Best Way to Move a Website to a New Domain

[Zona]

I'm looking to completely move a website I just purchased to a new domain name?

Any suggestions on the best way to do this?

Also are there are tips on how to avoid duplicate content issues with Google?

Thanks.

 

[gaucho1976]

log in to old server & go into the directory with all the content, domains etc (i.e. /var/www/html or /home/www) and type

tar cvf allmystuff.tar *

log in to new server & go into to the directory where all the content is supposed to be (i.e. /var/www/html or /home/www) and type

ftp ip-of-old-server
username
password

get allmystuff.tar

quit

tar xvf allmystuff.tar

If you bought the site, I assume the old domain won't be alive anymore, so there will be no duplication. If the old domain keeps alive and using the same content, then I guess you can't do anything

 

[cache]

make sure use .htaccess to 301 redirect so that you don't lose your ranking