would be a duplicate blog since the same content will be found at two web addresses. WHAT YOU SHOULD DO is create a feedburner.com feed (google service too) for the original feed and then use the feedsmith plugin that will point readers to the feedburner feed. this way you won't lose any readers. if yo need any help, just write.... @julie-inspired
But if you change to the original blogspot.com address then you might lose search engine ranks and it would be a duplicate blog since the same content will be found at two web addresses.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO is create a feedburner.com feed (google service too) for the original feed and then use the feedsmith plugin that will point readers to the feedburner feed. this way you won’t lose any readers.
if yo need any help, just write….

]]> By: Jordan http://www.mamablogga.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-migrating-from-blogger-to-wordpress/#comment-8745 Jordan Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:16:23 +0000 http://www.mamablogga.com/?p=1080#comment-8745 @Jennifer—ah, I see. I thought you were asking about hte other way. Julie's idea is great! If it doesn't work out, you could try using the Redirection plugin to redirect /feeds/post/default to /feed/ . If you're feeling really brave, you might try doing that by hand in .htaccess. I'm not totally sure any of those will work because of all the redirects it'll involve, but it's worth a shot! @Jennifer—ah, I see. I thought you were asking about hte other way.

Julie’s idea is great! If it doesn’t work out, you could try using the Redirection plugin to redirect /feeds/post/default to /feed/ . If you’re feeling really brave, you might try doing that by hand in .htaccess. I’m not totally sure any of those will work because of all the redirects it’ll involve, but it’s worth a shot!

]]> By: Julie-Inspired to Write http://www.mamablogga.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-migrating-from-blogger-to-wordpress/#comment-8744 Julie-Inspired to Write Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:47:55 +0000 http://www.mamablogga.com/?p=1080#comment-8744 Jennifer - I changed my old custom domain on blogger to a blogspot (since it will be inactive anyway) and this seems to work! Jennifer –
I changed my old custom domain on blogger to a blogspot (since it will be inactive anyway) and this seems to work!

]]> By: Jennifer (Conversion Diary) http://www.mamablogga.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-migrating-from-blogger-to-wordpress/#comment-8743 Jennifer (Conversion Diary) Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:43:19 +0000 http://www.mamablogga.com/?p=1080#comment-8743 Hey Jordan - Thanks for your response! I don't *think* that will work for me since I already have a custom domain, i.e. a lot of people's feed readers are pointing to mysite.com/feeds/posts/default -- but once I transfer the DNS to point the domain to my new host, Blogger no longer has any control over what happens with mysite.com, so I don't think any redirects from Blogger's end would help. (However, I do think the Blogger redirect would work for people who are subscribed to oldaddress.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default from back before I had the custom domain.) I'm working on figuring out how to put a redirect in place on my new host that will send /feeds/posts/default to my Feedburner feed. I'll let you know if I figure it out! Again, thanks for all your wonderful help! Hey Jordan -

Thanks for your response! I don’t *think* that will work for me since I already have a custom domain, i.e. a lot of people’s feed readers are pointing to mysite.com/feeds/posts/default — but once I transfer the DNS to point the domain to my new host, Blogger no longer has any control over what happens with mysite.com, so I don’t think any redirects from Blogger’s end would help. (However, I do think the Blogger redirect would work for people who are subscribed to oldaddress.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default from back before I had the custom domain.)

I’m working on figuring out how to put a redirect in place on my new host that will send /feeds/posts/default to my Feedburner feed. I’ll let you know if I figure it out!

Again, thanks for all your wonderful help!

]]> By: Jordan http://www.mamablogga.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-migrating-from-blogger-to-wordpress/#comment-8737 Jordan Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:21:42 +0000 http://www.mamablogga.com/?p=1080#comment-8737 From #4 above (it's kinda buried in there): login to Blogger and go to Settings > Site Feed. In the Post Feed Redirect URL box, enter your FeedBurner address. This will help redirect your subscribers. HTH! From #4 above (it’s kinda buried in there): login to Blogger and go to Settings > Site Feed. In the Post Feed Redirect URL box, enter your FeedBurner address. This will help redirect your subscribers.

HTH!

]]> By: Jennifer (Conversion Diary) http://www.mamablogga.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-migrating-from-blogger-to-wordpress/#comment-8736 Jennifer (Conversion Diary) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:45:10 +0000 http://www.mamablogga.com/?p=1080#comment-8736 Slavco and Jordan - Interesting update: all I had to do was upgrade the Blogger-to-Wordpress plugin, and the dreaded "Invalid Auth Sub Token" error was fixed. It turns out that the size of my blog wasn't an issue after all. Whew! Here's another question for any feed gurus out there: Though I've been using Feedburner for a couple years, I still have hundreds of people subscribed to Blogger's default feed location: mysite.com/feeds/posts/default. The default feed location once I switch over to WP will be mysite.com/feed. I'll update Feedburner, which will take care of the people who've subscribed to feeds.feedburner.com/conversiondiary, but how do I keep those readers who are subscribed to that Blogger feed? I'd love to hear any thoughts or suggestions! Thanks! Slavco and Jordan -

Interesting update: all I had to do was upgrade the Blogger-to-Wordpress plugin, and the dreaded “Invalid Auth Sub Token” error was fixed. It turns out that the size of my blog wasn’t an issue after all. Whew!

Here’s another question for any feed gurus out there:

Though I’ve been using Feedburner for a couple years, I still have hundreds of people subscribed to Blogger’s default feed location: mysite.com/feeds/posts/default. The default feed location once I switch over to WP will be mysite.com/feed. I’ll update Feedburner, which will take care of the people who’ve subscribed to feeds.feedburner.com/conversiondiary, but how do I keep those readers who are subscribed to that Blogger feed? I’d love to hear any thoughts or suggestions! Thanks!

]]> By: slavco http://www.mamablogga.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-migrating-from-blogger-to-wordpress/#comment-8726 slavco Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:36:00 +0000 http://www.mamablogga.com/?p=1080#comment-8726 yes it doesn't work, you need to change it a little bit, could you post the error here, and I 'll see if it's the same problem and tell you how to fix it. It's sort of a general bug but there's a fix to it. yes it doesn’t work, you need to change it a little bit, could you post the error here, and I ‘ll see if it’s the same problem and tell you how to fix it. It’s sort of a general bug but there’s a fix to it.

]]> By: Jennifer (Conversion Diary) http://www.mamablogga.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-migrating-from-blogger-to-wordpress/#comment-8724 Jennifer (Conversion Diary) Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:02:39 +0000 http://www.mamablogga.com/?p=1080#comment-8724 slavco - Unfortunately the import plugin doesn't work. The error message isn't clear, but from research it would seem that the problem is that my blog is too big. I didn't realize that the XML import often loses dates. Yikes! slavco -

Unfortunately the import plugin doesn’t work. The error message isn’t clear, but from research it would seem that the problem is that my blog is too big.

I didn’t realize that the XML import often loses dates. Yikes!

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