SEO Impact of Moving XSitePro Site to Wordpress

Eldon Beard · 09-16-2010, 05:18 AM

I have a small site I built in XSitePro that I'm planning to move over to Wordpress.

At this point, I'm thinking I'll just move the existing pages over to Wordpress pages using the same page URL's along with a Permalink structure of %postname%.

Thus, a current URL of:

mysite.com/this-is-my-page.html

Would become in Wordpress:

mysite.com/this-is-my-page/

I could then use a 301 redirect plugin to forward each old URL to the new one.

I'm concerned about the SEO impact of this, as some of the existing pages are indexed with decent PR. I've heard suggestions about using a permalink structure that includes the .html at the end, to keep the exact URL structure.

Anyway, what is considered best practice for moving a static HTML site like this to Wordpress, where existing pages are ranked well and SEO is a concern?

Thanks!

Pete Lauder · 09-17-2010, 07:02 AM

Hi Eldon, why would you want to move your site over to wordpress?

If you have ranked pages, with decent pagerank, then why not leave it as an XSitePro static?

I would be extremely surprised to find any improvement in rankings, by switching platforms, in fact, I'm 99% certain, the move would harm your results.

If, you really do have a good reason, and free time to perform this, then I would most definately use the .html on permalink structures.

My preferred method would be to keep the site, and introduce a wordpress site, on a sub directory.

Pete

Eldon Beard · 10-03-2010, 07:40 AM

Thanks Pete, I appreciate your input. After much thought and debate, I agree with you. I'm going to leave it as an XSitePro site.

My original thought was that moving to Wordpress would make it easier to expand the site and add content in the future - but as you noted I can always add a blog and accomplish basically the same thing.

09-16-2010, 05:18 AM	#1
Eldon Beard Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 92 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	SEO Impact of Moving XSitePro Site to Wordpress I have a small site I built in XSitePro that I'm planning to move over to Wordpress. At this point, I'm thinking I'll just move the existing pages over to Wordpress pages using the same page URL's along with a Permalink structure of %postname%. Thus, a current URL of: mysite.com/this-is-my-page.html Would become in Wordpress: mysite.com/this-is-my-page/ I could then use a 301 redirect plugin to forward each old URL to the new one. I'm concerned about the SEO impact of this, as some of the existing pages are indexed with decent PR. I've heard suggestions about using a permalink structure that includes the .html at the end, to keep the exact URL structure. Anyway, what is considered best practice for moving a static HTML site like this to Wordpress, where existing pages are ranked well and SEO is a concern? Thanks!
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09-17-2010, 07:02 AM	#2
Pete Lauder Home Business Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: UK Posts: 303 Thanks: 14 Thanked 22 Times in 18 Posts	Re: SEO Impact of Moving XSitePro Site to Wordpress Hi Eldon, why would you want to move your site over to wordpress? If you have ranked pages, with decent pagerank, then why not leave it as an XSitePro static? I would be extremely surprised to find any improvement in rankings, by switching platforms, in fact, I'm 99% certain, the move would harm your results. If, you really do have a good reason, and free time to perform this, then I would most definately use the .html on permalink structures. My preferred method would be to keep the site, and introduce a wordpress site, on a sub directory. Pete
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10-03-2010, 07:40 AM	#3
Eldon Beard Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 92 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: SEO Impact of Moving XSitePro Site to Wordpress Thanks Pete, I appreciate your input. After much thought and debate, I agree with you. I'm going to leave it as an XSitePro site. My original thought was that moving to Wordpress would make it easier to expand the site and add content in the future - but as you noted I can always add a blog and accomplish basically the same thing.
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