There is a whole list of things that you must think about. It is possible to keep the loss of visitors to your website to a minimum when you transition to a new web hosting company, if you take some critical steps.
If there are logs or statistics counters available from your web server, scrutinize that information to extract the sources that link visitors to your site. Once changed, you may keep revisiting these sites to see if they are still referring to your previous web address.
This can be somewhat time-consuming, as you must manually check the URLs much of the time. A truly smooth transition will include a redirect page on your old website hosting account that leads to the new URL. Know, though, that not all of your audience will reach the new site right away; some webmasters will have disappeared, while their sites will show your old URL and lead visitors there instead.
It isn’t just enough to ask external sites to update your URL; you’ll also want a redirect page on the old URL leading to the new site. This page could be as simple as a link to your new URL that visitors can click to go there. There’s a downside to this, though; a lot of Internet browsers don’t follow links.
People who can’t reach your site right away might hit Back and go elsewhere. So, after changing your URL, it’s a good idea to revisit those site to make sure they’re not still showing the previous URL. If they still are, try e-mailing the webmaster and telling him/her to change the URL. If you’re using a large search engine, you can search for links that point to your old URL and get the address updated manually for each one.
Stephen Grisham, Sr. is a copy writer for InfoServe Media, LLC. If you are looking for a web design is where to look. If you just need periodic updates to an existing site, InfoServe Media also offers website maintenance.
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