Change campaign domain name

[AlanMosley]

I have just changed the domain name on one of my sites, can i change the domain name of the reletive campaigns and keep the data, or do i have to set up a new campaigns?

[ShaMenz]

Hi Alan,

You can change the campaign name by clicking Settings in the campaign.

Just change the information in the Campaign name field and save.

Hope that helps,

Sha

[AlanMosley]

Thanks but I want to change the domain name, not simply the name.

i could not see how you can change the domain name.

[ShaMenz]

Sorry Alan,

Obviously misread what you were asking.

The answer is No. You cannot change the domain name. The following is from the FAQ on campaign setup:

Q.  Can I change the domain later?
A.  You cannot change the domain of a campaign once it is created. If you need to track content, rankings, etc. on a new subdomain or domain, you must create a new campaign.  Don’t panic – archiving and adding campaigns is easy.

It is also not possible to duplicate the campaign and change details, so you will need to archive the old campaign and create a new one, but that is not so difficult to do.

The most arduous part of re-creating a campaign is adding the keywords, but this is also quite simple. All you need to do is export your keyword list to csv from the old campaign, open it in Excel, select the keywords in the first column and copy to your clipboard.

When you create the new campaign, just add one "placeholder" keyword in the screen that asks for keywords, then continue setup. When the campaign has been created, click "Manage Keywords" link at the top of the Overview page and paste the keywords from your csv file into the input field. Click Add Keywords and you're done.

If you choose a "placeholder" keyword that was not in the original list then you're fine. If you used one that was already in the list, you will just need to delete the duplicate so it does'nt mess up your reports.

Hope that helps,

Sha

[AlanMosley]

Thanks, i have already done this. I wanted to keep my ranking history, but i will do without it

Thanks for your research