Medium to your own blog
Keep the search equity on your own domain.
Posts published on Medium build rankings for medium.com, not for your business. We move your published articles onto a blog on your own domain, handled carefully so Google does not see two competing copies.
- Every post exported through Medium's own account archive
- Canonical tags set correctly so Google is not confused by duplicates
- A redirect or update plan for links already pointing at Medium
What moving off Medium actually involves
Medium owns the domain your posts have been building.
The post export
Medium lets an account holder export their published posts as an archive file, which gives us the original text and images as a starting point rather than copying each article by hand from the live page.
The canonical decision
If a post stays live on Medium while also publishing on your own domain, Google needs a clear signal for which version is the real one. We set the canonical tag to point at your domain so your site gets the ranking credit.
The rebuild on your own domain
Posts are rebuilt on a blog you fully control, with your own branding, internal links to your services, and none of Medium's metered paywall limiting how much of the article is visible to a search engine or a first time reader.
Launch acceptance checks
Before calling it done we confirm each republished post is indexable, the canonical tag points where it should, and internal links inside the post now lead to your own site instead of nowhere.
What Medium does that your own blog will not do the same way
Custom domains are largely gone
Medium ended free custom domain mapping for most accounts in 2023, meaning most writers no longer get to serve their Medium posts from their own domain at all, only from medium.com or a publication page.
The paywall limits what search engines see
Medium's metered paywall can restrict how much of a post is fully visible to a non member, which affects how completely it gets indexed and read compared to a post with no barrier on your own site.
Your audience belongs to Medium's algorithm, not you
Distribution on Medium runs through Medium's own recommendation system. Moving to your own blog means your traffic depends on your own SEO and audience, not on being surfaced inside someone else's platform.
Duplicate content needs a decision, not a guess
Leaving a post live on Medium after republishing it elsewhere is fine, but only with the canonical tag set correctly. Skipping that step risks Google picking the wrong version, or neither, as the one worth ranking.
How the move runs
01
Export your posts
We pull your published post archive directly from Medium's account export tool.
02
Rebuild and set canonicals
Posts are rebuilt on your own blog with internal links restored, and canonical tags are set so your domain gets ranking credit.
03
Verify indexing
We confirm the republished posts are indexable and monitor Search Console to see the new domain start picking up the rankings.
Medium to your own blog questions
Yes, plenty of writers do, often to keep reaching Medium's built in audience. The important part is setting the canonical tag on the republished version to point at your own domain, so Google credits your site as the real source.
No. This is not about deleting your Medium presence, only about making sure your own site also carries the content and gets credit for it in search, alongside whatever audience Medium's platform continues to send.
For most accounts, no. Medium ended free custom domain mapping for the majority of writers in 2023, which is exactly why a genuinely separate blog on your own domain has become the more reliable path.
They come across as part of the export and get rehosted on your own site rather than continuing to load from Medium's servers, which also protects you if Medium ever changes how it serves old image files.
Rankings and backlinks attach to the domain hosting the content. A post published only on Medium builds authority for medium.com. Republishing it correctly on your own domain redirects that same value toward your own brand instead.
Get a straight scope on moving your Medium posts
Tell us how many posts you have published and whether you want to keep them live on Medium too. We will map the export and canonical plan inside a free proposal within one business day.