How to Switch from Blogger to WordPress without Losing Google Rankings

Blogger is a remarkable free tool to rapidly start blogging. But, many Blogger users eventually understand that if they wish full control of their blog site, then they should be better off with their own hosted WordPress blog site.  In this article, I will show you how you can switch from Blogger to WordPress without losing Google rankings. It is very easy step just you need to follow.

So, before getting started you need to do something

1. At first you need to Sign up with WordPress hosting.
2. Then try to transfer your Blogger blog by browsing Settings » Other page.
3. After that you need to import Blogger to WordPress by browsing Tools » Import page in WordPress admin section.
4. In the next step, you should Set up permalinks on your new WordPress blog site
5. After that set up sends for Blogger visitors to WordPress blog posts.
6. Finally set up redirects for RSS feeds and you should import your personal images from Blogger to WordPress media library.

Step 1: Export Your Blogger Blog

The first thing you require to perform is export your blogger blog’s content gradually. Then just sign into your blogger main dashboard and brows Settings » Other page. You can find it under the ‘Import & back up’ area, you have to ‘Back up Content’ button. Once the Backup file will be downloaded then you’re your time to import it into your WordPress website.

Step 2: Import Blogger to WordPress

To import your Blogger website into WordPress, you just go to your WordPress admin and visit Tools » Import. You will find an Import page, click on Blogger. The Blogger importer under WordPress import tools which you can easily find. So, complete the importing process. 

Step 3: Setting up Permalinks

After importing blogger to Wordpress you need to set the Permalinks. It is the term used for URL structure of all individual pages. To set a dynamic permalinks, you just go to Settings » Permalinks menu and choose Month and Name as your permalink structure at the same time.

Step 4: Setting up Redirection

The most significant step in moving any site is to set up correct redirection so that users are sent to your new website. The vital part of redirection is that you want users to land on exactly the similar page on the new website which they were trying to contact on the old site. Then, this also notifies search engines that your old site is moved to a new location on the internet. To effectively move from Blogger to WordPress, you just need to set up redirection on two levels at the same time. At first, you will easily redirect Blogger visitors to your fresh WordPress blog site. Next, once users browse your WordPress site, you will easily redirect them to the exact post they were trying to read. So, let’s first set up redirection on the blogger blog. You just need to log on to your Blogger account and brows to your Blog’s settings and click on Template button.

Step 5: Redirect Feeds in New Website

Your best RSS subscribers on the old Blogger website will not be capable to notice the switch. That is why you have to redirect your Blogger feed to your latest WordPress site’s feed. You can easily do it by logging in to your Blogger account and then brows Settings » Other page under your blog dashboard menu. Under the Site Feed sector, click on Add link next to the Post Feed Redirect URL. Now you can access your new WordPress site’s feed address at the same time.

Step 6: Import Images from Blogger to WordPress Media Library

Once you are transferring Blogger to WordPress website, the WordPress importer will easily download images from your blogger content into the WordPress media library at the same time. Conversely, it will fail to download some images. This will not happen frequently, but it can happen. But there is nothing to worry about it because you can generally find and import these images into WordPress. So you just follow the directions in our how to import external images in WordPress easily. This process will import all the images from your blogger website into your WordPress Media Library easily. When the images are in your WordPress media library of your website, you can simply create image galleries and more items.

I hope this article will be helpful to switch from Blogger to WordPress without losing any Google rankings. I would like to welcome you to my website.  If you have any problem you can feel free to contact with me. If you like this article, then please share it with your friends. Thank you very much.