domain mapping and performance

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  badgero · Member · Jan 28, 2009 at 8:34 pm

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  Hi there…

  I’d prefer to map my WP Blog to http://www.example.com rather than http://example.com

  From what I’ve read, I need to:
  1. Register my own domain name through something like Yahoo small business to get http://www.example.com
  2. Purchase WP’s domain mapping to have my WP Blog show up at http://www.example.com

  Here’s my question: would doing this through Yahoo, for example, slow performance of my blog? Is registering through WP lead to smoother performance?

  BIG THANKS!!

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  rosclarke · Member · Jan 28, 2009 at 8:42 pm

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  I’m pretty sure that the www always gets stripped out.

  But no, it doesn’t affect performance or speed.

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  badgero · Member · Jan 28, 2009 at 8:46 pm

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  Thanks, for the reply-
  I don’t mind if the www is stripped out…

  It’s more just finding the site…
  Saying www. is easier to remember for some, than http://

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  cafesandeep · Member · Jan 28, 2009 at 9:19 pm

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  guys, i own a domain called cafesandeep.com and now i’d like to link it to wordpress. can i do it for free? I’ve not hosted a site using the domain name yet…

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  rosclarke · Member · Jan 28, 2009 at 9:28 pm

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  No, you have to pay for domain mapping.