How to move your Blog to a new Domain

Move your Blog in a Search Engine efficient - and Customer friendly way

It may happen that you wish to move your WordPress blog to a new domain, for example from ‘yourdomain.com/blog’ to ‘myblog.com’.

Make sure you readership will not suffer from the change; inform your readers and make sure the feeds contain corresponding information to allow a shift to the new feeds.

In as much as Search Engines are concerned, it is necessary to clearly instruct robots to go and crawl your new site while stopping to crawl the previous domain. You want to preserve your listings and continue to profit from the work you have put into publishing and building an avtive readership.

In simple terms, we first prevent Robots to access our new domain. Then we move the data base containing our articles, categories, tags and other content. Now we install the new blog using the same settings as on the previous one.

We need now to modify all links which contained an element mentioning the old domain. This can be done easily with a Search and Replace plugin.

When everything is working you allow robots to crawl your new domain and you reirect the previous one to the new URI.

A detailed instruction in 10 steps can be found on Joost de Valk’s site.

 

Semiomantics

    Algorithms vs. Data: The Seesaw Effect

    The Seesaw Effect of Algorithms vs. DataOver the years I've noticed that the importance of algorithms and data tends to shift back and forth, depending on which at the time is hardest to duplicate (often from a business perspective). This effect seems to be caused by the availability or demand of one side increasing or decreasing, shifting the balance of importance to the other. At one point the world of software was dominated by the proprietary. The organization with the best software (backend, algorithms, etc) was the dominant entity and data (from say, a Web 2.0 perspective) was generally not the focus. This may have partly been the responsibility of a mindset formed during an era with very little storage space and before mass user activity on the Web.

    Things have changed and the word proprietary has become a sort-of developer faux pas. Open source has caused a paradigm shift away from the old proprietary software models and has allowed organizations to focus their attention on the other side of the equation: data. As a result of this shift we saw the start of the Web 2.0 era (perhaps with a few years of padding before the phrase started floating around). Now many organizations focus on the data they acquire and how they can leverage it to their advantage. As a result we see many walled gardens in an attempt to preserve this advantage.

    However we may be seeing another shift, this time back to software once again. The Semantic Web calls for making data open and ubiquitous. This is a strong paradigm shift away from the walled garden mindset (and most people understand this, especially the business set). After writing about the cross-pollination of DBpedia and Freebase it occurred to me that the project with the most advanced proprietary information extraction algorithms would in a sense be the "dominant" project because it would be able to leverage its software in a space where data is becoming a commodity.

    Freebase has a secret sauce and that is probably their biggest advantage over competing projects. In the Semantic Web/Linked Data Web/Web 3.0 (whatever we feel like calling it at the time), data may decrease in value as it spreads and becomes more commoditized; at least in the original sense of value it once had: as a tool that only the walled gardens could leverage.

    We are seeing the walls come down, possibly to be replaced once again by proprietary algorithms.

    Got something to say? Leave a comment!

    Ycademy November Seminar

    How to build your DubLi Customer base on the Internet with Semiomantics EC

    As was just officially announced, the Ycademy November Seminar will take place on 29 and 30 November 2008 - LIVE and ONLINE as always. Price: $50 as of Nov 1, 2008.
    Strictly Limited to 30 Participants.

    The Ycademy Seminar Theme?

    How to attract online new Customers to the DubLi Ecommerce Platform under the Topic: "From the Graveyard to a Rodeo Place - Skyrocket your Customer Data base".

    Ycademy Semiomantics Workshop

    The Seminar will include a workshop for Site Configuration and Efficient Targeting.

    All participants will receive an exclusive brand-new Semiomantics EC script, a $500 value. The unique and highly sophisticated Semiomantic Semantic Website Frameworks are available starting from USD 500.

    The Ycademy November Seminar is designed for Internet Marketers who want to use advanced Online Marketing Strategies. Both Beginners and Pros are welcome, as pre-Seminar calls will bring you up to level before the Seminar and familiarize you with online Marketing lingo as well as with your Product Marketing Site.

    Watch out for the official registration form and secure one of the sought-after tickets.

    To be continued. . .

     

    The Dublicator

    ladybird1

     

    Marketing DubLi Online

    FAQ: DubLi Marketing for DubLi Networkers

    In a recent article about DubLi Home Business Marketing we have started talking about targeting and we have received a few mails and comments about the issue which I will try to answer here. More about DubLi network related Marketing.

    How to use pull and push marketing strategies to market DubLi with a blog?

    While Blog posts and static Pages enter the category of pull marketing, RSS feeds are Push Marketing tools, as are news letters and other such like instruments.

     

    How to target DubLi Product Customers and Networking Customers from a single website?

    Is DubLi using a single website? - No. So, why should you? The profile, target Markets are largely different and therefore the key-word sets are different and the semantic framework of your site should ideally be adapted to the target you wish to deliver your message to. You would probably use 2 different sites, whereas in the case of DubLi you may consider using 3 for the time being. In fact, DubLi EU is different from DubLi USA. On top of it DubLi EU for the time being uses only German headers even in other language versions such as Spanish, English and so on. I suppose, sooner or later we get full multilingual sites and not just translations of the content. Check out the English DubLi site: It's coded as English while the header content is in German. The German site is encoded as being English and the header content is German as well. Watch out for the evolution of the site as there are frequent changes.

     

    How to optimize DubLi online Marketing considering the German Headers? 

    Two possibilities: write to DubLi support about the issue or adapt to reality. in as much as I am concerned, I adapt to reality. The German header tag content give us a USP in other language environments we can use to our advantage. However, you then most likely want to use a second target page, framing your DubLi referral page and load English headers into that frame page.

     

    How to target cold online markets for DubLi Networking?

    Good question :-). In fact you don't target anything.It's your prospect that targets, or looks for you. The decisive elements are what the prospect is searching for, and that's where YOU have to be found! Your blog posts and pages are pull features, that means they need to be positioned right when the prospect is passing; you cannot run after people, people run after you as you have something they want: that's the essence of pull marketing strategies.

     

    How many websites do you use to market DubLi?

    I use basically 3 different sites: Dublicator for Authority, YORGOOpublishing for Home Business Opportunity and Fun-shopping for Products.

    We have just started to publish about DubLi about a month ago, starting with the Authority blog. About a week ago we started testing product targets and in as much as the Home Business Opportunity is a going concern as our business is Traffic, Lead Generation,  Screening and Conversion in a generic way. 

    My advice would be to use a home business related pull site and  site to target product key-words in order to be reachable by those who are looking for the products on offer on DubLi Auctions.

    Once these sites are in place, use pull and push strategies to promote your sites.

    How many sites do I really use? I will not tell you. Just know: the goal is to use as many as possible and therefore the promotion of your content sites is of paramount importance. Efficient Publishing strategies are taught at Semiomantics Courses and Ycademy Seminars or built in to Semiomantics Site scripts (I only use Semiomantics Scripts :-)) which automate largely the publishing process, increasing the audience and visibility on search engines, key-word based directories and social networks.

     

    How to train DubLi Networkers?

    Don't train DubLi Networkers, as DubLi is and will be providing an advanced online Training System, the DubLi Academy. Also, there are regular training calls available and there will be a second Road show in the USA: send Networkers and prospects to the DubLi Academy and the Events and let DubLi do the job for you, allowing you to concentrate on your most important task: traffic, Lead generation, Screening and Pre-selling!

     

    How to follow up on DubLi Customers?

    Again, you don't have to worry about this as DubLi has a sophisticated customer follow up system in place. This system will follow up on all your referred active and passive customers.

     

    How can I promote DubLi using eBay?

    I am not gonna tell you! Try to get a hacked or private recording of the Ycademy Seminar which dealt with "How to produce Traffic and Leads on eBay" which could date from summer 2006 or 2007… Don't ask me about names of good hackers :-).

     

    That's it for today, enjoy your DubLi Home Business and Have Fun Marketing it!

     

    Yorgo
    Ycademy
     

    PS: The Ycademy November Semnar will deal with: how to attract online new Customers to the DubLi Platform under the Topic: "From the Grave Yard to a Rodeo Place - skyrocket your customer data base". Dates: Nov 29/30, 2008. Strictly Limited to 30 Participants. The Seminar will include a workshop for Site Configuration and Efficient Targeting. All participants will receive an exclusive brand new Semiomantics EC script, a $500 value (Semiomantic Semantic Website Frame-works are available starting from USD 500). The Seminar is designed for Marketers who want to use advanced Online Marketing Strategies. Beginners and Pros are welcome, as pre-Seminar calls will bring you up to level before the Seminar and familiarize you with online Marketing lingo as well as with your Product Marketing Site. Seminar tickets will be at $50 and available as from Nov 1, 2008. 

    Watch out for the official registration form - if you are in a hurry or scared to miss out, please contact Bianca(at)ycademy.com by mail, Subject November Seminar.

    YORGOO - still confused?

    Still confused by YORGOO?

    Every day I get asked, "so whats it all about, I don't really understand?" "why use YORGOO?" "where do I do this?".  So…

    Let's take it from the top.

    You have a business right? something you promote online that will make sales and bring you money? am I right in assuming this, otherwise you would not have joined YORGOO; or perhaps you're just looking around  trying to find something you can get your teeth into?

    YORGOO is about bringing vistors to YOUR business - visitors are traffic. The more traffic you have the more likely you will end up making a sale at the end of the day.

    Just think, in the offline world, how many people go by a store - look in the window and move on. How many people come in a store and go out empty handed. Not everyone buys, and not everyone buys seeing something first time.

    The same applies online.

    Statistics show that: You need tons of TRAFFIC to make 1 sale, and I mean hundreds of visitors daily. Lots of exposure!

    Clear so far I hope.

    You have just signed up and logged in. You browse around, see that on the menu on the left there are many items from Traffic Programs to making calls, hmmm. Looks interesting! Some things here that I need to help me grow my home business.

    Everything you see at present in your YORGOO backoffice belongs to your sponsor. They brought you here.

    When you join YORGOO we recommend a few basics:

    QUICK START [on the right]

    1. Download your YORGOO Media Toolbar to keep in touch with the latest info, recordings, developments, team alerts. Thats it! No spyware. Some extra gadgets on the toolbar you can click away in the setup if you don't want to use them.
     
    1a. Send a Mail to your Sponsor and introduce yourself:
     
    Why?

    Your sponsor has been working hard promoting and building traffic, you are his brand new lead. If he is following the YORGOO Team way he/she will send you a Welcome mail and try to call you if you have left a 'good' tel no.
    He/she already have some experience of the system and you have joined YORGOO due to his/her efforts. Send a mail, he/she would love to hear from you and will help you, and help you build your traffic.

    How?

    scroll down on the menu in your back office until you see - EMAIL UPLINE - click and there send your message.

    NOW, Everything you see at present in your YORGOO backoffice belongs to your sponsor. So we need to change that.
     
    2. Enter your Business Link:

    Where?

    again scroll down the menu till you see YOUR Business - click - there in the white space add YOUR business link of the business YOU promote.

    Why?

    When you  get serious and start to promote your YORGOO referral link/url when people sign up under you, your downlines when they look around YORGOO they will see YOUR business there. If they like what they see they may even join you or ask for more information.

    To the left of the white space you see MY PREFERRED BUSINESS - click on the words there, you can now see which business your sponsor is promoting. Interested in what you see? Send a mail to your upline with a request for more information. You now know how.
     
    3. Register with all free programs under Traffic 1 and promote your YORGOO link only:

    OK. This appears to be a little more tricky but once you have signed up once, the same principle applies in all the other sign ups.

    Why sign up?

    It's all about driving traffic to YOUR website, your business.

    So why use YORGOO?

    You obviously have a very specific business you want to build or make sales from. But, its not neccessarily to everyones taste and your site just gets clicked away, otherwise  everyone would be signing up and your business would explode. Time and effort wasted.

    However, what if you had something a that is more generic to attract sign ups, something that many people look for online eg: FREE Leads and Free Traffic? of course then you will have more sign ups.

    And what if by promoting just 1 link, you can show your new sign ups the 'many' things that you are involved in: traffic programs, safelists, your business etc.

    YORGOO is like a department store! lots of goodies inside.

    Now any sign ups you get these sign ups are your LEADS. Real optins! Not secondhand or third hand generated leads, but people who like you look for leads and traffic. Now you  have something in common to talk to them about. Common ground for communication. WUUHUUU! now you are talking. No cold calling in YORGOO. These  sign ups ARE interested in what you have.

    A problem?

    As a FREE YORGOO member you only see names of people in your downline and their id#, but this will change. Upgrade to PRO and its a different ball game. You  see id#'s, names, email and tel.no. Real live optins worth their weight in gold. Now you send them a welcome mail and do the follow up. Its up to you where you lead them.

    Everything you see at present in your YORGOO backoffice still belongs to your sponsor. We need to change this so it ALL belongs to you.

    Let's Start!

    So: click on TRAFFIC 1:

    Scroll down till you see the first listed Traffic exchange - HIT GUSHER - click on the words HIT GUSHER.

    This takes you to your sponsors Hit Gusher site. Join under your sponsor.
    Your sponsor will get a commission in the form of credits for your sign up. For every member you sign up you will get the same.

    Hit Gusher will send you your own unique id# number for the program.
    Enter this id# into the white space next to Hit Gusher in YORGOO. Go to the bottom of the page and hit UPDATE.

    Follow the same proceedure for the other exchanges, but, don't try to do them all in 1 day, spread it out - step by step.

    Some of the exchanges in YORGOO have their own video tutorial - where you see Y-TUTORIAL click on it - you will see a short video to show you how.

    We only promote your YORGOO link/url which you find under REFER & PROMOTE on the menu. Only add this link to the traffic exchanges you sign up with.
    In the traffic exchange find the 'SURFING' and start.

    By the way, in the exchanges you must go to Allocate credits = each site you surf gives you a credit for doing so. These accumulated credits you send to your YORGOO link so that people view your site and those who look for leads and traffic will sign under you.

    Once you get the hang of this you will soon find yourself following the Daily Tasks [on the menu] and the team surfing plan. Practice makes perfect, so just practice daily. You will soon have sign ups and start to build your Team and your business.

    YORGOO ENGLISH CALL

    Join our Daily Team Info Call @ 9 pm London in http://www.yorGOtalk.com 
    Meet with some  of the YORGOO Fun crowd from around the world.

    We are looking forward to see you all,
    Together We Are Unbeatable!

    Zo
    YORGOO

    P.S. Take the Free Trial and Tour,  and join the fun crowd.

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