{"id":1535,"date":"2010-05-21T05:11:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T09:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2010-05-17T08:53:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T12:53:13","slug":"blogging-off-domain-does-it-work-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2010\/05\/21\/blogging-off-domain-does-it-work-part-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging Off-Domain Does It Work? Part III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay if you&#8217;ve read the posts this week, this is the solution if you can only blog off-site. First, based on our case study, we just don&#8217;t recommend blogging off-domain at this point. If you can only blog off-domain, I strongly recommend you evaluate organic placement for your off-domain blog separately. If your blog shows for your keyword on Google.com then I would consider continuing to blog off-domain and point links to your parent website. 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