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    • Evaway
      Evaway last edited by

      I had a website that was getting decent traffic. Around 2k visits a day. Owing to some issues, the domain was suspended my the domain provider and they won't be releasing it anytime soon. Now, I'm in talks with my domain provider and it might take some good time to get back the domain live (weeks if not months).

      So, I have decided to migrate all my content to a new domain. Also, Google has stopped displaying my earlier domain (the suspended domain) in the search results now and I have removed the property from webmaster tools/search console. And since my earlier domain is suspended, redirection is not possible.

      So, I had a couple query in regards to this:

      • I'm in the process of moving the content from the older suspended domain to the newer domain. What should I do that Google does not penalise my new site on the grounds of duplicate content, etc.

      What other things I should do while I'm in the process of this migration.

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      • Roman-Delcarmen
        Roman-Delcarmen last edited by

        1. Eliminate the Property on search console was an error because you can configure search console to ignore you old content (the url of the old domain) and then rank your new website.

        You even could notifying google about the change using the Search Console

        Login to your Google Webmaster Tools account to submit a change of address. Basically click on your site and look at the left menu under configuration. This allows you to notify Google about your new site and the transfer. Yes, you have to verify your new site, so go ahead and do it.

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        • Evaway
          Evaway @Roman-Delcarmen last edited by

          Thanks for the response. I don't think this would be possible since owing to domain suspension (serverHOLD), the DNS is no longer getting resolved. And my domain is now showing "unverified" status in Google Search Console and owing to domain suspension I can't verify it via Google Analytics or any of the CNAME, TXT Record or HTML tags method.

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