Right, some background. Three years ago when I started this Blog it had a different name; BigLee's Mini Painting Blog. Aside from being a bit of a mouthful (it doesn't exactly trip off the tongue) this also translated into an awful URL address that even I found hard to remember. As the Blog developed I realised that the Blog's name didn't represent everything that I wanted to write about. So after about six months I changed it to BigLee's Miniature Adventures. Of course changing the name alone couldn't undo the old URL address which remained incomprehensible and seemed even less relevant to the site it represented.
About 18 months ago I began another planned revamp of the Blog starting with a layout and colour scheme redesign and culminating in my introducing readers to a shortened version of the blogname - BLMA. The idea was to slowly migrate readers towards using this short name to refer to my Blog before making the final change, purchasing a suitable domain name. So here we are, new personal domain name in place and ready to be unleashed on an unsuspecting world....bwahaha.
Will it make much of a difference? Er, probably not. All the old links on other sites and on blogrolls will still work, the old address will still point to the new domain and my Blog is still hosted by Blogger so it won't even look different. But the new address does look a lot better (which satisfies my sick need for tidiness and order) and is a lot easier to remember. Its also short enough to fit on a T-shirt (more on this at a later date!) and will make promoting my blog easier. So there you go, something of a non-event for visitors to the site but a big event for me because it's one more step in my plan for global domination.
About 18 months ago I began another planned revamp of the Blog starting with a layout and colour scheme redesign and culminating in my introducing readers to a shortened version of the blogname - BLMA. The idea was to slowly migrate readers towards using this short name to refer to my Blog before making the final change, purchasing a suitable domain name. So here we are, new personal domain name in place and ready to be unleashed on an unsuspecting world....bwahaha.Will it make much of a difference? Er, probably not. All the old links on other sites and on blogrolls will still work, the old address will still point to the new domain and my Blog is still hosted by Blogger so it won't even look different. But the new address does look a lot better (which satisfies my sick need for tidiness and order) and is a lot easier to remember. Its also short enough to fit on a T-shirt (more on this at a later date!) and will make promoting my blog easier. So there you go, something of a non-event for visitors to the site but a big event for me because it's one more step in my plan for global domination.
Nice one Lee. My next planned domain name is www.ivegotareallylongandannoyingdomainnamethatyoullneverrememberinamonthofsundays.com
ReplyDeleteNice... a url like that would give me an apoplectic fit. My old address has been bugging me for three years and I was still having to look it up and cut and paste it into sites even after all this time. The new domain is costing me just $10 a year which is next to nothing.
DeleteIs it just me or is anyone else having problems leaving comments on Blogger just lately?
ReplyDeleteIt has seemed a bit clunky today... thought that was just me!
DeleteThis problem may have to do with your browser version. If it's an older version, you will need to update. Solved the problem for me.
DeleteWhere did you get the domain name from Lee? GoDaddy.com?
ReplyDeleteI bought if through Blogger but yes its provided by GoDaddy.
ReplyDeleteGO for it, I understand that need for tidiness in these kind of things. Been thinking about a domain name etc myself, reasonably priced do you think?
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