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SEO glossary A to ZWhat a site migration needs
Moving to a new domain, host, platform or address structure is where most sites lose their traffic. Plan it.
What it is#
A site migration is any big change to where or how your site lives: a new domain, a switch to https, a new platform or theme, or a rewrite of your page addresses. The risk is that search engines lose track of pages that have moved.
Why it matters#
Rankings belong to addresses. If an address vanishes with no signpost, whatever it earned goes with it. A careful migration keeps most of your traffic, and a careless one can lose months of work.
How to check#
Before anything moves, record where you stand: a list of every address, your top pages by clicks, your rankings and your enquiry numbers. You cannot judge the result without this baseline.
How to fix#
- Map every old address to its new one. A spreadsheet with two columns is enough.
- Build and test on a private copy. Block it from search engines while testing, and remove that block at launch.
- Keep what works. Carry over titles, headings, content and internal links unless there is a reason to change them.
- Set up 301 redirects from each old address to the matching new one, in one hop. Avoid sending everything to the home page.
- Update the signals: canonical tags, sitemap and robots.txt.
- If the domain changes, use the change of address tool in Search Console and keep the old domain and its redirects for a long time.
- Launch at a quiet time, then check the new site, the redirects and Search Console daily for the first weeks.
Common mistakes#
- Leaving the test-site block on after launch, which hides the whole site.
- Skipping redirects for old blog posts and images.
- Changing everything at once: domain, design and content together. Where you can, split the changes.
- Cancelling the old host before redirects are proven.
After launch#
Watch for three things in the first weeks: old addresses that still return an error, new pages that are not yet indexed, and a drop in clicks on your top pages. A modest dip is common while search engines reprocess your site; a steep or lasting one is a signal to go back to your address list and look for gaps. Keep your baseline numbers to compare against.
Expect traffic to wobble for a while. To measure the result, see a simple before and after test.