My blog stats have plummeted since buying my domain name

• 

  whisperinggums · Member · Oct 21, 2012 at 2:36 am

  • Copy link
  • Add topic to favorites

  Is this to be expected? Is there something I should be doing?

  I bought the domain name (with wordpress.com) two weeks ago and now my Google hits are less than half what they were.

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

• 

  raincoaster · Member · Oct 21, 2012 at 2:43 am

  • Copy link

  It’s normal, actually. I was heartsick when it happened to me, but keep blogging, maybe a little more than normal, and it will come back in about four months. The long-term benefits make it worthwhile, and I wouldn’t say it if it weren’t true.

• 

  whisperinggums · Member · Oct 21, 2012 at 10:29 am

  • Copy link

  Four months! Oh well, I knew I should have done it months ago. I kept putting it off for fear of this very reason!

  Thanks …. I’ll hang in there. I trust you!

• 

  notawoodpecker · Member · Oct 21, 2012 at 12:21 pm

  • Copy link

  It’s almost like starting all over again.

  After you move to a new house, how long does it take for all of your mail and everything else to catch up with your new address?

• 

  whisperinggums · Member · Oct 22, 2012 at 12:02 am

  • Copy link

  Thanks notawoodpecker. I guess I thought with the automatic redirects it would not be so dramatic but clearly Google’s algorithms work in my complex ways than I realised.

  I really should have done it a year or so ago!!

• 

  timethief · Member · Oct 22, 2012 at 12:04 am

  • Copy link

  Like raincoaster I was heartsick too but 3 months later I was wearing a big smile as all my blog’s authority and pagerank were the same as they had been before.

• 

  whisperinggums · Member · Oct 22, 2012 at 1:05 am

  • Copy link

  Three months! This is getting better. Any advance on that!!

  Thanks time thief … it’s good to have several of you verify it. Silly how distressing it can be, isn’t it?!