10 Top Reasons to buy Custom Domain for Blogger

Some friends I know say, the best thing in life are those which are free. Perhaps, it's true for a moment or at the start but in the long run you will realize that it is not worth it and sad to say - it is not the best thing. It is common in real life, whether you have notice it or not, I believe it is happening in our day to day basis. It is also true in blogging, at start their blogging careers thousands of new bloggers are signing up everyday for a free blog hosting Content management system like Blogger.com and Wordpress.com but most of them don't realize the disadvantages of using a subdomain.

 Right from the start, I am encouraging bloggers to buy your very own Custom Domain just like what I did. From the very first post I bought my Custom Domain. This is what I learned from Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai, Founder and Author of the well known blog today www.mybloggertricks.com way back 2011. I am a follower of him since 2009 when he was starting his blogging career.

 I learned a lot from his ideas and inputs and Now, I also want to share this with you all. The main reason why I encourage you buy your own domain name as soon as possible is because to avoid mistakes of losing your hard earned traffic and readers, PageRank , Alexa etc - when you finally decide to buy your own on the late part of your blogging career. Aside from the fact that you are not going to receive sponsorship and much earning compared to when you have your own domain name from the start. To answer more of your query, below are the top 10 reasons Why you shoud buy a custom domain for blogger?

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1. To have Reputation in Blogosphere

Blogs with .com domain are naturally respected more than blogs with sub domains such as .Blogspot.com. Link exchange with niche blogs or expanding your blogging circle is only possible when you join the .com club. Based my experience it is really true, you will feel neglected most of the time when you don't have your own domain especially when you are just starting.

Its feels really great when you share your Blog URL with your friends and family as opposed to the embarrassing lengthy BlogSpot domain. It feels really proud.

2. To be Accepted in Most Advertising services

Services like buysellads do not accept subdomains which means that you are loosing 50% of revenue potential. To reap the harvest of your hard earned blog, no sweeter than accepting your blog in most advertising services.

3. To increase Fans & Subscribers with Custom domains

People will follow you only when they know you offer something they don't have. But when they realize that you using a .blogspot.com domain, they will take a not-so-good impression of your content and would not bother following someone who is himself a free Resource user. Most people take .com or .org domains as commercial websites ran by teams or group of people and often subscribe them and follow them via Twitter, Facebook or Google friend connect. The reason is simple your domain is enough evidence that you are taking your work serious by spending some money on the service that you use and you are not just another free monger. You yourself can prove to that.

4. More People Will Share and Bookmark Your blog posts

After giving a first good impression, people then happily share your post with friends and family. They will confidently bookmark it
and visit it often to gain more knowledge because they know the work comes from an authority. This is one reason why subdomains do not play well on social networks whilst blogs with custom domains get fair amount of traffic from networks such as Stumbleupon, Digg, Facebook and Twitter.

5. PageRank will increase slowly With Subdomains

Using a blogspot domain means that the chances of getting more backlinks is minimum for you. I personally don't link subdomains because often these blogs are created on temporary basis and once they are deleted the link on our blog becomes a dead/broken link which can effect our blog ranking. Therefore web owners prefer not to link them and even if they link such blogs, you will always find a nofollow tag attached to it.

6. You only need to buy a domain and not the Hosting

When you purchase a domain for your blogger blog, you then don't need to do anything else. Just sit back and relax. Fortunately Blogger hosts all your blog posts for free at its server contrary to what Wordpress does. That's one of the biggest reasons why people like me prefer blogger over Wordpress.

7. Your Rankings will Speedup

As more and more people notice your blog and bookmark and share it, your ranking on SERPs which is search engine results page will increase. the more Diggs, Stumbles and Likes you receive the better you go higher but all these social favour is possible only when you own your branded domain and not a free one which discourages readership and content sharing.

8. Your PageRank will stabilize On next PR update

Most people having PageRank greater than 2 often don't go for domain change because they fear that they will loose their PageRank. No doubt its true but you loose it only at temporary basis. Once Google robots locate all your redirected links, your rankings will be granted back to you on next PageRank update. My PR dropped to zero from 2 when I changed my domain but just after three months on next PR update cycle I got back the rank I owned.

9. You can Grow your business

Once your blog attracts traffic and readership, you can then offer guest posting, product reviews, sale banners, and earn day and night. Sponsors will advertise at platforms where they find quality traffic. Subdomain holders are always underestimated even if they have a plausible traffic strength.

10. It Costs Less Than $15 To Buy a domain!

UPDATE: Now you can buy a domain as low as $0.99 for the first year from 1and1  Read this post -> How do I use a custom domain name for my blog?
 
I hope you can learn from this and finally decide to get your own domain to give your blogging career a boost it needed to hasten your success. .