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5:57 am
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everydaytips
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I think you have to do whatever you are most comfortable with. If the name eats away at you, then change it. I think it is fine, but I am just one opinion.
Or, you could consider building a brand new blog with a name you like better, and keep Prairie Eco Thrifter for more 'green' things (or whatever you would like to post on it).
Just saying, you have to live with your blog everyday, so do what makes you happiest!
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6:45 am
July 26, 2011
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Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter
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Forest Parks said:
If you switch properly with redirects and things you shouldn't lose much google juice (although I don't know post Panda update if that still stands).
I think it's a decision for the long term and you will have to take some knocks no matter what but I like your name as it is and don't think it should change.
Thanks Forest. Great feedback and I am glad to hear you like my name. That is one vote to keep it.
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6:46 am
July 26, 2011
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Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter
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Squirrelers said:
I don't know, just one opinion here but your blog has built it's own indentity with that name. I actually think it's an interesting name, and don't see it hurting your efforts at all. My vote is for you to keep it, but of course you have to be happy with it.
Thanks Squirrelers. That's two votes to keep it. Thanks for the encouragement- maybe your're right-it is good the way it is.
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6:47 am
July 26, 2011
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Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter
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moneycone said:
Agree with Forest. If you do the redirect correctly you should be ok. You will take a short-term hit though.
Plus to maintain existing links you'll have to maintain both domain names, the old one redirecting to the new one.
Good point. It wouldn't be a smooth transition would it?!
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6:47 am
July 26, 2011
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Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter
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moneycone said:
Agree with Forest. If you do the redirect correctly you should be ok. You will take a short-term hit though.
Plus to maintain existing links you'll have to maintain both domain names, the old one redirecting to the new one.
Good point. It wouldn't be a smooth transition would it?!
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6:58 am
July 26, 2011
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Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter
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Thank you everyone for the great feedback. I so appreciate it. Based on what a number of you have said, you like my name and I should keep it so I think that is what I am going to do. Knowing that the rest of you like it and respect it makes me feel better. I think I was having one of those inferiority moments. I haden't yet picked a new name- I was just considering it but after hearing all of your opinions, I think I am going to keep it. I already get almost 40% of my traffic from search engines so it can't be that bad for SEO.
Thank you everyone for your feedback and support. You are all really awesome.!!
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10:29 am
July 26, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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I missed this thread. First my personal opinion – I think Prairie Eco thrifter is really nice and unique, so if it were me, I would keep it. It stays in memory.
Now if you do decide to move, please note that there "will" be some loss of PR and/or SERP, at least in the short time frame. 301 redirects are the best thing to do but they are not fool proof. Don't take my word for it.
Eric Enge: Let’s say you move from one domain to another and you write yourself a nice little statement that basically instructs the search engine and, any user agent on how to remap from one domain to the other. In a scenario like this, is there some loss in PageRank that can take place simply because the user who originally implemented a link to the site didn't link to it on the new domain?
Matt Cutts: That's a good question, and I am not 100 percent sure about the answer. I can certainly see how there could be some loss of PageRank. I am not 100 percent sure whether the crawling and indexing team has implemented that sort of natural PageRank decay, so I will have to go and check on that specific case. (Note: in a follow on email, Matt confirmed that this is in fact the case. There is some loss of PR through a 301).
Source : http://www.stonetemple.com/art…..2510.shtml
And if you are looking for a keyword rich domain, google is devaluing the keyword domain aspect. Again, don't take my word for it - http://www.seobook.com/googles…..main-names
So if it were me, I would keep doing what I am doing. Unless, the domain name bothers you that much for other reasons.
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