Changing your website's domain name

Changing your website's domain name

Keeping your domain name but moving to a new IP address? Check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfqKKquA_R0

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29 Comments

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  2. bonbonatgmail on May 20, 2022 at 11:26 pm

    This advice will leave your site dropped from Google, why advise users so badly?



  3. arrmannytube on May 20, 2022 at 11:26 pm

    Good vid, but those drawings suck



  4. Rez Lev on May 20, 2022 at 11:32 pm

    i need help, i accidently changed the URL name to an existing one and everytime i go on the website it refers to it as the other one and i cant even log into my own website anymore. Even links on the website it goes, straight to the other domain and i have no idea how to undo it! can u help please?



  5. Marcello Jaspan on May 20, 2022 at 11:34 pm

    My old domain is 8 years old and the new is just a few months old…

    Has anyone seen any evidence that Webmaster Tools – Change of Address tool is able to transfers longevity from the old to the new domain?

    I can see how with 301 redirects Google can pass on the PR and re-index the new pages, but I am skeptical about Google’s ability to harvest the original domain’s reputation and longevity.



  6. The Voe Media on May 20, 2022 at 11:34 pm

    It is a great online training!



  7. Gay Aida Dumaguing on May 20, 2022 at 11:35 pm

    Hey Matt, what if I just want to change the domain? Nothing else will change but the domain and of course some description referring to the new name. Is it advisable?



  8. Ethel Therese Reyes on May 20, 2022 at 11:36 pm

    again, thumbs up to matt, as always, this video is very informative!!



  9. Amir official on May 20, 2022 at 11:36 pm


  10. Polan on May 20, 2022 at 11:43 pm

    thanks for your video! I am struggling with my wix webside. I want to redirect content into to different new domains. it is possible? I am using wix and there is only 301 to do on…the same old page and i can not find the way to divide my content into two new domain. Please help:)



  11. IT Works Websites on May 20, 2022 at 11:47 pm

    Why don’t you answer any of your user’s questions?!



  12. Nathan on May 20, 2022 at 11:48 pm

    Did he just say "A new search engine comes along?" HaHa Google is doomed XD



  13. Jayson Power on May 20, 2022 at 11:49 pm

    All i did was change the domain, not move the site.. and i lost 65% of my traffic.. what the hell. 301 redirect in htaccess. all url structure and content was the same. Things did NOT go well for me.



  14. Dushyant Verma on May 20, 2022 at 11:49 pm

    What does it mean De-couple the things while revamping !
    I mean which part of website should be revamp first to last to the another domain.



  15. Crew Supply Co. on May 20, 2022 at 11:51 pm

    Great video, Matt. Super helpful. Thanks for the great content buddy.



  16. Sherry Paintings on May 20, 2022 at 11:51 pm

    This is so helpful. Thanks a lot for creating such an easy and helpful video. Really, thank a lot 🙂



  17. solis roberto on May 20, 2022 at 11:51 pm

    Please, an stupid question, the content in my olddomain.com should be deleted? Or leave it there? For how long since i did the redirection 301 to my newdomain.com

    Currently both installations are serving the same exact content, but I think that could create some duplicate content warning in Google

    Hope you can help me with this question 🙂



  18. JulianLens on May 20, 2022 at 11:52 pm

    your title "Changing your website’s domain name" for this video is misleading because it DOES NOT offer "changing" but instead, it explains how to MOVE content from one site to another with a different name. Consequence: I wasted my time.



  19. Hendra Purnama on May 20, 2022 at 11:53 pm

    Ok ok



  20. Antonio Ooi on May 20, 2022 at 11:55 pm

    Matt Cutts always like to use the words "We should be able to HANDLE it…" just to make things ambiguous with unclear promise, commitment and accountability.



  21. Shaq Au on May 20, 2022 at 11:57 pm

    What is the story behind to simply change the website domain? Not just portion of the website the main domain replace by another new domain very simple question!!!!



  22. Gaston Blue on May 21, 2022 at 12:03 am

    How to learn to drive a car, go inside the car, put the key in the sock, press on of the foot pedal on the car and drive. Thats exactly this video. My god.



  23. Miodrag Veljovic on May 21, 2022 at 12:03 am

    Is this still applicable in 2020? I need to do this (moving to new domain) and I am interested if it will hurt my website reputation…



  24. Al Serize on May 21, 2022 at 12:05 am

    This is a great Video. I’m wondering whether a 301 would be better than a canonical rel to start moving the domain. Eventually they would be 301’s but wouldn’t it be better to start as a rel canonical to see if everything works fine and then move?



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  26. Webiens on May 21, 2022 at 12:10 am

    very helpful video thank



  27. Lashon HaBrith on May 21, 2022 at 12:11 am

    I’ve heard that .ws sites don’t rank in google.  Is that true?  If so, why, may I ask?



  28. Luis Leyva on May 21, 2022 at 12:12 am

    Dt



  29. MoneyCortex Personal Finance on May 21, 2022 at 12:17 am

    I’ve just changed my domain. Fingers crossed traffic doesn’t plummet :/