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CMS Migration and SEO
What to do about SEO, when you’re moving the website into a new CMS (Content
Management System), so no dramatic drop occurs in google’s referral traffic and
prevent any loss on SERPs keyword ranking.
by Mehdi Malekzadeh | April 9, 2019
Taking care of SEO while you’re moving the website.
Hold on a minute: Assumptions
- You know what is a website migration.
- You know migration is necessary.
- You know SEO.
- You’re planning for improvement.
- You do have Back-ups.
Before the migration
1. Sweet Wordpress and Yoast
2. URL Structure Configuration and Settings
3. Meta Titles and Description
4. htaccess File and Redirects
5. Internal Links Update
6. Robots.txt
7. 404 Page
8. Technical SEO Check-ups
Sweet Wordpress and Yoast
- Wordpress: It’s the best choice almost often
- Yoast, the best
- Good for Smalls
URL Structure Configuration and Settings
- Didn’t do it at all? Probably!
- The Whole thing is super important
- Website architecture: some huge other thing!
Meta Titles and Description
- What?!
- Move them!
- Use Yoast
- Do some improvement if needed
htaccess File and Redirects
- forcurrent URLs list, use search console: Links--Internal Links--Download CSV or use Google Sheet
button
- Define the Destination URLs. [URL Structure]
- The file itself
Internal Links Update
- Search Console: Links--Internal Links
- Google Advanced Search Commands
Robots.txt
- What’s that?!
- Commands for search engine bots
- Tester is not supported in new search console - Farvardin 98 / April 2019
- https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/robots-testing-tool
404 Page
- Take it serious? maybe.
- Best practices
- Important anyway
Technical SEO Check-ups
- H Tags
- Do some tests
- Website’s COPY
After the migration
1. Crawl Errors
2. Redirects
3. Broken Links
4. XML and HTML SiteMaps
5. Fetch and Render in GSC
6. Server Responses and Website Performance
7. Mobile Usability and Responsive
8. Installations
9. Things to follow
10. Could be more or less
11. Some Sources
12. me?!
Bounce: Xenu’s Link Sleuth
Crawl Errors
- GSC: Index Coverage Report
- GSC: URL Inspection Tool
- Fix them of course
Redirects
- Semrush: Site Audit tool--Issues' tab---select ‘Redirect chains and loops’
- For domain redirect check: httpstatus.io
- Use ScreamingFrog
- Check Manually
Broken Links
- Use Google Analytics
- https://validator.w3.org/checklink
- Ahrefs.com and Semrush
- As always: Wordpress Plugins
- URLProfiler
- DeepCrawl
- The Favurite: Xenu’s Link Sleuth
- Broken links, ordered by link
- Broken links, ordered by page
- List of redirected URLs
- List of valid URLs you can submit to a search engine
- Site Map of HTML pages with a Title
- Broken page-local links
- Orphan files
- Statistics for managers
Xenu’s Link Sleuth
- September 4th, 2010
- DOWNLOAD / FAQ - Can I support the author: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
- The homepage of Tilman Hausherr: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/index.html#xenu
XML and HTML SiteMaps
- Why Use Yoast?
- Do you need an HTML Sitemap?
Fetch and Render in GSC
- GSC and GA to find your most authoritative pages
- Fetch and render these pages at least | Use the new URL Inspection Tool
Server Responses and Website Performance
- Pingdom
- GTMetrix
- PageSpeed Insights Tool
Mobile Usability and Responsive
- Do manual responsive checks
- Find some tools for responsive checks
- Mobile Usability Test by the Google Tool
Installations
- Search Console
- Google Analytics
- Hotjar
- Heap
- Others, of course.
Things to follow
- Follow regularly.
- Follow for 3~6 months.
- Google Referral Traffic
- SERPs Rankings
- Backlinks Profile
- Duration Time, Bounce Rate, Sessions, Users
- Google Indexed Page
- Broken Links
Could be more or less
- Schema markup
- Canonicals
- Content issues
- New domain
- Social Media and PPC Campaigns
- Http | Http | www | none www
- Hreflang
- SEO tool for migrations and releases: searchviu.com
Some Sources
- Content Kingapp: The Ultimate Guide to Successful Website Migrations
- Search Engine Watch: The Ultimate Platform Migration and Redirection Plan for SEO
- MOZ.com | The Website Migration Guide: SEO Strategy, Process, & Checklist
- Seer Interactive: Website Migration SEO Checklist: How to Prevent Organic Traffic Looses
- Conductor | The Ultimate Website Migration Checklist
- Semrush | 16 Crucial SEO Steps to Take When Migrating your Website
- ClicMinded | The 2019 Site Migration SEO Checklist
- Equator | 5 Pages PDF | Website migration SEO checklist
- West Werk | 14 Pages PDF | How to Move Content & Preserve SEO in a Website Redesign
- G S Q I | Challenging Murphy’s Law – 8 Immediate SEO Checks After A CMS Migration Goes Live
- Wolfgang Digital | Step-by-Step Site Migration Roadmap
- Search Engine Journal | Ecommerce Platform Migration: 9 Ways to Avoid SEO Disaster
- Search Engine Journal | How to Avoid SEO Disaster During a Website Redesign
- BrightEdge | 7-Step Guide to Site Migration and SEO Success
- Search Console Help Pages: Migrating from old Search Console to new Search Console
- Search Console Help Pages: Index Coverage Status report
- MOZ.com | Robots.txt
me?!
Mehdi Malekzadeh
SEO+Content | Digital Marketing Strategist | Conversion Optimiser
mim.malekzadeh@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/medil0ne
www.Twitter.com/medil0ne
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  • 1. CMS Migration and SEO What to do about SEO, when you’re moving the website into a new CMS (Content Management System), so no dramatic drop occurs in google’s referral traffic and prevent any loss on SERPs keyword ranking. by Mehdi Malekzadeh | April 9, 2019 Taking care of SEO while you’re moving the website.
  • 2. Hold on a minute: Assumptions - You know what is a website migration. - You know migration is necessary. - You know SEO. - You’re planning for improvement. - You do have Back-ups.
  • 3. Before the migration 1. Sweet Wordpress and Yoast 2. URL Structure Configuration and Settings 3. Meta Titles and Description 4. htaccess File and Redirects 5. Internal Links Update 6. Robots.txt 7. 404 Page 8. Technical SEO Check-ups
  • 4. Sweet Wordpress and Yoast - Wordpress: It’s the best choice almost often - Yoast, the best - Good for Smalls
  • 5. URL Structure Configuration and Settings - Didn’t do it at all? Probably! - The Whole thing is super important - Website architecture: some huge other thing!
  • 6. Meta Titles and Description - What?! - Move them! - Use Yoast - Do some improvement if needed
  • 7. htaccess File and Redirects - forcurrent URLs list, use search console: Links--Internal Links--Download CSV or use Google Sheet button - Define the Destination URLs. [URL Structure] - The file itself
  • 8. Internal Links Update - Search Console: Links--Internal Links - Google Advanced Search Commands
  • 9. Robots.txt - What’s that?! - Commands for search engine bots - Tester is not supported in new search console - Farvardin 98 / April 2019 - https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/robots-testing-tool
  • 10. 404 Page - Take it serious? maybe. - Best practices - Important anyway
  • 11. Technical SEO Check-ups - H Tags - Do some tests - Website’s COPY
  • 12. After the migration 1. Crawl Errors 2. Redirects 3. Broken Links 4. XML and HTML SiteMaps 5. Fetch and Render in GSC 6. Server Responses and Website Performance 7. Mobile Usability and Responsive 8. Installations 9. Things to follow 10. Could be more or less 11. Some Sources 12. me?! Bounce: Xenu’s Link Sleuth
  • 13. Crawl Errors - GSC: Index Coverage Report - GSC: URL Inspection Tool - Fix them of course
  • 14. Redirects - Semrush: Site Audit tool--Issues' tab---select ‘Redirect chains and loops’ - For domain redirect check: httpstatus.io - Use ScreamingFrog - Check Manually
  • 15. Broken Links - Use Google Analytics - https://validator.w3.org/checklink - Ahrefs.com and Semrush - As always: Wordpress Plugins - URLProfiler - DeepCrawl - The Favurite: Xenu’s Link Sleuth
  • 16. - Broken links, ordered by link - Broken links, ordered by page - List of redirected URLs - List of valid URLs you can submit to a search engine - Site Map of HTML pages with a Title - Broken page-local links - Orphan files - Statistics for managers Xenu’s Link Sleuth - September 4th, 2010 - DOWNLOAD / FAQ - Can I support the author: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html - The homepage of Tilman Hausherr: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/index.html#xenu
  • 17. XML and HTML SiteMaps - Why Use Yoast? - Do you need an HTML Sitemap?
  • 18. Fetch and Render in GSC - GSC and GA to find your most authoritative pages - Fetch and render these pages at least | Use the new URL Inspection Tool
  • 19. Server Responses and Website Performance - Pingdom - GTMetrix - PageSpeed Insights Tool
  • 20. Mobile Usability and Responsive - Do manual responsive checks - Find some tools for responsive checks - Mobile Usability Test by the Google Tool
  • 21. Installations - Search Console - Google Analytics - Hotjar - Heap - Others, of course.
  • 22. Things to follow - Follow regularly. - Follow for 3~6 months. - Google Referral Traffic - SERPs Rankings - Backlinks Profile - Duration Time, Bounce Rate, Sessions, Users - Google Indexed Page - Broken Links
  • 23. Could be more or less - Schema markup - Canonicals - Content issues - New domain - Social Media and PPC Campaigns - Http | Http | www | none www - Hreflang - SEO tool for migrations and releases: searchviu.com
  • 24. Some Sources - Content Kingapp: The Ultimate Guide to Successful Website Migrations - Search Engine Watch: The Ultimate Platform Migration and Redirection Plan for SEO - MOZ.com | The Website Migration Guide: SEO Strategy, Process, & Checklist - Seer Interactive: Website Migration SEO Checklist: How to Prevent Organic Traffic Looses - Conductor | The Ultimate Website Migration Checklist - Semrush | 16 Crucial SEO Steps to Take When Migrating your Website - ClicMinded | The 2019 Site Migration SEO Checklist - Equator | 5 Pages PDF | Website migration SEO checklist - West Werk | 14 Pages PDF | How to Move Content & Preserve SEO in a Website Redesign - G S Q I | Challenging Murphy’s Law – 8 Immediate SEO Checks After A CMS Migration Goes Live - Wolfgang Digital | Step-by-Step Site Migration Roadmap - Search Engine Journal | Ecommerce Platform Migration: 9 Ways to Avoid SEO Disaster - Search Engine Journal | How to Avoid SEO Disaster During a Website Redesign - BrightEdge | 7-Step Guide to Site Migration and SEO Success - Search Console Help Pages: Migrating from old Search Console to new Search Console - Search Console Help Pages: Index Coverage Status report - MOZ.com | Robots.txt
  • 25. me?! Mehdi Malekzadeh SEO+Content | Digital Marketing Strategist | Conversion Optimiser mim.malekzadeh@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/medil0ne www.Twitter.com/medil0ne www.Instagram.com/mim.malekzadeh