Moving your site

From host to host without a drop in traffic

[Essex_boy]

Ok this is how I imagine I should do it.

Rent the new space
upload site
Repoint the domain to the new host
cancel old account

I cant see that Id have any trouble with the Se's would I?

Am I being naive?

[encyclo]

If your site is static (rather than a database-driven site with frequent updates), then that's about it. However, it is important to note that Googlebot caches DNS queries longer than the usual TTL, so you need to ensure sufficient overlap for the two hosting plans until the spiders and all other traffic has stopped completely on the old server. You need two weeks minimum overlap just to be sure, 3 weeks is better.

[Essex_boy]

Yeah its static, Ill jump to it now.

[damsonlee]

My hosting company moved my site for me. It's a smooth process.
- file transfer
- database transfer
- config modification
- Change domain DNS

Michael
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[edited by: trillianjedi at 2:42 pm (utc) on Feb. 13, 2006]
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