If I host my blog will it still have the same PR?
Todays question:
If I host a blogger blog or a wordpress blog on my own hosting account will I still have the same Page Rank as if it were hosted by blogger and wordpress?
Well this is a bit of a tough question because only Google knows what goes into your page rank. We get hints from results and what we see along with some of their patent filings but nobody but Google knows for sure and they try their best to keep it that way.
That being said for the most part your page rank is helped by incoming links and having the same linking to each type should generate the same page rank.
There is a big difference between hosting a Blogger blog and using the WordPress software on your own domain unless blogger has changed (I don’t stay up to date with blogger). You are still using their data base and software and it is primarily just a redirect when you host a blogger blog on your domain.
This leaves you open to them removing your blog at their discretion. Both Blogger and WordPress.com are not always affiliate friendly which is why I prefer if I am going to host it to use WordPress software on my site with my data base where I have complete control.
As always your questions and comments are welcomed.
Mike Paetzold
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2 comments
Chadrew on October 1, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Hello,
I was basically wondering if I started using a custom domain on a blog which used blogspot subdomain for quite a long time before, will I still retain my pagerank?
The content and all links will be redirected with a 301 redirect as far as I understand.
Mike on October 1, 2008 at 8:34 pm
@Chadrew -
Unfortunately I can’t answer that for sure but my understanding is that it would stay the same.