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    • DuPont
      DuPont last edited by

      Hello, everyone..

      I am looking for some links to stories, articles, what have you describing medium to large complex sites that have moved, changed CMS, changed domains, etc, and ended up in a total SEO disaster.

      Really appreciate anything the community here has or can find!

      Thanks!

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      • KevinBudzynski
        KevinBudzynski last edited by

        I think the best place to find stories and etc are actually on the forums (webmasterworld, warriorforum & here). There are countless stories of people messing stuff up and remedies for those issues.

        Hope it helps!

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          DuPont @KevinBudzynski last edited by

          Thanks, Kevin... We're moving a HUGE, very old site - in pieces no less - running dual environments. Knowingly - this is not the right way to do it. But, so far so good. Overall search referrals are trending up still. Looking for some of those horror stories to show some senior folks (not so familiar with Search) that what we've done so far is REALLY good - and could have been much worse! Appreciate it. Will keep looking for some specific stories/articles.

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