Some bonus tips
1. Redirect to a specific page other than home page
My search traffic used to all land on a particular post. In my redirect I previously listed my new homepage for the old site to redirect them to. Traffic to my new site was poor. Then I realized I should redirect the old site to the new address of that particular post drawing in all the search traffic.
2. Use SiteComments
Continue using SiteComments to get comments for your new pages. Your new site needs to keep telling Google that it is alive and well. And useful.
Additional Resources
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- https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/pitin/blog/a-note-...
- Why you should seriously consider buying your domain name with SiteDomains https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/kyle/blog/domain-p...
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Ultimateless
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Thanks for this useful info. I was just looking at Google's change name info and found yours more helpful.
NatNiches
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How do you do 301 redirects for all the old URLs... does this happen automatically!? If not, how do you do it? Thank you, I'm considering changing the domain name of one of my sites, but I do have quite a lot of content on there. Also, if I do switch - what about all the Pins I have on pinterest linking to my original site, would those pins all be directed to the new site? Many thanks Nat
salbene
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Hold on here....This shows up when I want to move my site:
Please be advised: All files and content (including database) on smartaboutit.com will be permanently deleted and overwritten by the new website. This cannot be undone, so please be sure that you want to overwrite all files and content on smartaboutit.com before proceeding. If there is any important Files on smartaboutit.com you may wish to back them up first.
I want to keep the same theme the same links and everything the same, the only thing I want to change is the name. What happens to the people that share my links, will the link not work anymore or will it redirect it to my new website name?
Please be advised: All files and content (including database) on smartaboutit.com will be permanently deleted and overwritten by the new website. This cannot be undone, so please be sure that you want to overwrite all files and content on smartaboutit.com before proceeding. If there is any important Files on smartaboutit.com you may wish to back them up first.
I want to keep the same theme the same links and everything the same, the only thing I want to change is the name. What happens to the people that share my links, will the link not work anymore or will it redirect it to my new website name?