Changing Domain Names? Learn How To Tell Google About Site Address Change

Changing Domain Names? Learn How To Tell Google About Site Address Change

Did you know that you simply will modification your domain name without losing search traffic?

Yes it is possible.

But once you modify your web address, you would like to change the address of some post-site to make sure that you simply don't lose organic traffic.

If you are doing not tell Google about the modification of this address, then you're probably endangering your site's organic rankings.

Help me fix this potential big error.

I have kept a URL change request using Google Search Console. The process is the same for anyone who needs to change their domain.

Let me tell you one reason for the background before why I had to change the url of one of my popular top blogs.

If you are a regular reader of just bright me, you may know about our niche WordPress blogs named WPFreesetup and used to be recently, I realized that the name of the blog might be better.

When I started WPFreesetup in 2013, my goal was different and in the last 6 years a lot has changed.

This happens when I decided to rename WPfreesetup to WPsutra.

It takes great precision to ensure that you do not lose search traffic and there is a lot to do to transfer everything (other web properties). from the old domain to the new domain.

When you modification the url, one issue that you simply should take care of is 301 redirect, every page from "Domain A" should now point to "Domain B"

example

DomaninA.com/123.html 301 redirect to  DomaninB.com/123.html

You can confirm this by using an online redirection checker.

How to successfully change the address of a site using Google Search Console

• Login to your Google Webmaster Tool account.
• Open the website that you want to transfer.
• Click on the "gear" icon and select "change address".
• On the next page, select your new site from the list.
• Confirm that 301-redirects work properly.
• Check that verification methods still exist.

Once you confirm everything, click "submit",

You will see this message:

• "Submitted - Your request for site driving operation has succeeded. If you feel that this is an error, you can withdraw the request."

What happens after requesting to change the site address?

This request allows Google to index your new URL at the new address, while Google affects your current ranking in search results.

In addition, all Google search results on your site will now automatically be redirected to new domains for 180 days. You will still need to update any processing on your site such as tags or headers that refer to the old domain.

This will make sure that the fluctuation in traffic as a result of this URL modification won't be high.

I hope this guide can assist you modification your web site address without losing search engine traffic.

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