Moving hosting to another company/server . What about SEO?

[alexkatalkin]

Hi,

We have been experiencing issues with our hosting company and want to move the hosting to someone else. One problem was that we did Isapi rewrite rule but the company moved to mod rewrite and they never adjusted the rewrite rules.

We are considering a move to another hosting company - would that hurt rankings? Are there any SEO considerations to think about when switching to another host?

[Ray-pp]

As long as you keep your URLs the same, you shouldn't see an impact on SEO.

However, if your previous host was causing site performance issues and you expect the new host to serve your website faster and more efficiently, than you can see an SEO impact through site performance.

Make sure you get those rewrite rules consistent on your new host prior to switching, you don't want to change URLs, if possible.

[Bryan_Loconto]

Hey there Alex!

Just wanted to make sure you were aware of this article from The Moz Blog. It helps quite a bit and serves as a checklist for keeping SEO elements in order. A checklist if you will

http://moz.com/blog/web-site-migration-guide-tips-for-seos

Hope it helps you as much as its helped me over the years! These migration projects are always a ton of fun  = |