My Peculiar Thoughts Is No More. Here Comes E-MoneyMarketing!

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Well, if you are a reader of My Peculiar Thoughts and came to my site in the last 6 or 7 days, you would have came across the message saying that I’ve moved my site to a new domain. The move has finally materialized, and you are now looking at E-MoneyMarketing!

A new name. A new beginning indeed!

My Peculiar Thoughts was meant to be a personal blog at first, where I can put in my own articles about finance, investment and Internet marketing which are some of my passions.

Actually I’ve been mulling about the a domain name change for some time, but held back because my site has already been indexed by Google, and that I did not want to go through all the technical hassles as well as to re-establish all my links.

However as I’ve been getting increasingly encouraging comments as well as link- ups, I decided that a domain name change is in order, so as to more appropriately reflect the content of my blog. I needed to create a brand, and one that is credible. The name “My Peculiar Thoughts” couldn’t give me that. For the sake of long term positioning, I decided to take the plunge, roll up my sleeves and get down to attempt the Herculean task of moving my blog to this present domain.

All along, I knew that moving the blog to a new domain name wasn’t going to be easy, and I was proven right. It was definitely very tedious and time-consuming.

I had to register for a new domain name, point it back to my hosting, copy all the files in its exact entirety over to the new domain folder, backing up the database, editing it, backing up again, and so forth and so forth, till I got all the settings right, which I then had to operate a permanent 301 redirect from my old site to this present one.

My progress was also hindered by my laptop which has been operating really slowly lately (time to upgrade my RAM).

The job isn’t exactly done yet at the moment as my text alignment in my top-tier pages are still a bit off and I’ve not established all my links back. Still, I think my effort and hard work the past few days is worth it, and will pay off in the long term.

As usual, I will talk about some lessons I’ve learned in this domain migration exercise, which could be some things for you guys to ponder on.

1. This could have been prevented had I chosen a name which had long term value from the start. It goes to show that long term planning is very important.
Are we currently doing something just for the short term, without looking at the long term benefits? Are we being far-sighted? These are the questions we have to ask ourselves.

2. The domain name change has been one of the toughest as well as the most tedious technical task I had to carry out since I started this site 3 months back. This is challenging to me as I do not have prior technical expertise at all.

Everything is done and achieved through hard research, tonnes of trial and error, and of course action-taking.

Some people may feel that this is not a big deal at all, but for me, one without technical background, it is. I’m proud and happy to get through the whole process, albeit with certain aspects uncleared.

The moral of this point is that, for anyone wanting to try something totally new and foreign, don’t feel handicapped by your lack of experience and expertise. As long as you are willing to put in some hard grafting, learn, as well as take action, you will reach your goal one day.

3. Patience pays. I could have rush through the whole exercise, but I decided to play it safe by mapping out all the required steps, and taking precautionary steps to mitigate against any disastrous screw-ups, which are very likely in a domain name change. So far, I’m glad I’ve done pretty well with regards to this aspect.

Alright I think I better stop here. A lot more work to be done. A lot more posts to be typed out for nice readers like you who have been coming back. People like Shawn from BlueFlux.com and Robin from FortuneWatch.com, as well as others which I cannot track. Thank you so much!

I will put in a step by step guide on moving the domain name for WordPress blog in a post soon. Look out for it!

I am glad you made it at last Jag! Branding is necessary. I will update my blogroll with your new identity :)

Blogroll updated :)

Hi Jon,

Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

Have I ever told you before that your blog has a fantastic name? Great brand name.

Also, I forgot to mention you are one of the guys that drop by rather often too.
Thanks once again!

Hoping to get my blog up and running like the way you run your SmartWealthRich blog.

Cheers,
Jag

Hey Shawn,

Thanks mate! Appreciate it too!

Hi Jag,

Good to see you back mate. I just updated your link on my blogroll. The way I see it, branding is definitely important, it took me one week of research to settle for FortuneWatch, some think its a great name and some think its not and thats fine…lol. Emoneymarketing surely sounds more professional.

Good luck buddy.

Cheers

Hi Robin,

I have to say that FortuneWatch is a great name. My friend whom I told to about your site also felt FortuneWatch is a really apt name especially when the content is about financial management.

Thanks for the encouragement buddy!

Cheers,
YongSing Jag

Hey Jag, thanx for the kind words! Well, you write really in depth posts and very informative content (that’s why i stop by to read your blog), i’m sure your blog will take off really soon, just gotta keep writing the same high-quality posts you write :)

Hi Jon,

Thanks man! I’m working on other initiatives as well, which makes it hard for me to come in to post as much as I like it to be. However definitely, I will keep going writing informative posts the way you and Robin you do.

Cheers!