URL Change

So, maybe you noticed the URL change, maybe you didnt. But, I bought my blog a nice little web address, alissaMgraham.com! Go ahead, type it right in.

I did this for a few reasons. Partly because people were having trouble finding my blog when I told them the long blogger name. Partly because Ive been thinking about getting this for a while, and might as well do it now. Partly because I dont want anyone else to have my name as a url EVER, so I figured I should pick it up while I still can.

I thought the process was going to be five hundred times more complicated than it really is. But actually Blogger sells the domain to you directly, instead of going through a third party yourself. You simply go to your blog admin options: click on settings, and the publishing, and then set custom url. You have to go through some pages of setting up info, but its really quick and easy. Not to mention cheap- $10 for one year.

Why I recommend getting a custom url:

• Those with a readership who arent exactly tech savvy will be able to easily finding your blog. Now instead of http://rhodeislandred-shootson.blogspot.com you just tell them AlissaMGraham.com!
• It cements your online presence. This could be good or bad, depending on what kind of things you write on your blog, so consider that first. Imagine someone searching your name online, and coming up with terrible nasty content. This is what happens when my sister searches her name online. Its because someone else with her name is making terrible choices online, but how would a future employer or ministry leader know that at first? Buying your name or atleast a custom url will give you peace of mind that no one else could unintentionally misrepresenting you.
• Its dang fun!

Ok thats all for now =)