Comments on: Always install Wordpress on the root directory http://www.dailyblogtips.com/always-install-wordpress-on-the-root-directory/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:42:09 -0500 hourly 1 By: Elaine http://www.dailyblogtips.com/always-install-wordpress-on-the-root-directory/comment-page-3/#comment-1088249 Elaine Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:45:07 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/always-install-wordpress-on-the-root-directory/#comment-1088249 I want wordpress for my blog, but don't want wordpress on all the other pages. How do you do this? I want wordpress for my blog, but don’t want wordpress on all the other pages. How do you do this?

]]> By: Tai http://www.dailyblogtips.com/always-install-wordpress-on-the-root-directory/comment-page-2/#comment-1087065 Tai Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:49:23 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/always-install-wordpress-on-the-root-directory/#comment-1087065 Am I missing something or does this not make any sense at all? If the same content is accessible from different addresses of your website then you need to set up a sitemap to identify which are your main pages. You could also set up a 301 wildcard redirect if it was a big problem. I am not convinced that you "should never" install a blog into a folder. Content can be accessed from different addresses regardless of whether it in a folder or not. It is not ideal and should be addressed on a case by case basis. Am I missing something or does this not make any sense at all?
If the same content is accessible from different addresses of your website then you need to set up a sitemap to identify which are your main pages. You could also set up a 301 wildcard redirect if it was a big problem.
I am not convinced that you “should never” install a blog into a folder. Content can be accessed from different addresses regardless of whether it in a folder or not. It is not ideal and should be addressed on a case by case basis.

]]> By: Morgan Madej http://www.dailyblogtips.com/always-install-wordpress-on-the-root-directory/comment-page-2/#comment-1056394 Morgan Madej Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:13:19 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/always-install-wordpress-on-the-root-directory/#comment-1056394 I am glad I found your blog with the interesting points about blog installs as I have been searching for the answer to "Where is the best place to install a WP blog-In the domain root or a sub directory/blog?" I have WP blogs in both root and /blog in the premise that if it is a new domain it goes into the root and if the domain has history and inbound back links then I put the blog into /blog with unique content and link to the original html pages from the content or from the Links sidebar. This was mindset until today when I installed a blog on an "aged" domain for the convenience of a quick install and setup while I revamped my html pages. (This was made easier as I had transferred 8 domains recently from my original web host here in Poland (No cPanel!) to a new host in the USA which has cPanel) The one advantage I can see is that installing a blog in /blog is if the domain is an existing commercial site that needs or wants to involve its visitors/customers on a blog with an opt-in that supports the main money site without disturbing their existing pages But now after reading all the comments here I am wondering if I am missing something too! I would really appreciate any comments on this approach... I am glad I found your blog with the interesting points about blog installs as I have been searching for the answer to “Where is the best place to install a WP blog-In the domain root or a sub directory/blog?”

I have WP blogs in both root and /blog in the premise that if it is a new domain it goes into the root and if the domain has history and inbound back links then I put the blog into /blog with unique content and link to the original html pages from the content or from the Links sidebar.

This was mindset until today when I installed a blog on an “aged” domain for the convenience of a quick install and setup while I revamped my html pages. (This was made easier as I had transferred 8 domains recently from my original web host here in Poland (No cPanel!) to a new host in the USA which has cPanel)

The one advantage I can see is that installing a blog in /blog is if the domain is an existing commercial site that needs or wants to involve its visitors/customers on a blog with an opt-in that supports the main money site without disturbing their existing pages

But now after reading all the comments here I am wondering if I am missing something too!

I would really appreciate any comments on this approach…

]]> By: laurie Bixler http://www.dailyblogtips.com/always-install-wordpress-on-the-root-directory/comment-page-2/#comment-1015272 laurie Bixler Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:09:18 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/always-install-wordpress-on-the-root-directory/#comment-1015272 You are all very much talking a bit techie and over my head. Could you be very specific with the instructions? Here is what I have: - blank sites registered with go-daddy that send over to my blog - a blog on blogger that is fairly new. I want to make sure I am doing this correctly. I use masking. I don't use wordpress....plz tell me if I am making a mistake there too. thanks for the input and specifics. You are all very much talking a bit techie and over my head. Could you be very specific with the instructions? Here is what I have:
- blank sites registered with go-daddy that send over to my blog
- a blog on blogger that is fairly new.
I want to make sure I am doing this correctly.
I use masking.
I don’t use wordpress….plz tell me if I am making a mistake there too.
thanks for the input and specifics.

]]> By: SEO San Diego http://www.dailyblogtips.com/always-install-wordpress-on-the-root-directory/comment-page-2/#comment-1009862 SEO San Diego Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:02:03 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/always-install-wordpress-on-the-root-directory/#comment-1009862 Like Ray Fowler above, I too have set up my blog in a sub-folder, but point it back to the root...I know this is done a lot, and many blogs appear to do just fine with it...BUT It doesn't appear to me that an actual 301 directive is in place, so I actually wonder why we don't get penalized by the search engines for doing a kind of "masked re-direct." Any thoughts? Like Ray Fowler above, I too have set up my blog in a sub-folder, but point it back to the root…I know this is done a lot, and many blogs appear to do just fine with it…BUT

It doesn’t appear to me that an actual 301 directive is in place, so I actually wonder why we don’t get penalized by the search engines for doing a kind of “masked re-direct.”

Any thoughts?

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