CC: Your Move by Durotriges.
A buddy of mine, styletime, Twitter power user and one of the brightest new bloggers asked what else he should you look after when moving content to a new domain or blog beyond using an indispensable 301 redirect.
For those who are new to SEO:
When you don’t use a so called 301 permanent redirect to tell Google you moved it’s like changing your real life address and telling nobody where you’re at from now on.
Nobody will find you.
CC: Moving a Tree 1 by Satosphere.
There are several excellent effective howto’s, tutorials or manuals out there to tell Google and users your whereabouts. They all differ a little so I decided to compile a list of 7 effective “moving content to a new domain” Manuals. Most of them are from highly trustworthy SEO professionals, one is from Google itself:
- How to Move to a New Domain With Minimal Ranking Loss and Downtime – Search Engine Guide Blog
- How to Move Your Site to a New Domain According to Google | Ask Enquiro
- SEOmoz | Expectations and Best Practices for Moving to or Launching a New Domain
- SEO issues with moving a domain | RagePank SEO
- Bruceclay.com – How to Move Your Web Site without Chaos – SEO Blog
- Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Best practices when moving your site
- How to: Move a Website…Should You Fear 301 Redirects Hurting Your Rankings? : SEO Book.com
CC: Moving, Always Moving by code poet.
On a side note: There is an old saying for programmers:
Never touch a running system. This means: When it works don’t change it. Likewise: When you rank high in Google, don’t move. New domains are bad for SEO.
Only move your website or content if you have no other option.
Also don’t mix moving your content to a new domain up with changing hosting. Changing your server has been explained by Matt Cutts of Google himself.
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I started my blog using a blog template site and now i think i should move it so i have more control of how my site is optimised. Hopefully i wont now forget to 301 it too ;)
Just moved it, glad i popped back here, it reminded me.
The mention of new domains being bad for SEO probably explains why so many start and then give up on building VRE “empires.” Takes awhile for things to catch on when you’re snapping up new domains all the time, instead of buying established ones.
I have many clients that want to move their site to new domains, the key is to manage there expectations and to advise them not to change their domain, otherwise it has to be 301 re-directs all the way.
Really a very useful article i had been looking for such an information from ages thanks for sharing.
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