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Moving an established site to a different host - any issues?

by Frank Donovan
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Urrgh! I've just spent another hour with tech support for a site with a host using the Plesk interface and I've finally had enough!

I'd like to transfer this site to another hosting company that uses cPanel, but my only concern is that the site, which has been going since 2006, is ranking in the top three for several of its keywords and generating healthy traffic.

Has anyone had any experience with such a move? And, if so, is there anything I should do to minimize the disruption and potential loss of ranking/traffic?

Many thanks in advance.


Frank
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  • Profile picture of the author Adam Carn
    It should be fine, but I recommend not doing the transfer yourself, ask your new hosting company to transfer the site to their server, they should be happy to do it, after all they're getting a new customer. It won't take them long. The transition shouldn't be very noticable and you won't lose traffic or search engine rankings.

    Thanks,
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    • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
      Originally Posted by Adam Carn View Post

      It should be fine, but I recommend not doing the transfer yourself, ask your new hosting company to transfer the site to their server, they should be happy to do it, after all they're getting a new customer. It won't take them long. The transition shouldn't be very noticable and you won't lose traffic or search engine rankings.

      Thanks, Adam. It's just been a case of "let sleeping dogs lie" with the site, but maybe I've been unduly concerned about moving it.

      Frank
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      • Profile picture of the author StreetCopMillionaire
        Hey Frank,

        I'm in the "transfer process" as well. Switching from HostDepartment to HostGator. HostGator is transferring everything for me, although having a ton of issues with doing so (it's due to HostDepartment's end...so not really their fault..just wish I'd made the switch a couple of months ago before HD went to total hell!).

        Anyway, good luck with it. Hope yours goes MUCH smoother than mine is!

        Jason
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        • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
          Originally Posted by StreetCopMillionaire View Post

          I'm in the "transfer process" as well. Switching from HostDepartment to HostGator. HostGator is transferring everything for me, although having a ton of issues with doing so (it's due to HostDepartment's end...so not really their fault..just wish I'd made the switch a couple of months ago before HD went to total hell!).
          Hi Jason

          I've got several sites with Hostgator - always found them to be helpful. Good luck with your move.

          Frank
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          • Profile picture of the author Havenhood
            I'd like to transfer this site to another hosting company that uses cPanel, but my only concern is that the site, which has been going since 2006, is ranking in the top three for several of its keywords and generating healthy traffic.

            Has anyone had any experience with such a move? And, if so, is there anything I should do to minimize the disruption and potential loss of ranking/traffic?
            Many times.

            Set-up your site on the new server just as it is on your current server. Test it with your temporary IP before you change your name servers. You shouldn't experience any loss of traffic or position. Once you've changed your name server and it's pointing to your new site, test again (make sure everything's working). All done!

            P.S. You may need to change config. values or add new passwords to any password protected areas, change permissions on directories and even create new DBs, depending on the complexity of your site.
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      • Profile picture of the author Adam Carn
        Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

        Thanks, Adam. It's just been a case of "let sleeping dogs lie" with the site, but maybe I've been unduly concerned about moving it.

        Frank
        No problem Frank.

        Adam
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