Moving large site from one domain to another

[sea]

Hi, I have a large site and I'm going to be changing the domain. I was just wondering as far as search engines go, will I lose all my indexed pages, etc when I make the domain change? If so, is there any way around this? And if not, is there a way to make all of those indexed pages redirect to the new domain and the proper page?

 

[jdenwar]

Hi, I have a large site and I'm going to be changing the domain. I was just wondering as far as search engines go, will I lose all my indexed pages, etc when I make the domain change? If so, is there any way around this? And if not, is there a way to make all of those indexed pages redirect to the new domain and the proper page?

Make a 301 redirect which will redirect all your pages and sub-domains to new domain.

 

[jaesonlewis]

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[enlytend]

In addition to the change of address, go into Webmaster Tools in Google and file a "change of address".

Google's full checklist of steps to take in moving your site can be found here: Moving your site - Webmasters/Site owners Help

If your site traffic is seasonal, don't do this at a busy time for your site - you can expect to lose some rankings (and possibly some indexing) temporarily, even if you follow all those steps.

 

[sea]

In addition to the change of address, go into Webmaster Tools in Google and file a "change of address".

Google's full checklist of steps to take in moving your site can be found here: Moving your site - Webmasters/Site owners Help

If your site traffic is seasonal, don't do this at a busy time for your site - you can expect to lose some rankings (and possibly some indexing) temporarily, even if you follow all those steps.

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