Worry loss traffic from Search Engine after change the permalink structure?

Here my experience and solution…
Since I start to blog iCalvyn.com, my blogging platform (Wordpress) are install in http://blog.iCalvyn.com which is a subdomain. Any one who access www.iCalvyn.com will be redirect to http://blog.iCalvyn.com (subdomain)

After few month hardwork on traffic marketing and link building, google have rank me PR3, this both domain iCalvyn.com and blog.iCalvyn.com. Half year later, when google make another rank, my main URL www.iCalvyn.com maintain PR3 while my subdomain http://blog.iCalvyn.com become PR0… what a sad story…

I keep on asking google reconsider ranking my website, and few month back google just give me a PR2 for my subdomain, main URL still maintain PR3. I still not happy on this, I deserve to get higher PR.

For this case, I was planning to migrate my blog from the sub domain to the main URL, but I worry on the traffic from search engine(SE) will be loss. Example traffic from SE access http://blog.icalvyn.com/hello-world will be no longer exist after I change.

Permalink Moved Permanently

With using “Permalink moved permanently” plugin from Microkid, will solve your problem while you change permalink structure. (more…)

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Last Year, I bought iCalvyn.com from Yahoo Domains. Due to the offer are extreme cheap, only USD1.99, approximate MYR7.05 around that time. But, the renew fees of the domain was 9.95USD, around MYR35++

Tips to buy cheap domain at Yahoo
The cheap domain is only for new customer only,either your domain are new, or transfer to them, the 1st year will be USD1.99,

Most of the webmaster know that Yahoo only sell USD1.99 during promotion period, actually there are some tips, Yahoo always have this promotion, provided with the promo code or the valid link only. (ANY ONE NEED THE LINK, PLS EMAIL ME)

To avoid get high charges of USD9.95, I need to transfer the domain to my own domain reseller account.

How to transfer a domain?

1st of all, you need to find the Authorization code, login into Yahoo Domain CPanel, click on the “Domain Control Panel”

Scroll down to the bottom, you will found a link called “View Your Authorization Code” (more…)

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While I using throof.com to search for interesting article today, I found a gambling website that talk about 100 Oldest .Com Domain Name… Is is quite weired a gambling website talking on this Tech topic.

At last I realize that they are actually looking for the oldest domain that related to gambling, and all the list they found and post it to their website.

On this list, I can found that HP.com, IBM.com, INTEL.com and SUN.com are create at 1986, while CISCO.com, APPLE.com and PHILIPS.com create at 1987

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~ This is not contest, any one can participate~

Recently i saw some blogger give away either cash, Ringgit Malaysia, or PayPal fund, US Dollar to other blogger who make review on his/ her weblog.

I am not a rich guy, as a IT Officer, my salary also less then 2K. I did not able to give out my hard earn money to you. But, since i have earn some buck from Internet, i decide to give away free domain (USD9.95 each) to who ever review my Blog. “iCalvyn.com - Your Gateway to IT Officer Knowledge.

Believe it or not? if you don’t, then

I am not giving away the domain i own, I am giving you a choice to choose your own domain name( you able to purchase your own domain)

Requirement:

• Any blog with any topic (no gambling, no adult blogs please)
• Your blog must have 50 Unique Visitor per day (No requirement)
• Your blog must be 6 month old or more (No requirement)
• Your blog must include a link to iCalvyn.com in your review.
• You must have PayPal account and Google Checkout account
• You need to have a credit card or debit card

Link Reguirement:

Link URL : http://blog.icalvyn.com/freedomain
Link Text: free domain

Link URL : http://www.icalvyn.com
Link Text : Calvyn

Description:

You need to mention about i am an IT officer and giving out free domain to whoever review my blog

Example:
“Calvyn is an IT Officer, he blog about his IT Officer life. He is now giving away free domain to who ever review his blog.”

Any one who interested may email me ClickMe@iCalvyn.com or left your Name, blog URL and Email address at my comment area, i will contact you on the detail. This is not a contest, any one can participate

OOPS… FREE YOU A DOMAIN + 1 MONTH HOSTING also

~ Term and condition apply~

Update 25th Dec 2007:

Offer Close

Interested may still email me for detail

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To become a webmaster, own a domain are very normal, normally out there alot of free sub domain, example like www.icalvyn.byethost.com , www.icalvyn.awardspace.com or www.geocities.com/icalvyn.

To obtain a free domain with ur own like, .TK is giving u a free domain. U can sign up a domain just like u want. I have sign up www.iCalvyn.tk too since 11/14/2006

Limitation
Free thing always have disadvantage or limitation, my account has been suspended, because did not meet the term and condition. It show that “FREE domains expire after 90 days when less than twenty-five (25) users have been to your website”. I would like to send email to the support, on domain reactivate, unfortunately i not able to find a support email in the Dot.tk website. only have phone number to call.

Make sure you have 25 hit within 90 days to advoid suspended 

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When i started getting involve in the webmaster world, i start it part time with my own interested, i started to find all related information that i did not learn in my academic last time. During my academic time, i know what is Domain Name, i know what is Hosting, i know what is FTP, but i did not know how it works.

Try and Error 
After i involve into Webmaster world, i started to collect all related tools, mostly are free tools, such as free hosting and ftp software, i started to participate in forum, the most visit forum will be WebmasterMalaysia.com, i meet alot of senior webmaster there, they share alot of useful information with me, after that i started to do testing. Try and error.

Until 1 day, i feel that a webmaster no matter is part time or full time, i must have at least 1 domain name. So i started to open a thread at forum, asking where to buy cheapest domain. Here is the link to that thread. After calculating the cheapest registrar, i make my decision to purchase from namecheap.com.

I Buy Domain from
The price would be $8.88, but some member in forum provide me PROMOCODE, when i purchase, it cost me $7.99 with the promocode. The package also free “whoisGuard” for 1 year, which can protect your information.

Pay with
Before purchase the domain, i need to have my payment method. NameCheap accepting credit card direct and also pay pal. For a conservative guy like me, some more 1st time purchase online, i will choose to pay with pay pal.  I buy pay pal fund from a person in lowyat.net, whom my friend recomend to me, after he transfer for me, i have a problem to accept the fund, pay pal need a credit card or debit card to activate the account.

Oops… write so much still not yet write my domain name, i bought LittlePenang.com from namecheap. Thats is the beginning of the webmaster life. So what is your 1st domain?

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Today was 1st of April, “april fools” until now i still not yet get fool by any one, just a boring sunday.  Sudently i have an idea want to check on my site PR, definately will be zero, lets check on my blog Page Rank(PR), and logon to www.prchecker.info

it is Zero, no Page Rank yet

Previously i always see “PR” at alot of forum, i tough it is “Public Relationship”, the webiste need to have public relationship amoung other website then only can have high PR, but it was wrong, lets see  what google says on PR:

PageRank Explained

PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page’s value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves “important” weigh more heavily and help to make other pages “important.”

Important, high-quality sites receive a higher PageRank, which Google remembers each time it conducts a search. Of course, important pages mean nothing to you if they don’t match your query. So, Google combines PageRank with sophisticated text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search. Google goes far beyond the number of times a term appears on a page and examines all aspects of the page’s content (and the content of the pages linking to it) to determine if it’s a good match for your query.

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