Does changing URL affect followership?

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  officiallylis · Member · Nov 24, 2011 at 3:17 pm

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  I’ve changed my URL recently.
  Will my old followers still be able to follow me without me personally notifying them?

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

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  jeherve · Staff · Nov 24, 2011 at 3:24 pm

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  By default, if you change your site address, your followers will keep receiving your updates as before. However, people who read your blog without being followers will not know about the change.

  If you want to make sure that all your old readers find your new blog address, you can purchase the Site Redirect upgrade. Thus people who want to access your own blog address will be automatically redirected to the new one.

  Find more information about it here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/

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  scotttraveler · Member · Nov 28, 2011 at 9:23 pm

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  I have a question regarding redirecting. If I purchase the redirect upgrade, I assume that the home page will direct to the home page, but does each blog and page redirect to the new corresponding blog and page?

  thanks in advance :-)

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  jeherve · Staff · Nov 28, 2011 at 9:33 pm

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  Yes, every page of your site will be redirected.

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  scotttraveler · Member · Nov 29, 2011 at 10:14 am

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  Do you have to go in and map each page & post, does someone else do it for you, or is it done by computer program?

  thanks in advance

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  raincoaster · Member · Nov 29, 2011 at 10:33 am

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  It’s all done by the redirect program. No worries.