What To Do When You Change Your Domain Name

byKluck

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10 years ago

If you are looking to change your domain name but don't want to lose Google rankings, you could consider doing a domain redirect. This means that if anyone types in your old URL, then it will automatically direct them to the new URL. You will want to be careful to export all of your current files on the old site onto the new one first so that you don't lose all of your information. Once everything is copied over, you can go to the website where you bought your domain at and request a domain redirect of the old domain. This will allow you to keep your Google and other SEO rankings. You will also want to consider doing a redirect so that you do not have two websites with the same content which Google will punish you for. I hope this helps.