.com Domain and Google Plus

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  amzolt · Member · Dec 8, 2013 at 5:33 pm

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  If I purchase a .com domain name for my blog, will my current “Contributor To” with Google redirect and/or still “Function”? Right now, every time I link a blog post to G+, Google knows and registers the fact that I wrote it. Will this change if I pay for a .com domain?

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  kraftbj · Staff · Dec 9, 2013 at 5:06 pm

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  Hi Alexander,

  After setting up your domain, it would be best to disable and re-enable your Google Authorship at https://nfaa.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=sharing to ensure that Google is acknowledging your new domain.

  The system works the same way regardless of your domain name, so adding a .com shouldn’t have an impact on that.

  Cheers!

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  amzolt · Member · Dec 9, 2013 at 10:40 pm

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  Thanks, kraftbj,

  Any different advice if I didn’t set it up through WordPress but just added code to the html I append to the end of every post?

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  kraftbj · Staff · Dec 9, 2013 at 10:47 pm

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  Hi Alexander,

  In that case, there should be no change required on your WordPress.com site. You’ll likely still need to add the domain to Google+ using Step 2 on this page: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2539557?hl=en

  Cheers!

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  amzolt · Member · Dec 9, 2013 at 10:57 pm

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  Thanks, again :-)