Comments on: Migrating from wordpress.com to .org – diversion strategy http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/ Cycling, software and random other thoughts Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:17:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vasity http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-2141 Vasity Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:26:01 +0000 http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/#comment-2141 Nice article, well written, I really like the way this site looks, I wish other autohors took the time you are to help fix there site and make it look good. Keep up the great writing! Nice article, well written, I really like the way this site looks, I wish other autohors took the time you are to help fix there site and make it look good. Keep up the great writing!

]]> By: naquada http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-1544 naquada Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:51:15 +0000 http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/#comment-1544 I just made the jump to WP2.2 from MT.. seemed pretty painless, especially with the WP2.2 import of MT exports(!) although I've lost some external links, my permalinks were PaddedPostID_PostTitle, closest I coudl get on WP was UnpaddedPostID-PostTitle, but I thought what the heck and ended up with the standard archive format (year,month,date,posttitle) it's more compatible, plus I put some redirects with permanent markers into my .htaccess for the more popular links.. hopefully google will pick up the new sitemap, and I redirected the index.rdf i think most people used to the WP installs /feed/ folder.. hopefully that should mean it's a bit less painful for the (Few) subscribers... personally I much more love wordpress than MT.. never thought I'd say that but hey!!! I just made the jump to WP2.2 from MT.. seemed pretty painless, especially with the WP2.2 import of MT exports(!) although I’ve lost some external links, my permalinks were PaddedPostID_PostTitle, closest I coudl get on WP was UnpaddedPostID-PostTitle, but I thought what the heck and ended up with the standard archive format (year,month,date,posttitle) it’s more compatible, plus I put some redirects with permanent markers into my .htaccess for the more popular links.. hopefully google will pick up the new sitemap, and I redirected the index.rdf i think most people used to the WP installs /feed/ folder.. hopefully that should mean it’s a bit less painful for the (Few) subscribers… personally I much more love wordpress than MT.. never thought I’d say that but hey!!!

]]> By: Adrian Spender http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-1406 Adrian Spender Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:00:07 +0000 http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/#comment-1406 Yes, if you are using your own domain on wordpress.com, and that is what Google has indexed, then you should be fine. Seen as a search for site:arsenalist.wordpress.com doesn't return any pages whereas site:arsenalist.com does then you should be fine. You are right that you'll have to modify the permalink structure, but this is easy to do under Options | Permalinks and the option that wordpress.com uses (Date and name based) is there. I think that's enough advice for a Gooner to be going on with ;-) Yes, if you are using your own domain on wordpress.com, and that is what Google has indexed, then you should be fine. Seen as a search for site:arsenalist.wordpress.com doesn’t return any pages whereas site:arsenalist.com does then you should be fine.

You are right that you’ll have to modify the permalink structure, but this is easy to do under Options | Permalinks and the option that wordpress.com uses (Date and name based) is there.

I think that’s enough advice for a Gooner to be going on with ;-)

]]> By: arsenalist http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-1401 arsenalist Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:58:59 +0000 http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/#comment-1401 Wouldn't a lot of the move be entirely transparent if you managed to preserve your URLs? If on wordpress.com your url was http://arsenalist.com/2007/05/18/don-nelson-is-a-crazy-coach/ and the url didn't change when you went to a hosted site, wouldn't that make life a whole lot easier? Your users wouldn't notice a difference. I think by default wordpress goes to something like http://arsenalist.com/?p=388 but i believe that can be fixed as it is on this blog Wouldn’t a lot of the move be entirely transparent if you managed to preserve your URLs?

If on wordpress.com your url was

http://arsenalist.com/2007/05/18/don-nelson-is-a-crazy-coach/

and the url didn’t change when you went to a hosted site, wouldn’t that make life a whole lot easier? Your users wouldn’t notice a difference.

I think by default wordpress goes to something like http://arsenalist.com/?p=388 but i believe that can be fixed as it is on this blog

]]> By: Adrian Spender http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Adrian Spender Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:40:41 +0000 http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/#comment-183 Hi naquada, Thanks for the book recommendation. I'll take a look. However did you find that it contained anything you couldn't otherwise find with a few hours of searching/reading the web? Hi naquada,

Thanks for the book recommendation. I’ll take a look. However did you find that it contained anything you couldn’t otherwise find with a few hours of searching/reading the web?

]]> By: naquada http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-182 naquada Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:42:18 +0000 http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/#comment-182 have you also looked at the book 'Search Engine Visibility' by Shari Thurow, I used it on my own site and saw quite a big jump in traffic. Since then I regularly appear in the first few hits on google for certain terms.. so a little tweaking goes a long way..! have you also looked at the book ‘Search Engine Visibility’ by Shari Thurow, I used it on my own site and saw quite a big jump in traffic. Since then I regularly appear in the first few hits on google for certain terms.. so a little tweaking goes a long way..!

]]> By: Naquada http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Naquada Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:40:42 +0000 http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/#comment-181 <strong>Search Engine Optimization...</strong> I posted quite some time ago about search engine optimization, and I'm pleased to say I've ranking pretty high on the search engines. For most terms I know are in my site I rank at least first or second for...... Search Engine Optimization…

I posted quite some time ago about search engine optimization, and I’m pleased to say I’ve ranking pretty high on the search engines. For most terms I know are in my site I rank at least first or second for……

]]> By: Drive Through… » New site and blog appear in Google and other search engines. http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Drive Through… » New site and blog appear in Google and other search engines. Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:54:55 +0000 http://adrianspender.com/blog/2007/02/07/migrating-from-wordpresscom-to-org-diversion-strategy/#comment-176 [...] looks like the work I did investigating the ins-and-outs of Google and SEO has paid off as the home page for my site and this blog have appeared in Google. As of yet it [...] [...] looks like the work I did investigating the ins-and-outs of Google and SEO has paid off as the home page for my site and this blog have appeared in Google. As of yet it [...]

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