Comments on: How bad is a domain name change for SEO and branding?

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:41:41 +0000

Thanks for the post. These are useful tips for us.

By: Solar-Stan

Solar-Stan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:17:16 +0000

I wish I would have found this like 3 months ago when I switched domain names. I guess I started out correctly, but when it came time to do the 301 redirect I ended up messing that part up and now have no pages showing up in any index. So if your planning on making the move don't be like me, make sure your 301s are working correctly and if they aren't contact your hosting company for help.

By: Play Kitchens

Play Kitchens — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:38:33 +0000

Ben,
what happened to you? Haven't heard any feedback from you for over 5 weeks. Would love to hear your thoughts.

By: Pharmacy Aide

Pharmacy Aide — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:48:15 +0000

Another great and informative post — thanks Ben. I've been looking for a link checker and I bet Xenu will do the trick nicely. I love the Google Slap image as well

By: flooring tampa

flooring tampa — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:57:56 +0000

Plenty of Loss changing established domain, 'PR' Lose and as you mentioned other factors back link, branding image in local area and totally new work from the scratch for new domain so it would more batter to have old domain and work on it or otherwise stay with old domain than go for new domain.

By: Toy Kitchen

Toy Kitchen — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:00:20 +0000

Great post. If you have time could you respond to a question I have. I have been Google slapped and while I was on first page for my selected keyword I have now been moved to third page over a very short amount of time. I believe I was posting to many back links in a short period of time and google didn't like that. Is this recoverable or should I get a new domain with a new IP address and start over? Not sure how to move forward. Thanks!

By: wood fencing

wood fencing — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:32:04 +0000

hi
this is a good and amazing post.it is relay nice.
thanks..

By: Trading post

Trading post — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:22:50 +0000

Get a list of what you do, words you like. Maybe even your name. Start putting some together. Lots of time you can find a good name that way!

By: Alaska Lodge

Alaska Lodge — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:53:05 +0000

This is true, changing names will waste the built links so we would stick on domain names we already establised.

By: Moriya Beck

Moriya Beck — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:21:39 +0000

Thanks for this Blog post about the affects of domain changing and seo. Some highly useful information here as I plan to move my worpress blog to a domain soon. Was torn b/t using the projectmadness.org site that I have hosted or using my name as my domain, moriyabeck.com. I may be asking more questions as I move forward with this process. Glad to know this blog post is available.