7 Tasks to Consider While Migrating Website to a New Host:

  

While migrate your website into a new host, it is crucial for you to do it right. During the migration, one wrong move may result in a significant loss in revenue and traffic. These could lose for weeks or even months before your website starts receiving the normal traffic. Here is a checklist of seven tasks that you should consider while migrating your website into a new host.




1.Create a backup of your website.


When you plan to migrate the website into a new host there are many risks involved. It is necessary to take a backup of everything while migrating a website from one web host to another. You can download all the data of your website as a document and upload it to cloud servers like Google, OneDrive, etc. If any technical error happens during the migration this backup would help to restore your website.


2.Be Prepared & calculated the Risks.


As an owner, it is essential to calculate the risks and plan for any unexpected situations. Website migration is not an easy task. You should list the things during the migration of your web host, such as loss of data, service interruption, fall in SEO ranks, and be prepared with a backup plan. Your administrator has an alternate plan if things are going wrong to save your website. 


3.Website Files & Database


Before migrating your website into a new host take the backup of website files & database, because the database and the website files are needed to be transferred to the new web host. The website files are uploaded in the public_html directory. If you are using plugins for migrating databases it is crucial to remember. You will have to download images, media files, plugins separately and upload into the new web host.


4.Transfer the domain name


If you migrate your website into a new web host, you can transfer your domain name to the new web host or you can continue the domain name with the previous web host. The former option will require you to switch the DNS so you can continue with a new web host while the domain is registered with the former web host. The latter option will require you to switch domain name registrars so that all your settings remain the same.


5.Eliminate broken links and related errors


Once you migrate to a new web host, you need to check that there is no data lost during the process. Before starting the migration, it is necessary to conduct a site audit and remove all broken links or errors. If you are transferring broken links to your new web host, it may affect your website’s performance.


6.Setting Up a Robots.Txt File


It is one of the most important technical aspects of the migration of a website with a new web host. If you migrate your website to a new web host with the same URL, then the robots.txt file may not be changed. However, there is a possibility that the older robots.txt file can block the redirects. In such a case, you should try to update for optimal results. Moreover, if you transfer your website to a new URL, it becomes important for you to set up the robots.txt file for getting the best results.


7.Check out URL structure


It is the last and most important task you must consider to check that the new URL structure does not hamper your SEO (Search Engine Optimization). If the website migration is completed, you must update your internal links to help your users jump from one page to another page on your website. Moreover, if your website contains so many redirects, that can slow down the server. Also, it will affect SEO and result in a negative user experience.



These are the seven tasks that you should consider while migrating your website into a new host. However, Migration of a website is a difficult task and it has been done with utmost care.  Migrate your website when there is slow traffic for the best results. If you are not confident of executing these tasks, it is always better to reach out to your new web hosts for guidance.

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