What happens when
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my one year sub expires? whether it be I only paid for the domain name or the 129$ option, after one year as passed, I understand that if not renewed my domain name will be put up for sale.
But what about the whole blog, will I still be able to access the blog, will visitors still be able to ?
Basically will the wordpress I made be locked or will It will still be accessible under the blablabla.wordpress.com and not blablabla.comThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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If you allow a domain to expire or remove domain mapping the content is still available under the .wordpress.com URL however there’s a but and it’s a HUGE one. Every link to the domain URLs no matter where it appears in search engines and on the internet as well as every internal link to your earlier content will be broken. When clicked they will all produce 404 (page not found) errors.
All authority the domain URLs earned that contributed to the site’s pagerank will be gone. In essence removing domain mapping means you are throwing that away and the blog begins from zero. Thereafter you will be hard pressed to publish enough content rapidly to drive the search results to the broken links down in the SERPs (search engined page results).
And as subscriber subscribe to a specific URL if remove it they are no longer subscribed. You have to get them all to subscribe again to the underlying .wordpress.COM URL.
That is a nutshell is why I tell all my clients not to muck about with domains. Either you are into blogging for the long haul or you aren’t.
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Ok timetheft, you say
Every link to the domain URLs no matter where it appears in search engines and on the internet as well as every internal link to your earlier content will be broken. When clicked they will all produce 404 (page not found) errors.But that doesn`t include the .wordpress.com URL right?
And will I still be able to edit or add new posts lets say if it isnt renewed.
(Altough not saying that I wont renew it, I just want to be sure that if something happens and I have no more funds that i`ll still be able to post on the blog.) -
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Why would the .wordpress.com URLs appear in the SERPs at all? When we purchase domain mapping they do not appear there. When we remove it they do but when domain mapping is in place it’s the domain URLs that appear there.
Yes can still publish and edit after removing domai mapping but why do this at all if you are not convinced that you can continue to pay for renewals? Your audience will be subscribed to the domain URLs not to the underlying .wordpress.com URLs and you build all those relationships again.
Bottom line: When in doubt do not purchase a domain.
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Ok if I it does happen (not saying it will), will someone be able to access my blog if I give them the new blablabla.wordpress.com link?
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