transfer from free plan to bussiness

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  chrysakisd · Member · Mar 9, 2023 at 2:35 pm

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  Hello friends,i have a question.If i upgrade to a bussiness plan the links of the articles that i have already pasted or sended to platforms or friends will be lost or redirected automatically?Because if i upgrade the link off my site will be without wordpress.com.It will be only.com
  And second question if i upgrade the traffic that i had will be lost for google?Google still thinking that is my site or a new site?

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Mar 9, 2023 at 6:49 pm

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  Hi there,

  If i upgrade to a bussiness plan the links of the articles that i have already pasted or sended to platforms or friends will be lost or redirected automatically?

  Great question! All the links on your current site will be automatically redirected to your custom domain and their respective slugs (i.e., http://liferedream.wordpress.com/about will redirect to liferedream.com/about).

  And second question if i upgrade the traffic that i had will be lost for google?Google still thinking that is my site or a new site?

  That is another excellent question!

  You’ll see a temporary drop in traffic from search engines, as it will take a few weeks for them to re-index your site at the new address. But once that process completes, your search ranking should return to how it was before.

  If we’re speaking Google specifically, there’s a way to mitigate this – before you switch to a custom domain, verify your free address in their Search Console:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/

  Then, when you add the custom domain, you can use the Address Change tool in the search console to notify Google of the domain change, which should minimize the impact on your search rankings.

  A custom domain will be better for search engines in the long run, and with the Business Plan, you can install plugins like Yoast SEO and other additional features to help with your search rankings.

  Hope this helps. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks!