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Moving site to new domain?

  • 08-03-2012 02:17PM
    #1
    Blindside87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 192 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    I have an ecommerce site up and running atm but I came across a keyword search term that happens to be a very good domain name so I bought it.

    I now want the new domain to be my site.

    Is the best way to do put the whole site up on the new domain or is there any other way of doing this?

    What is the best way to do this SEO wise

    Thanks,

    Blindside


Comments

  • #2
    cormee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭cormee


    Blindside87 wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I have an ecommerce site up and running atm but I came across a keyword search term that happens to be a very good domain name so I bought it.

    I now want the new domain to be my site.

    Is the best way to do put the whole site up on the new domain or is there any other way of doing this?

    What is the best way to do this SEO wise

    Thanks,

    Blindside

    Try to maintain your old site structure and do a blanket 301 redirect to the new domain.


  • #3
    omega42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 522 ✭✭✭omega42


    Depending on who you host with see if they offer multiple domains on the one hosting account. Start marketing your new domain but hold on to your old one for the lifetime of your site as the last thing you want is a cyber squatter on your old domain
    Blindside87 wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I have an ecommerce site up and running atm but I came across a keyword search term that happens to be a very good domain name so I bought it.

    I now want the new domain to be my site.

    Is the best way to do put the whole site up on the new domain or is there any other way of doing this?

    What is the best way to do this SEO wise

    Thanks,

    Blindside


  • #4
    mhkdeveloper
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 36 ✭mhkdeveloper


    When you change the domain then all URL will be change but maintain you HTML data structure like head tag, link , strong, bold title etc..


  • #5
    ket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭ket


    You have to design according to old site, there are no technique that automatically design and inherits content etc from old to new site. One another way you can do 301 redirect from new to old site.


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