How to Do a Website Migration | Ep. #146

<p>In Episode #146, Eric and Neil teach us how to migrate a website. Whether it’s for a redesign, server improvement, new services offered, or overall better customer experience—at some point, you’ll need to migrate your website to a new one. Tune in as Neil and Eric walk us through the steps of website migration and as they offer us valuable tips to make this process stress-free and easy.</p> <h3>Time Stamped Show Notes:</h3> <ul> <li>00:27 – Today’s topic: <em>How to Do a Website Migration</em></li> <li>00:33 – Why migrate a website?</li> <li>01:02 – You’re usually migrating servers as well</li> <li>01:34 – Make sure you have a backup of your website</li> <li>01:51 – Duplicate your site to the new server</li> <li>02:04 – Have everyone check both sites</li> <li>02:25 – Use a tool like <a href= "https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/">Screaming Frog</a> to crawl your website and see what’s happening on the old site</li> <li>02:51 – Redirect the top pages to the most relevant pages</li> <li>03:52 – Be careful when redesigning your website as you migrate your website</li> <li>04:29 – Neil mentions a story from Eric’s website migration</li> <li>04:58 – Have the right structures in place</li> <li>05:28 – Neil tells his share of website migration errors</li> <li>06:29 – That’s it for today’s episode!</li> </ul> <h3>3 Key Points:</h3> <ol> <li>Before making any changes, decide if website migration is the right thing to do.</li> <li>Creating a backup or having website duplicates should be your FIRST step before migrating.</li> <li>Remember to test everything first before redirecting people to your new website.</li> </ol> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Leave some feedback:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><strong>What should we talk about next?</strong> Please let us know in the comments below.</li> <li><strong>Did you enjoy this episode?</strong> If so, please leave a short review.</li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Connect with us:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://neilpatel.com/">NeilPate