Domain URL question

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  howvoicebegan · Member · May 30, 2010 at 8:30 pm

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  Hello, quick question:

  If I buy a domain name, can people still access my blog by typing in either the domain and the full address (howvoicebegan.wordpress.com)? Or will only the domain work?

  Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · May 30, 2010 at 8:39 pm

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  Well, the Google Page Rank and Technorati authority and rank belong to the root blog on the sub-domain ie. to howvoicebegan.wordpress.com If you purchase a domain name ie. another URL all the links will be broken to your posts and pages unless you also purchase domain mapping so readers are seamlessly transferred between the URLs. Then if your visitors use the sub-domain URL they will be automatically redirected to the correct post or page with the domain URL http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/

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  howvoicebegan · Member · May 30, 2010 at 8:47 pm

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  Oh, so THAT’S what that mapping stuff was about. I couldn’t understand what it was talking about at first, now it makes sense. Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · May 30, 2010 at 9:01 pm

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  YAY! You understood me *** happy dancing *** . You’re welcome. :)