organic_emma Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I've got a client who is considering moving her website from Weebly to Squarespace but she is concerned that she might lose her ranking as the site has been around for many years so it is high up in the search engines for her key words. Does anyone know if transferring a site to another platform will affect rankings? I'd hate for her to lose business. Link to comment
modsquare Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Even if the content is exactly the same from the old site to the new site, moving from one platform to another will always generate a small decline (10 to 15% are rough estimates) in SEO and traffic performance for a month or so. Best way I can describe it is that Google sees the code changes on each page and takes a short step back to reassess everything. It usually only temporary and if the benefits to moving off Weebly to Squarespace are big enough then its usually worth it. Link to comment
creedon Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 You will want to check out URL redirects. Find my contributions useful? Please like, upvote, mark my answer as the best ( solution ), and see my profile. Thanks for your support! I am a Squarespace ( and other technological things ) consultant open for new projects. Link to comment
ArtByPino Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Amen to modsquare's response. Amen to creedon's response - so, just make sure that they keep the exact URLs so as to minimize having to specify redirects. Link to comment
organic_emma Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 Thanks so much for your advice, that will help me explain it to my client. Link to comment
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