If you have a Semiologic blog, you don't have to use a short-url service like TinyURL where you can't change the destination later. This is also great for the control freaks who are very scared to use a 3rd party service.

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This is a case study of a blog I recently moved from a sub-directory (/wordpress) to the root directory (/). You can get some interesting tips by reading this or better still, assign the move to us at a nominal cost and save yourself all the hair-pulling

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