Can I tie WP.com and self hosted blogs together?

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  dianasnichols · Member · May 21, 2009 at 4:48 pm

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  I have created a self-hosted version of this blog in order to gain complete control over the design of my site. (justimaginethatcoaching.com)

  I want to keep the benefits of traffic and searchability offered by hosting on wordpress.com, and also keep my self-hosted site.

  Is there a way to stay visible – and searchable – at WP.com, and maintain my self-hosted site, without the double-entry?

  Thanks!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 21, 2009 at 5:08 pm

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  Self-hosted wordpress blogs cannot be tied to wordpress.COM’s tags pages or anything like that. Those benefits are only for people hosted here at wordpress.COM.

  Also on double entry: having duplicate content on the internet is a really bad idea. It will slaughter your search engine ranking on both blogs. When search engines see duplicate content, they immediately think “splogger” or that someone is trying to “game” the system, and will discount both sources.

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  dianasnichols · Member · May 21, 2009 at 5:26 pm

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  Thanks for the information.

  Not exactly what I was hoping for, but really good to know.

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 21, 2009 at 5:29 pm

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  You’re welcome.