I started working on a blog from last month. My blogs URL was quite big (for ex. http://my-old-long-url-blog.blogspot.com). I used it because I thought having 2-3 keywords in my URL will help me (I am not really sure that it really helps?).My blog was getting 22-25 visitors everyday. I changed it's URL 4 days ago & added new URL. http://autohippo.blogspot.com. In blogger, there is a provision to edit & take any URL, anytime we want.Now:My old URL posts are still indexed (they appear in Google for particular keywords).My new URL posts are indexed but not ranked (i.e. when I searchsite:http://autohippo.blogspot.com they appear but i haven't received single visit from Google yet.I added this URL to my webmasters & even submitted sitemap.
Changed my blog's URL: what next?
seo;google search console;url;indexing
Well since it's an entirely different sub-domain you would need to create 301 redirects from your old website to the new site, however i'm not sure how to go about doing that on Blogspot. Creating and submitting a new sitemap is the right way to start. But to automatically redirect visitors from the old site to the new site isn't easy on blogspot.This is how to setup a meta redirecthttp://www.spiceupyourblog.com/2011/01/automatic-redirect-blogger-blogs-url.htmlThe problem is that search engines probably wont pass on any credit like they would a 301 redirect.Here is a discussion about 301 redirects in Blogspot and some possibilitieshttp://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=6d25a21c8e1e9025&hl=en