Comments on: Website migration SEO and Performance Checklist

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:25:52 +0000

Excellent article, thanks for the tips.
It will be a long process to redirect all the links, however I am sure it will be worth.

PS. The comments on Java blocking the loading of all other codes has been handled by Google Chrome now but still true for other software, we will pay attention to it. Thanks again!

By: batgirl13uk

batgirl13uk — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:10:45 +0000

Cracking article! Thanks so much!

By: eelco

eelco — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:54:27 +0000

Hi Robyn,

Unfortunately not. When the search engines checked your site they found a completely new site. Because of it being new they started the reindexing process, and disregarded all existing information (and therefore also your ranking value). Always use the 301’s, this will inform the search engines that your new site is actually a new version of the old one, but contains (a lot of) the same data.

Good luck!

By: robyn

robyn — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:31:29 +0000

Great article, unfortunately pointer #1 came too late for me. My website was enjoying top rankings the big 4, then I did a redesign and dummy me renamed/deleted old pages. I do have a backup – If I go back and re-create/rename back to the old pages and redirect would I regain any standing? (assuming all else remained the same)