My Pagerank Problem

Posted by John

April 4, 2008

The Problem:

I used to host this blog on the subdomain of my previous employer. Just before I was laid off, I got the feeling that something was going to happen real soon with the company, so I stayed up all night that night figuring out a way to move all 100+ posts (from Community Server) I had on their server to a blog (BlogEngine.NET … only because I could directly port the data) on my own domain. Being in a rush, I just created the name blogs.johnasimpson.com off my main site (www.johnasimpson.com). Now, I find out that subdomains are bad. I checked my pagerank and here are the results:

– blogs.johnasimpson.com
– www.johnasimpson.com

Here are my options:

1. Move my blog to www.johnasimpson.com and 301-redirect all links.
2. Create a new domain name and start from scratch with PageRank and 301-redirect everything there.
3. {Buy an existing domain} with traffic on it and that has a suitable name.

** I believe I have an automated way to 301-redirect using a custom 404- error page and some ASP code.

Here is what I plan on doing:

1. I am going to look for a domain to purchase that already has traffic.
2. if I can’t find an existing domain, I am going to try and come up with a clever name for a new domain.
3. If I can’t come up with a new domain name, I am just going to move everything to www.johnasimpson.com and 301-redirect the pages.

…unless someone out there has a better suggestion. Leave me your comments and let me know.

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