Domain forwarding is one of the most important concept to be learnt in blogosphere. A time comes in every newbie blogger's life when we really wants to shift from a old blog address to new blog address. Closing the old blog and starting to blog with new address may not be a difficult task at all. But, what if your old blog is a pretty popular one with lots of regular visitors and so much of readership!!?. At such a moment, you will really have to take a small step before moving from your old blog to new blog address to avoid losing visitors of your old blog. The step to be taken here is named as nothing but domain forwarding.
Domain forwarding is nothing but redirecting your old blog to your new blog address thus allowing your blog visitors to get rid of your new blog address and stay updated with your new blog. So today i am going to guide you on how to add redirection meta tag to your old blog so that it takes your visitors to your new blog automatically thus keeping your blog readership safe and secure. Here is the simple and easy tutorial on it.
Domain Forwarding
Adding the Meta Redirection tag
1. Go to your Blogger dashboard --> Template --> Edit Html.
2. Find(Ctrl+F) <head> and paste the below code just below it.
<meta equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://NEW_BLOG_URL"></meta>
3. Note:: If You are using a classic template, then paste the below lines.
<meta equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://NEW_BLOG_URL">
4.Change The NEW_BLOG_URL with the Url Of Your new Blog.
5. Save The Template.
Conclusion
The very important point to be noted in this tutorial is, you must keep your old blog active and should not delete it. Once after the existing readers of your blog gets aware of your new blog address, you can then delete your old blog. Whenever a visitor visits your old blog address, the browser will automatically refresh and takes your blog visitor to your new blog address.
That's It Pals. . . . .. !!!!!!
