Comments on: How to Properly Change Your Domain Name Without SEO Penalties

By: Robert Mangiafico

Robert Mangiafico — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 19:38:14 +0000

If the new domain is using the same files/locations of your old site, then you just add the domain to your hosting account, and use the redirect code above for “301 Redirect – Domain Only”.

By: Danny Alva

Danny Alva — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:11:22 +0000

Thanks for the great info. I have no just one doubt. Do I still have to copy the website into another folder and make the redirection or just add the new domain to my hosting account?

By: ritwick

ritwick — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:49:02 +0000

Well after reading your post i decided to drop the www from my domain name. As both versions refer to two different sites to search engine spiders it’s better to have one version and then redirect another version to it preferably the non www version. Henceforth i’m starting websites with no www in domain name. Thanks for this nice article.

By: Rob Mangiafico

Rob Mangiafico — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:17:24 +0000

That is one of the tougher replaces to do Katie. I often just use phpmyadmin and edit each value I find manually. Not the most efficient, but it usually does the job.

Another option is to export the data to an sql file, do a find and replace with a text editor, then re-upload that sql file. This is faster, but requires more work up front.

Hope this helps!

By: Katie @ women magazine

Katie @ women magazine — Sat, 14 May 2011 11:39:39 +0000

Perfect precise and to the point. Solve my issue perfectly still i have one question.

I was using wordpress on a domain name which i had to change due to re branding issues. I noticed that many plugins have serialized data inserted in tables. How can i change that to my new server?

I am familiar with phpmyadmin but i know you can’t simply write update query for serialized values in tables.