garywhitling Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hi, I am looking for someone who has a good level of knowledge of how to limit the damage with google of removing an old website that has been around since 2006 and replacing it with a new version 6 site. This is a totally new site. However it contains a lot of the same products but with different titles etc We are wondering what is the best option? • Replace the current (v3) website with the new one (v6) on the same.co.uk domain name or • Launch the new website (v6) on the slightly better name.com domain name with redirects from the old site Concerns • We don’t want to lose any “presence or good reputation” that has been gained over the years with Google etc. (Products, General website) • Does the current domain name have a good ranking with google (Has the old site caused harm to the natural rankings?) • Would adding the new (v6) website improve any negative ranking from Google etc? on the old.co.uk domain name? • Would creating re-directs from old domain name to the new (v6) shop on new domain name prove to be a better solution? Any suggestions, Recommendations? Thank you Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havenswift-hosting Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hi Gary In theory, upgrading from V3 to V6 *should* preserve rankings through redirects but I would always check all indexed pages and as you are changing product names, the urls could / probably will change and so will need specific attention. However, any changes can be sorted using 301 redirects which ensure no loss of link juice. We have done a lot of upgrades and also moves from one package to another where all urls change so we can certainly help Regards Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garywhitling Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hi Ian, Excellent news! I will be in touch Regards Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Brookbanks Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Hi Gary, this is something we have done many times under our "technical support & management" service. More info here https://www.cubecart.com/technical-support Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garywhitling Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 Hi Al, I will take a look at the plans and get back to you by PM. Would that also cover all the 301 re-directs etc. Cheers Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Brookbanks Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Hi Gary, I have forwarded your PM to the helpdesk. I'll get back to you asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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