944,158 Members | Top Members by Rank

Ad:
Oct 10th, 2006
0

Will moving hosts affect my search engine position?

Expand Post »
Hello,

I’m moving two of my websites to another hosting service, just wondered if this will affect my standing in the SE results (sorry if that’s not the right terminology) . Should there be any negative effect, is there anything I can do about it ?
Similar Threads
Reputation Points: 10
Solved Threads: 1
Newbie Poster
Angel69 is offline Offline
3 posts
since Oct 2006
Oct 10th, 2006
0

Re: Will moving hosts affect my search engine position?

Nope... as long as the domain name is the same it dont matter who hosts the site. The only thing you might notice is that the site may be down for a couple days due to DNS updating.
Last edited by pctec; Oct 10th, 2006 at 9:16 am.
Reputation Points: 11
Solved Threads: 0
Junior Poster in Training
pctec is offline Offline
96 posts
since Jul 2006
Oct 10th, 2006
0

Re: Will moving hosts affect my search engine position?

If you upload your site to the new server, change your DNS, and leave the old site up for a week you won't have any downtime.
Moderator
Reputation Points: 161
Solved Threads: 38
He's No Good To Me Dead
stymiee is offline Offline
1,422 posts
since May 2006
Oct 18th, 2006
0

Re: Will moving hosts affect my search engine position?

You shouldn't experience a penalty or drop in ranking simply because you're moving hosts so long as you don't leave the domain 'sitting' for a period of time.
Reputation Points: 10
Solved Threads: 0
Newbie Poster
ForumSupplies is offline Offline
7 posts
since Oct 2006
Oct 19th, 2006
0

Re: Will moving hosts affect my search engine position?

Define "sitting"
Moderator
Reputation Points: 161
Solved Threads: 38
He's No Good To Me Dead
stymiee is offline Offline
1,422 posts
since May 2006
Oct 19th, 2006
0

Re: Will moving hosts affect my search engine position?

Click to Expand / Collapse  Quote originally posted by stymiee ...
Define "sitting"
I've dealt with quite a few clients that refer to it as sitting, others refer to it with other terms. More so when the domain is left unattended or the DNS is pointed to a canceled/dead account without content.

You'd be surprised how many people I've seen cancel a hosting account before switching the DNS only to find that their domain no longer points to the correct location. They either forgot to update the DNS, were not informed they needed to by the host or if the domain is hosted with their current host, the host simply neglected to change the information.
Reputation Points: 10
Solved Threads: 0
Newbie Poster
ForumSupplies is offline Offline
7 posts
since Oct 2006
Oct 25th, 2006
0

Re: Will moving hosts affect my search engine position?

generally there arent any ranking problems when moving hosts:
you may also want to read matt cutts' blog which provides a nice step-by-step guide in this regards
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/moving-to-a-new-web-host/
Reputation Points: 10
Solved Threads: 0
Light Poster
guybrush is offline Offline
25 posts
since Dec 2005

This thread is more than three months old

No one has posted to this discussion for at least three months. Please let old threads die and do not reply to them unless you feel you have something new and valuable to contribute that absolutely must be added to make the discussion complete. Otherwise, please start a new thread in this forum instead.
Message:
Previous Thread in Search Engine Optimization Forum Timeline: Google Update
Next Thread in Search Engine Optimization Forum Timeline: Google's theoretical Sandbox





About Us | Contact Us | Advertise | Acceptable Use Policy
Forum Index | Build Custom RSS Feed


Follow us on Twitter


© 2011 DaniWeb® LLC