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Switching from Blogger to WordPress Drama

I must apologize to all my readers for the long downtime on this blog yesterday and early this morning. I am having a heck of a time figuring out all the errors and funky bits that have occurred since I’ve migrated from Blogger (blogspot) to WordPress (self-hosted). My hosting company has NO clue what they are doing, so I am switching this weekend to GoDaddy, who is more recognized and has better support. Plus, almost all the instructions I find online have explanations on how to things on GoDaddy.

I am currently using iPage for my hosting. I choose them because they were cheaper . . . but they have been quite a disappoint from the very first day. I should have immediately switched, but I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt. iPage has slowed down the loading of my page; they’ve had serious errors and I could not access the page; my blog went down and stayed down.

Some other problems that I am having . . . Google Reader isn’t updating. When a new follower uses GFC, my blog does not immediately appear on their Google Reader for some reason. I’ve lost almost all of my subscribers and my traffic has dramatically declined. Since returning readers and Google Reader and Google Friend Connect are my main source of traffic right now, I am quite concerned.

I hope to resolve all these issues soon. Until then, I hope you enjoy my previous posts. I will try to work out everything by next week, or at least get the blog up and running again.

I apologize for the craziness! If anyone has any advice, please let me know!

-DP

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(Updated October 2011 – It has been a year since I have migrated over from Blogger to WordPress. I have made many, many mistakes during my transition. I FINALLY created a tutorial on how to move from Blogger to WordPress without the huge hassle. Check out my tutorials below!)

Other Posts You May Enjoy:

Blogger to WordPress Migration: A Step by Step Guide (Part 1)

Moving from Blogger to WordPress without Losing Followers or Page Rank (Part 2)

Blogger vs. WordPress: What’s the Best Blogging Platform?

Thirsty Thursday Blog Hop

by DP Nguyen 6 Comments

I’m still switching my blog over from Blogger – that’s why this page has a few weird quirks here and there. But anyway, I’m doing a Thirsty Thursday Blog Hop. Hope you’ll hop on and follow me. (I always follow back! and if my Google Friend Connect isn’t working like it should, please leave me a comment and let me know!)

Thursday Blog Hop

by DP Nguyen 16 Comments

If anyone wants to get ahead on their Thursday blog hopping…

Bassgiraffe's Thoughts Thursday Blog Hop

I definitely recommend blog hopping, and I notice that if I don’t participate in blog hops regularly, people don’t come back and read my blog. 🙁 This is quite disappointing, and blog hops do take a huge chunk out of my day, but if I can get more followers and traffic, it’s definitely worth it.

If you’re reading this and you have a blog, tell me how you attract traffic and regular readers?

I may start to email a newsletter to all my Followers at the end of each week with a list of blog posts they may have missed earlier in the week. What do you think? (I have to give credit to My Creative Way for this idea. Check her out and follow her, if you aren’t already following!)

Happy Birthday to Me

by DP Nguyen 13 Comments

Today is my birthday. Twenty-six years ago today … I was born in a midwife’s house (which has now been converted into a coffee house – apparently coffee is more profitable than birthing babies) in a village in South Vietnam.

For my birthday, I pose this question to you experienced bloggers … Should I register/buy a domain name? Will that affect how Google finds my blog? Will it even be advantageous to me?

And what should my paid domain name be? HipChickGuide-PMS-Pregnancy-Babes.com seems rather long, and mypregnancybaby.com seems generic. So what do you guys think? Sound off… I’d love your advice!

Monday Blog Hops – Drive Traffic to your Blog

by DP Nguyen 17 Comments

If you’re looking for fun ways to connect with other blogger moms, check out cool blogs out there, and even drive traffic to your own site, consider blog hopping.

Here is the list of the Monday Blog Hops that I’m participating in. (I honestly don’t know you Moms do it – raising kids and marketing your blog. I think blog publicity is a full time job! It sure feels like it to me!) Enjoy blogging, and come back and see me!

(If you’re pregnant or a new mom, I’d love thoughts about interesting posts you’d like to write about! I’m also open to guest bloggers, for anyone who is interested!) Have a fabulous day!

Fun Weekend Blog Hop

by DP Nguyen 5 Comments

Hey Everyone – It’s Blogging Hopping time again. This is Fun Weekend Blog Hop, sponsored by Pacifers, Pumps, the World. Enter your blog soon – the list closes Midnight on Sunday – and you may just increase your traffic.

Since I have started blog hopping – It appears that there’s another blog hop every single day – it has definitely increased my traffic. I went from only 50 to 60 visitors a day to close to 200. That’s pretty awesome, considering I only started this blog in October. Thanks for Everyone’s Support and Thanks for Following my blog. I hope to visit your blog too! (I have a rule – You Follow Me and I Follow You Back.)

I absolutely love supporting other bloggers. 🙂