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I have a few blogs and their addresses are like .

I just got a few domains that I want to use with these blogs and I can set them up to redirect them to any place. How badly would this affect search engines indexing my blogs?

and if I am going to submit to search engines should I submit the TLD address or the address?

Would I be better off in the long run if I just host the blogs on my own server (as far as SEO is concerned)?

thanks

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Short answer: pick one canonical address and make any other addresses forward to it with a server-side permanent redirect (HTTP 301). and are right to flag the redirect type — permanent server redirects preserve indexing and link equity; temporary or masked forwards invite duplicate-content problems. If you can, map the custom domain so the blog is served from that domain (preferred). If not, 301 the domain to the blog URL.

If you control the domain’s web host, implement a 301 at the server level. Examples:

# Apache (.htaccess) — redirect domain.com -> example.blogspot.com
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://example.blogspot.com/$1 [R=301,L]
# nginx — redirect domain.com -> example.blogspot.com
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name domain.com www.domain.com;
    return 301 https://example.blogspot.com$request_uri;
}

Quick checks and cautions: avoid registrar “masked” forwarding (frames) and avoid JavaScript/meta-refresh redirects — those do not pass authority reliably. Verify the redirect and response code with curl -I http://domain.com and confirm you get “301” and a proper Location header. Watch for redirect loops if the blog platform also tries to redirect to a canonical host.

About submissions and hosting: you don’t need to manually submit every URL — search engines will find properly linked content. Submit the one canonical address in webmaster tools if you want to speed things up. Self-hosting gives control but does not automatically rank you higher — content quality, crawlability, and incoming links drive SEO. Follow the canonical/301 approach above and the long-term effect on indexing will be minimal.

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If you do not do a proper redirection, your sites may get penalized by the search engines. A 301 permanent redirect is required. Most redirections generate a 302 temporary redirect code, which can result in sites being duplicated under multiple domains. You never want to do this because mirror sites get penalized.

Search engine submissions are no longer necessary. Just build a few links to the sites and the search engines will find it. If you do decide to submit, is considered to be a different site than http://www.blogspot.com because subdomains can exist on different servers. The search engine won't necessarily find the subdomain unless you provide links to it or submit it separately.

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two words: 301 redirect

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