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Issue # 206 (10-12-2003)
Moving DayOn The Move...You move your domain sometimes out of necessity, sometimes for financial reasons, and for a host of other reasons. Regardless of what you've been told, or what you've experienced ... it doesn't have to be a nightmare. |
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Moving is Fun! I've been moving host for my sites. I've got around ten sites ranging in importance. Here's my experience! To move is good; it means that you're cleaning up. If you've not moved hosts for the last couple of years it's probably time to check options. The amount of good choices for staying at bigger & better places at the same or better prices than you've got today is astonishing. I used to pay around 100 SEK/month (roughly US$ 12,50) for 20 MB, now I pay around 10 SEK/month (roughly US$1,25). For my bigger sites (up to 100MB) with features like MySql, Live Statistics etc, I used to pay almost 250 SEK/month (around US$ 30,00), now I pay around 50 SEK/month (around US$ 6,00) and have more features included (like Bulletin Board systems). The move is in three steps. First you'll make sure that you've got everything from the old host backed up on your local computers. Then you'll copy the content from your old host to your new host. Finally you'll redirect your domains to the new host. As usual check, check and check again is the mantra for doing such an important thing like moving host. Check:
It took me two months to do the full process of moving ten sites. This is at a time period when I'm not extremely busy but I'm still doing my daily task. A conclusion is that it takes longer time then you originally think it takes. If you're concerned that changing hosts can have any affect on your rankings - don't be. I've changed hosts for sites numerous times and so far no changes in ranking. However, who knows what an algorithm programmer decides tomorrow.. It's fun to move! To see the functionalities many hosts are adding for free today that used to cost extra is amazing. Finally the money I've saved on my move has made it possible to get an e-commerce system, but that's another story. Lennart Svanberg, JimGuide Share your website moving advice with us ... |
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