As you may have noticed, I now have my own domain. I was really hesitant at firsy due to a lot of things, the PR and the price of a domain on the top of my list. But then again, I really want to maximize my chances on getting paid-to-post opportunities so I listened to Mommy Pehpot.

After she helped me configure the domain, her post is really helpful, I thought I was done. Wrong! I forgot to do the following, that’s why my blog was somehow messed up for a while.

• Update your feeds. You should now use your blog’s new URL.
• Update all your blog list. I have several blog list widgets and for a while, they contain nothing. That’s the reason why my sidebars seemed shorter.
• Update your PR checker. I initially thought I didn’t lost my PR. I was happy of course but deep inside I know something is not right. Then it occurred to me that I should change my codes.
• Update all other site statistics you have. My Alexa ranking dropped from 200k to a million and I am really hoping to regain everything. I feel like something is wrong with my Top Blogs code because I’ve in 233 spot since I acquired my domain even though I update most of the time.
• Update all your site’s links. Bloggers love to exchange links. You should take an initiative to ask your co-bloggers to update your site’s URL in their blogs. This includes your badge.

That’s everything I did so far. If you think I missed anything, feel free to post your tip here as well so we can all be informed. Thanks a bunch!

Yey, I finally have my own domain!

My page rank is still there, not sure if Mr. G. will take it away from me anytime soon due to this change. If he does, I hope to get it back fast so I can apply for more online opps.

Thanks to Mommy Pehpot for the code, I only paid $7.67 at godaddy.com. Also, thanks to her tutorial, I was able to configure the domain myself. I learned something new today and I’m super proud of it! Hahaha!