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[uk-netmarketing] Changing domain names/websites pitfalls?
Mike Maughan mike at maughan.co.ukMon Sep 9 20:49:34 BST 2013
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My suggestion: Copy the old site to the new, edit as appropriate. Redirect the original domain to the new one (hosting company will be able to advise on this; not a big change). Update the links and seo stuff. Done :) ---- Regards Mike On 9 Sep 2013 00:36, "Andy Connor" <andy at wizzmail.co.uk> wrote: > Dear All**** > > ** ** > > I have a conundrum that I cannot workout, so I thought I would come to the > fountain of all credible knowledge!**** > > ** ** > > I have a client that has been using website for over 5 years lets call it > say www.theeatery.co.uk, it has been been reviewed on various sites such > as Twitter, Open Table, Trip Advisor and by various food related critic’s > websites. All of these reviews refer to www.theeatery.co.uk and The > Eatery. Google has also indexed the site over the years and rank is good.* > *** > > ** ** > > The client now wishes to change his domain name and website to > www.theeaterylondon.co.uk – What are the SEO pitfalls to this and what is > the best way to manage this move and to maximise retention or transfer, if > possible, of the rankings and relevance of reviews? **** > > ** ** > > Suggestions have been:-**** > > ** ** > > Run both sites in parallel (what a PITA!)**** > > Set up 301 redirects per page**** > > Contact review sites to change their reference to the new site > www.theeaterylondon.co.uk**** > > Don’t do it.**** > > ** ** > > Any guidance or points to relevant papers would be very much appreciated.* > *** > > ** ** > > Best regards**** > > ** ** > > Andy Connor**** > > ~~ Chinwag Jobs: Find your perfect new job or next team member ~~ > > Chinwag Jobs is the leading specialist recruitment website for digital > roles in the UK. Used by major companies such as BBC, Electronic > Arts, Kingston University as well as the majority of recruitment > agencies who place staff in the sector. > > Take a look through our listings or register to advertise your > own vacancies today. > > >> CHINWAG JOBS: http://jobs.chinwag.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > You're subscribed to uk-netmarketing to change your options or > unsubscribe: https://mm.chinwag.com/options/uk-netmarketing > > uk-netmarketing discussion list is powered by http://chinwag.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mm.chinwag.com/cgi-bin/mailman/private/uk-netmarketing/attachments/20130909/bef9f165/attachment.html>
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