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Changing domains
November 11, 2005
From our
Google Group:
I've moved my site to a new domain. Can I submit a Sitemap to tell you to index the new
site rather than the old site?
Submitting a Sitemap for the new site is a great first step, because that helps us learn about
the new pages right away. Make sure you place the new Sitemap in the root directory of the new
site as the Sitemap must be located on the same domain as the site URLs contained in it.
Another important thing to do is redirect visitors from the old site to the new one. Put a
301
(permanent) redirect on every page of the old site to point to the corresponding
page on the new site.
You can find out more about 301
HTTP redirects from
RFC-2616
and you can learn more about how to make the site move a smooth one from our
Google Help Center.
Posted by Vanessa Fox
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