How to Properly Change Domain Name (URL)Step By Step SEO Guide

Think about it in 3 phases:Before Changing Changing Process After Changing

Tool: domaintools.com

In depth: http://bit.ly/1qlj0EE

Before ChangingStep 1

Check The New Domain History

Tool: WIX.com

Examples: http://bit.ly/ComingSoonPages

Before ChangingStep 2

Upload “Coming Soon” Page

Add a backlink from the old site to the new one

Anchor Text Example: “Our new website is coming soon”

Before ChangingStep 3

Link New Domain With Old Domain

Redirect all current pages to the new domain page using 301 redirect

In depth: http://bit.ly/301redirectgoogle

Changing ProcessStep 4

301 Redirect

Use the Change Of Address tool to tell Google about your new Domain

In depth: http://bit.ly/ChangeDomainGoogle

Changing ProcessStep 5

Tell Google About The Change

Let search engines know about 301 redirects

In depth: http://bit.ly/SubmitSitemapGoogle

Changing ProcessStep 6

Submit Old Domain Sitemap

Let search engines know about new pages under the new domain

In depth: http://bit.ly/SubmitSitemapGoogle

Changing ProcessStep 7

Submit New Domain Sitemap

Examples: Wikipedia, big media sites .. etc

In depth: http://bit.ly/BacklinksBuuteeq

After Changing Step 8

Redirect Important Backlinks

To benefit from it's backlinks that are redirected to the new domain

After Changing Step 9

Keep Old Site For Couple Of Months

To avoid any risk of losing the page rank of the current domain, move the website in parts, starting with the part that has the lowest traffic

Notes

If you are changing the host, its better to choose the new server physical location to be in the same country of the targeted users, or the same country of the current host

Notes

For few months, expect traffic decrease. After that it should be back to its normal situation

Notes

Thank you

Motea Alwan