Switching Hosting & SEO
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Hello friends,
We are facing the prospect of switching to a new hosting account or company. We are currently using a third-party reseller account but are outgrowing that account. We are considering VPS and dedicated servers. However, this will mean updates for IPs and nameservers.
Does anyone have experience with SEO consequences of making switch?
Best practices? Tips? Obstacles?
Any and all comments/advice welcome.
We're trying to balance the potential SEO ramifications of making the switch with the consequences of reduced site speed.
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I agree with 3 amigos
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About 4 years ago we moved our hosting. As described in earlier posts, everything was replicated onto our new server beforehand, until all that remained was to switch the nameservers.
This was done, and there was no interruption or impact on our rankings. Everything was fine, and there really was no need to panic.
I guess the rule is, make sure the groundwork is done thoroughly and properly and then switch... you shouldn't have a problem.
Regards,
Chris
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I concur with Ryan's assessment - I've switched to and from VPS setups; there are no SEO repercussions. Ryan's advice to prepare everything ahead of time... and then change the address on the nameservers, should have everything propagating over (it varies from site to site) within 6 to 72 hours.
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Thanks Ryan, greatly appreciated. That seems to confirm what I've been reading too.
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Thans Ryan, greatly appreciated. That seems to confirm what I've been reading too.
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Thanks Thomas.
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Have the new server prepped (your site uploaded, db's ready) before you switch the nameservers and there should be repercussions at all AFAIK. As the namerservers get updated around the world they simply point to your new server that is already there ready to go. The improved site speed will be a big win.
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I've never moved a large site, but our little pest control site didn't have any negative effects when we moved it. Same thing, we needed a little more growth flexibility. I think the search engines understand that sites need to move or add IPs.
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