Comments on: Will changing hosts cause any SEO concerns?

By: todayseasy

todayseasy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:31:58 +0000

Yes, Changing your domain can really affect the SEO or the ranking of your site that why you need to repeat the things you did on the first domain if you decide to change it.

By: jackprince1983

jackprince1983 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:58:59 +0000

@ssinnal … AFAIK with Flash CS4 there are several options set improve SEO for flash site.
But I would not totally count on that. If your Flash Content is delivered via Database or XML, you may should also deliver the content in that way.

Any further info on that would be to technical for you I guess.

By: jackprince1983

jackprince1983 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:55:13 +0000

the most important part of the answer was at the beginning of the video. All the rest is in my opinion just a tech tip to make sure your site has no “interruption” while changing hosts.

By: jackprince1983

jackprince1983 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:53:11 +0000

I second this thought Mike.

The only reason Matt is even talking about TTL and switching is that if your site is not proper reachable for google bots because they get the wrong site (maybe with old content or no site at all).

By: NoirNG

NoirNG — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:20:16 +0000

Please keep in mind that you need to set your DNS TTL to a low value well before migrating (if you had a TTL of a week, you need to do it a week before the migration to make sure that the new TTL reaches every single DNS server out there). After the migration is complete, raise your TTL again and you should be good in no time.

By: MikeDQB

MikeDQB — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:10:03 +0000

@mrguru84 No - unless you’re using a new domain your SEO won’t be affected.

By: mrguru84

mrguru84 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:26:14 +0000

So when he says that if you’re only changing host and nothing to do with changing domain, does that mean if you change your domain registrar that will have SEO affects?

By: sayweb

sayweb — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:28:00 +0000

thanks

By: sdinnall

sdinnall — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:23:32 +0000

Hello, is there a way to get a fully flash site ranked on google? I am not a webmaster so please keep all answers in simple terms. Also, I ‘ve created a blog with the exact same content as my flash site, then linked the website from the blog. Will this help? If not what else can I do. Right now changing the site to html is not an option. PLEASE help!

By: Winger4u

Winger4u — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:27:37 +0000

Matt, this is VERY USEFUL information. And for once you really ‘answer’ the question very clear. Believe me or not many people still think changing host affects rankings in a certain way. Something about trust, and something about patents Google has been made about site and host age factors. Thanks!