Comments on: I’m Back Blokesters! http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/ Better Blog Tips for Bloggers, by the Original Blogging Bloke Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:01:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: John Masters http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3523 John Masters Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:52:21 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3523 Your posts keep me coming back :) Your posts keep me coming back :)

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3196 Blog Bloke Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:12:21 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3196 Thanks for getting back to me Jaffer. The technique that I'm using will redirect the post pages so long as the URLS are similar, and the search engines should follow. Otherwise, if it can't find the post page it will defer to my friendly/custom 404 message. Sweet! Thanks for getting back to me Jaffer. The technique that I’m using will redirect the post pages so long as the URLS are similar, and the search engines should follow. Otherwise, if it can’t find the post page it will defer to my friendly/custom 404 message. Sweet!

]]> By: Jaffer http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3195 Jaffer Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:55:38 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3195 Oh ok I was talking about the Classic Version. I've never had the chance to fully test the new version and I ditched it early ! This method only redirects to the top-level domain. Oh ok I was talking about the Classic Version.
I’ve never had the chance to fully test the new version and I ditched it early !
This method only redirects to the top-level domain.

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3194 Blog Bloke Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:31:12 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3194 I would like to hear what you came up with Amanda. Maybe yours is better! You never know. I would like to hear what you came up with Amanda. Maybe yours is better! You never know.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3193 Amanda Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:29:03 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3193 Glad to see you're finally back, Blog Bloke :) I did find something today which I thought could help you with the redirection (finally!) but it seems you've already found something perfect for your needs. Great stuff, I can't wait to hear about it! I check my feed reader often, and this was how I discovered your site was back online again. You can be assured it's working fine now! Looking forward to that redirection post! I'm sure many WP converts will be needing this too. Best wishes, Amanda Glad to see you’re finally back, Blog Bloke :)

I did find something today which I thought could help you with the redirection (finally!) but it seems you’ve already found something perfect for your needs. Great stuff, I can’t wait to hear about it!

I check my feed reader often, and this was how I discovered your site was back online again. You can be assured it’s working fine now!

Looking forward to that redirection post! I’m sure many WP converts will be needing this too.

Best wishes,

Amanda

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3191 Blog Bloke Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:40:25 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3191 Clarification Jaffer. Have you set up your old blogspot to publish on an FTP server, or a custom domain? FTP is only available for classic users so it won't work for New Blogger. Also, does it try to redirect individual post pages, or just the top domain? That's good news about my feed. It's been down for two days. Glad to see that your blog is looking fine as well :) Clarification Jaffer. Have you set up your old blogspot to publish on an FTP server, or a custom domain? FTP is only available for classic users so it won’t work for New Blogger. Also, does it try to redirect individual post pages, or just the top domain?

That’s good news about my feed. It’s been down for two days. Glad to see that your blog is looking fine as well :)

]]> By: Jaffer http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3189 Jaffer Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:16:42 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3189 Bloke ! You're back ! I actually caught your two latest posts in Netvibes. So I believe the newsfeed is back to normal. Keeping a blogger.com account can come in handy. And ofcourse, all my old posts are still intact on Google servers. Here's a tip for those who were publishing on with a .blogspot.com address: In the publishing tab, I put my new domain in the FTP server and the Blog URL and to be on the safe side, I put a fake username and password in case I accidentally hit the publish button ! After saving setting what happens now is my old address, jaffermaniar.blogspot.com redirects to my new address, leaving everything else untouched ! Bloke ! You’re back ! I actually caught your two latest posts in Netvibes. So I believe the newsfeed is back to normal.

Keeping a blogger.com account can come in handy. And ofcourse, all my old posts are still intact on Google servers.

Here’s a tip for those who were publishing on with a .blogspot.com address:

In the publishing tab, I put my new domain in the FTP server and the Blog URL and to be on the safe side, I put a fake username and password in case I accidentally hit the publish button !

After saving setting what happens now is my old address, jaffermaniar.blogspot.com redirects to my new address, leaving everything else untouched !

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3184 Blog Bloke Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:23:32 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3184 You shouldn't delete your old posts Lee. All you have to do is put a <em>noindex nofollow </em>meta reference on your template. That way you will prevent duplication of your posts and avoid penalization by Google, and if anyone has ever linked to your posts you can set up an automatic redirect to the new blog. You might also retain some Google juice in the process. But if it is a new blog like you say then it probably doesn't really matter. But for older more established blogs they should wait until they read my post first. You shouldn’t delete your old posts Lee. All you have to do is put a noindex nofollow meta reference on your template. That way you will prevent duplication of your posts and avoid penalization by Google, and if anyone has ever linked to your posts you can set up an automatic redirect to the new blog. You might also retain some Google juice in the process.

But if it is a new blog like you say then it probably doesn’t really matter. But for older more established blogs they should wait until they read my post first.

]]> By: Lee http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3182 Lee Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:00:05 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3182 Too late, Bloke. My method of redirecting was to copy all of my archive posts to WordPress and then delete them from Blogger. Then I put a note on my old blog that I had moved. Probably not the cleanest way to handle it, but it was simple. I figured there wasn't a big issue because I had been blogging for such a short time. Too late, Bloke. My method of redirecting was to copy all of my archive posts to WordPress and then delete them from Blogger. Then I put a note on my old blog that I had moved. Probably not the cleanest way to handle it, but it was simple. I figured there wasn’t a big issue because I had been blogging for such a short time.

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3180 Blog Bloke Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:55:13 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3180 They say that patience is a virtue Curtis ;-) They say that patience is a virtue Curtis ;-)

]]> By: Curtis http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3179 Curtis Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:59:58 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/im-back-blokesters/#comment-3179 Oh, That will be good to hear BB. Any way to redirect all those website.com/year/month posts that blogger makes, redirected to the same address but with the day also. Like /2008/1/12/gardenpost. Or do I just need be patient? Oh, That will be good to hear BB.

Any way to redirect all those website.com/year/month posts that blogger makes, redirected to the same address but with the day also. Like /2008/1/12/gardenpost. Or do I just need be patient?

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