What would you do with a blog that had run its course?

An Oasis · 01-03-2008, 07:49 AM

Looking for suggestions.

Our old company blog has been an experiment and has served its purpose. It is no longer needed, as it is not doing what it needs to do, due to it being on a separate domain. www.realoasis.net It has no value as we do not want to sell the domain name.

Random thoughts to date

We are thinking about keeping the old blog going for non company stuff
301 all the company related posts to the new blog and leave everything else as is

New blog

We are going to set up a new blog on the main domain www.realoasis.com
As a subdomain or within a directory on the site?

As ever your thoughts are appreciated.

An Oasis · 01-03-2008, 08:36 AM

Hi Brian

You probably already know but... new threads preview fine but when I posted it threw up a database error - no code clues I'm afraid.

***Brian Turner*** · 01-03-2008, 10:50 AM

Yep, sorry about that - a technical issue from moving to the new domain - will look to upgrade vbulletin this weekend, which should address the issue - hopefully!

As for your blog - every site with a search history has value - you could either keep it as an archive and leverage it for links (presuming on a different IP range to your other main sites) or else simply 301 it to the new domain.

2c.

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An Oasis Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Weaverham, Cheshire Posts: 92	What would you do with a blog that had run its course? Looking for suggestions. Our old company blog has been an experiment and has served its purpose. It is no longer needed, as it is not doing what it needs to do, due to it being on a separate domain. www.realoasis.net It has no value as we do not want to sell the domain name. Random thoughts to date We are thinking about keeping the old blog going for non company stuff 301 all the company related posts to the new blog and leave everything else as is New blog We are going to set up a new blog on the main domain www.realoasis.com As a subdomain or within a directory on the site? As ever your thoughts are appreciated. __________________ Exotic plants & topiary hire : Interior & exterior landscaping for commercial spaces

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An Oasis Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Weaverham, Cheshire Posts: 92	Re: What would you do with a blog that had run its course? Hi Brian You probably already know but... new threads preview fine but when I posted it threw up a database error - no code clues I'm afraid. __________________ Exotic plants & topiary hire : Interior & exterior landscaping for commercial spaces

01-03-2008, 10:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
*Brian Turner* Business Guru Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland Posts: 7,476	Re: What would you do with a blog that had run its course? Yep, sorry about that - a technical issue from moving to the new domain - will look to upgrade vbulletin this weekend, which should address the issue - hopefully! As for your blog - every site with a search history has value - you could either keep it as an archive and leverage it for links (presuming on a different IP range to your other main sites) or else simply 301 it to the new domain. 2c. __________________ SEO specialist

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