WordPress URL vs. Domain Mapping: any SEO difference?

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  davidbgallagher · Member · Oct 6, 2010 at 6:15 pm

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  Are there advantages one way or the other in using either the (free) blogname.wordpress.com URL versus the (paid) blogname.com URL (or .whatever)? I have URLs to which I could map my blogs, and will probably do that; but I would like to get clear on whether there is a downside to doing so, in terms of getting traffic to the blog. For example, I am wondering if the volume of traffic to wordpress.com helps boost the page ranking of blogname.wordpress.com beyond what the page ranking would be for blogname.com, assuming the exact same number of posts, comments, and links from other sites to this particular blog.

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 6, 2010 at 7:37 pm

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  In pure SEO terms, you’re better off with blogname.wordpress.com. A subdomain of a larger domain always has more googlejuice. The effect can be significant.

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  davidbgallagher · Member · Oct 6, 2010 at 8:36 pm

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  Thanks! I see that hasn’t deterred you, though – from going with domain mapping, that is.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 6, 2010 at 8:38 pm

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  It hasn’t deterred me either and yes I have domain mapping. ;)

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  davidbgallagher · Member · Oct 6, 2010 at 11:06 pm

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  Thanks, Timethief. Your site looks like a good resource. Will bookmark it.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 6, 2010 at 11:13 pm

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  Yay! A new follower – be still my beating ♥ :)