Comments on: WordPress: The Ultimate Google Ranking Machine

By: Trent M

Trent M — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:28:08 +0000

It may take time (up to a few weeks?) for Google to index the new domain name, after a domain name change, and to drop the old domain name.

But you have an extra problem- you built your blog on a domain name you can’t control: en.wordpress.com. Normally, the best thing is to do a 301 redirect- to preserve the PageRank you’ve accumulated on those pages. But you don’t have that luxury since you don’t control that domain. You might ask wordpress.com folks if they can do a manual redirect for you. Otherwise, your best bet is to make sure all your content is removed from the wordpress.com, except maybe some links to your real site.

Good luck!

By: CheapAppetite

CheapAppetite — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:29:07 +0000

Hi Trent,
I’m using wordpress too, but somehow my blog doesn’t seem to be found easily by google. For example, I search Best pizza vancouver, and my article appear on the 5th page of wordpress. However, the URL that it was found is the wordpress URL: en.wordpress.com/…/ best-pizza-by-slice-downtown-vancouver-bc-canada-goldies-rustic-pizza-west-pender-street/

My blog original url is squintingeyes.wordpress .com but I did a new domain mapping. So, my blog is now known as Cheap Appetite .com

However, I rarely found my site on google as Cheap Appetite .com, normally it will be found in the search result as en.wordpress.com……….

Is there a way to fix this problem? Please let me know.
Cheers,
Tana

By: Serway Jewett

Serway Jewett — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:40:35 +0000

Good piece.

By: Chimbles

Chimbles — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:54:28 +0000

Nice… I guess you capitalized on your five minutes of stardom, and continue to remain on top… congratulations. Hopefully people will realize that Word Press will not do 100% of blogging for them, and that content is still very important.

Take care,
Chimbs

By: Trent M

Trent M — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:49:19 +0000

Thanks. I used a theme with pretty good SEO functionality already built in, including the titles. If you do a search for SEO and WordPress, you’ll find lots of theme options.

By: Tim from San Diego

Tim from San Diego — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:21:23 +0000

Nice article Trent. I too have been impressed by how quickly WordPress posts are picked up across the internet. I recently started my first blog. I made a post late last Sunday and by Monday morning I had a comment waiting for my approval from a new visitor.

By the way, how do you change the way the WordPress title shows up in Google Searches? I figured out how to rearrange what shows up in the title by accessing the header.php file. However, I can not figure out how to add or remove the >> symbol that comes with the default wordpress format. Thanks.