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Hi, I'm considering buying a domain for $25. I was wondering if there's anything I can do to ensure that my blog won't lose its place in Google search or other search engines - I remember I changed my blog address without purchasing a domain and everything got messed up. If there's a page on purchasing domains that would be helpful too.
Thanks!
Here are the relevant support documentation links:
domain mapping > http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
Domain Mapping » Register a New Domain > http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/
The Google Page Rank and Technorati authority and rank belong to the root blog ie. the original wordpress.com sub-domain url for the blog. If you purchase a domain name and move the blog to another URL all the links will be broken unless you also purchase domain mapping or an off-site redirect so readers are seamlessly transferred between the URLs. The PageRank on the new blog on your domain will drop and in about 4 – 6 months time, all things considered you may be able to restore it.
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