2 sites running at the same time.

  • mizzymac

    (@mizzymac)


    8 years, 1 month ago

    Hi guys
    Wasn’t sure where to post this, but I figured some of you who have sites up and running could help me.

    My client currently has a site coded with a CMS (not WP) and they have asked me to build a new site, on a different domain, but for the same products with new, fresh content.

    I’m having a few issues with how to build it and what happens to the old site’s SEO once the new site is up and running.

    I am considering WP with an eCommerce Plug In either Woo or Shopify (released today) but I haven’t decided yet – bc the answer to this might help me decide.

    My question is: What happens to the old sites SEO ranks once it is ‘switched off’. Is there a way to keep the ranking in Google?

    Do i redirect the old site to the new sites pages? If so, with a PlugIn?
    I’m not concerned so much about the build, but I am concerned about what happens after the current hosting expires and the site I have built goes live.

    Thanks in Advance
    m

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  • jejani

    (@jejani)

    8 years, 1 month ago

    @mizzymac,

    Yes, you can 301 direct every single page from the old site to the new site according to what you think is appropriate.

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-301-redirects/

    Simple 301 Redirects is a popular and reliable option for this. Best to avoid using .htaccess redirects for a large number of URLs for both usablity and compatibility reasons. If you are concerned about expiration than you can keep paying the hosting bill for at least 3-6 months more to ease the transition.

    Or just 301 the old domain at the DNS level using the domain’s registrar or a free service like CloudFlare. Then use the plugin mentioned above to further redirect incoming traffic to the correct pages “after” the domain 301 takes place as the DNS level.

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