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Website Migration Support

Reduce the risks associated with a site re-launch

When you move house you need to re-direct your mail to the new address so that the postman knows where to find you. If you fail to make similar redirects from your old website to your new one when you launch, then search engines will not be able to find you. They will assume that you have vanished for good and drop your site out of their index.

This loss of visibility and traffic is catastrophic for businesses, yet, we see it happen time and time again. Don’t launch a new site or make significant changes to site architecture without talking to us.

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Website Migration Support

Transitioning from an existing website to a newly developed website is exciting.

However, it’s also risky.

Over time, your old website will have built up a history within search engines. If you fail to migrate to the new website properly, then this valuable history will be lost, and you’ll have to start from scratch.

Migration is the process of ensuring that an old website is adequately re-directed to a new site, once it is ready to go live. This re-direction can be tricky and time consuming, but if an old website is not properly re-directed, then there can be a devastating loss of traffic which directly impacts conversions and your new website’s profitability.

In order to ensure that your migration goes smoothly, we have designed several Website Migration Support packages, which aim to prevent loss of traffic to a site as a result of a move. We will also ensure that the history your site has built up in the eyes of search engines is maintained.

Migration Support ensures that each new website is deployed correctly, be it:

  • Deploying a brand new website for the first time on a brand new domain
  • Migrating from an existing website to a new website on the same domain
  • Migrating a new or existing website to a new domain.

Our Website Migration Support Packages

We offer three build support packages

  • Base
  • Intermediate
  • Ultimate

We will work closely with you and your developer to manage the migration, and perform tasks including:

  • Identifying and mapping redirects
  • Crawling and reviewing the development and live sites
  • Making pre-launch redirect checks
  • Initiating change of domain protocol
  • All necessary post-launch checks

If you are planning to migrate your website and want to make sure the process goes smoothly, then get in touch!

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Combining Migration and Site Build Support

If you are building a new website to replace an old one, we often recommend combining our migration support and site build support packages. This means that we can help you and your developers build a website that is technically sound and SEO friendly, whilst also migrating your old site across properly. If you want to find out more about combining these two services, then give us a call and we’ll talk you through it.

“First class knowledge and customer service. Footprint Digital have been a key drive increasing web traffic by 70%+ in just 9 months, and making sure goals and conversions are properly tracked. Excellent!”

Guy Bush
Marketing Manager

Footprint supported Notcutts through the transition to a new website and managed the PPC budget to drive performance

“Working with Footprint Digital is great. They take away the stress and waste by making sure that we spend the money in the right places. The reports I get are really helpful and the results make everyone happy.”

Jonas Witt
Safestore

“Footprint Digital have been great. They have helped us track all of our marketing efforts and the SEO results are fantastic. It really takes the pressure off and gives us more time to plan you trip routes and support our customers.”

Chris Wrede
Director