How to move the website to another domain efficiently?

Jimmy AL · 09-24-2011, 06:27 AM

So, here's my story... I bought a domain, chosen a keyword and used many many fiverr gigs to boost my rank in the search engine. The result? Well, my website has been marked as spam by Google and the only way to counter this is by building about 100k quality links, which I can't.

I want to move the website to a new domain and a new server now, but how can I do this in a seo-safe way? I will move all the content and put a nofollow link on the old website to inform the visitors. I've already made my older site show only an "Under Construction" page.

My question is: How can I move all the content of the website without making Google think that the new site has duplicate content? Is it enough to leave the "Under Construction" page so that the old site disappears from Google and after that, launch the new site with the same content?

I don't want to inform Google that I'm moving because he might mark the second website as spam too and that's just exactly what I want to avoid!

Valera · 09-24-2011, 04:54 PM

Ok the answer to your question is pretty simple...

If your site is wordpress, I would use something like backup buddy and create a backup of your site, then, unpack that backup to a new domain, prefferably a new hosting account and new domain.

Then, I would delete the old site, and maybe even 301 redirect the old domain to the new, but the issue is sometimes the penalty may carry over to the new domain if you 301 the domain to the new one.

That part is up to you.

timpears · 09-24-2011, 05:04 PM

Check this out - Move WordPress to a New Domain - Easy Site Migration - Yoast

Valera · 09-25-2011, 12:09 AM

That looks like the hard way to do things

Just use backup buddy and you will be fine + you will save yourself a ton of time.

09-24-2011, 06:27 AM	#1
Jimmy AL Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 59 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Social Networking	How to move the website to another domain efficiently? So, here's my story... I bought a domain, chosen a keyword and used many many fiverr gigs to boost my rank in the search engine. The result? Well, my website has been marked as spam by Google and the only way to counter this is by building about 100k quality links, which I can't. I want to move the website to a new domain and a new server now, but how can I do this in a seo-safe way? I will move all the content and put a nofollow link on the old website to inform the visitors. I've already made my older site show only an "Under Construction" page. My question is: How can I move all the content of the website without making Google think that the new site has duplicate content? Is it enough to leave the "Under Construction" page so that the old site disappears from Google and after that, launch the new site with the same content? I don't want to inform Google that I'm moving because he might mark the second website as spam too and that's just exactly what I want to avoid!

09-24-2011, 04:54 PM	#2
Valera SEO Menace War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 149 Thanks: 1 Thanked 14 Times in 13 Posts Social Networking	Re: How to move the website to another domain efficiently? Ok the answer to your question is pretty simple... If your site is wordpress, I would use something like backup buddy and create a backup of your site, then, unpack that backup to a new domain, prefferably a new hosting account and new domain. Then, I would delete the old site, and maybe even 301 redirect the old domain to the new, but the issue is sometimes the penalty may carry over to the new domain if you 301 the domain to the new one. That part is up to you.

09-24-2011, 05:04 PM	#3
timpears Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver, WA, USA. Posts: 3,500 Thanks: 327 Thanked 584 Times in 408 Posts	Re: How to move the website to another domain efficiently? Check this out - Move WordPress to a New Domain - Easy Site Migration - Yoast
	Tim Pears

09-25-2011, 12:09 AM	#4
Valera SEO Menace War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 149 Thanks: 1 Thanked 14 Times in 13 Posts Social Networking	Re: How to move the website to another domain efficiently? That looks like the hard way to do things Just use backup buddy and you will be fine + you will save yourself a ton of time.