New website - SEO query

dricko_lim

Hi,

I am creating a new website in work via Wix as its quick and easy use. I dont have the time to spend on wordpress etc. Anyway, I have a query re SEO.

I did work on our current sites SEO previously which now has a good ranking. With Wix, SEO is straight forward (as I did it before for a separate website).

Once my Wix site is complete and I transfer the domain over (i.e. the new site is live on the current web address) will I lose the SEO ranking? I know it'll take 2-3 months for the new sites SEO to 'kick in' etc.. but should the old sites rank still allow the website to be seen once someone searches for X and Y. Currently we are number one & two on a few key things which I don't want to lose but the site is ****e and needs updating!

Thanks in advance

mneylon

If you change your website's layout and the pages ie. the links are different and you don't redirect the old pages to the new ones you'll lose most of your "rank"

ie. if you current site has domain.tld/product.html and the new site has domain.tld/product.aspx then the old link will throw a 404 unless you "tell" Google et al where the page has moved

dricko_lim

Thanks for your help, is this something your company can assist with as I'd rather pass on the responsibility of this to someone who know what they're doing!

tricky D

I can't recall seeing a wix site with good SEO. It's also poor value given the price and other factors like no proper email hosting. My usual and strong advice is get off wix as soon as possible. WordPress is far superior and better value and is definitely worth investing more time in as it can give a much better cost/benefit for your company.

mneylon

dricko_lim wrote: »

Thanks for your help, is this something your company can assist with as I'd rather pass on the responsibility of this to someone who know what they're doing!

Sorry but it's not a service we provide, as a lot of our clients are web developers, designers and SEO companies.

dricko_lim

No worries, thanks again

fortjames

Anyone in Cork please pm me as i want to start an online blogging, article business to have a passive income

mneylon

fortjames wrote: »

Anyone in Cork please pm me as i want to start an online blogging, article business to have a passive income

What's this got to do with this thread???

fortjames

Blacknight wrote: »

What's this got to do with this thread???

Ok, dont bite man, i was not sure.

adamrooney

dricko_lim wrote: »

Hi,

I am creating a new website in work via Wix as its quick and easy use. I dont have the time to spend on wordpress etc. Anyway, I have a query re SEO.

I did work on our current sites SEO previously which now has a good ranking. With Wix, SEO is straight forward (as I did it before for a separate website).

Once my Wix site is complete and I transfer the domain over (i.e. the new site is live on the current web address) will I lose the SEO ranking? I know it'll take 2-3 months for the new sites SEO to 'kick in' etc.. but should the old sites rank still allow the website to be seen once someone searches for X and Y. Currently we are number one & two on a few key things which I don't want to lose but the site is ****e and needs updating!

Thanks in advance

Stay away from Wix if your updating or creating your new website. WP has some excellent new themes (Web 3.0) that will be much better for your SEO in the long run. You don't need to spend much time on your WP site, it is in fact much easier to use than Wix. Think of your business and what your website says about your business ie. first impression. In all honestly if I came across a business and their website was built with Wix I would not purchase from them or do business with them, and I know i'm not alone in that.

TheCoolWay

adamrooney wrote: »

Stay away from Wix if your updating or creating your new website. WP has some excellent new themes (Web 3.0) that will be much better for your SEO in the long run. You don't need to spend much time on your WP site, it is in fact much easier to use than Wix. Think of your business and what your website says about your business ie. first impression. In all honestly if I came across a business and their website was built with Wix I would not purchase from them or do business with them, and I know i'm not alone in that.

Amen

1sky

dricko_lim wrote: »

Hi,

I am creating a new website in work via Wix as its quick and easy use. I dont have the time to spend on wordpress etc. Anyway, I have a query re SEO.

Wordpress has one of the biggest support communities across the internet. Alot faster, alot easier and google like wordpress. Alot easier to work on too!!

dricko_lim wrote: »

I did work on our current sites SEO previously which now has a good ranking. With Wix, SEO is straight forward (as I did it before for a separate website).

SEO will be straightforwad with wordpress too

dricko_lim wrote: »

Once my Wix site is complete and I transfer the domain over (i.e. the new site is live on the current web address) will I lose the SEO ranking? I know it'll take 2-3 months for the new sites SEO to 'kick in' etc.. but should the old sites rank still allow the website to be seen once someone searches for X and Y. Currently we are number one & two on a few key things which I don't want to lose but the site is ****e and needs updating!

Thanks in advance

Yes you will lose rankings more than likely as the site structure along with the internal linking structure will be different so you could possibly drop in the rankings. This could stabilise though over time and rankings will be recovered but it is possible you may never recover. The other thing is wix sites can be very slow to load and as google now look at page speed as a ranking factor this will not be in your favour. As mentioned elsewhere 301 redirects will need to be put in place as well. Sounds like your a wix fan anyway so best of luck with the move. Oh and make sure to keep all those tags the same as well this will help with keeping your rankings for those keywords.

dricko_lim

Thanks for all the advice, wordpress is the way to go so!

adamrooney

Yeah I would prob go with Wordpress. A site built on Wordpress is much more likely to have a higher Trust Flow & Citation Flow score (or certainly easier to attain) than a site built on Wix - in the new age of Google, this is very important.

rusnakova

Also, if you are moving from wix to wordpress, to save some time, this website could be useful: cms2cms.com - they will basically move all content from the old website to the new one. I guess worth checking them out.