#1. Setup the new website on a temporary URL. Edit Robot.txt and make it not crawlable. br Syntax br User-agent: * br Disallow: br br #2. Test new website for broken links br Use Xenu to check for broken links br br Fix all broken links before migration br br #3 – Create a list of all pages from your OLD website and create a site map br br #4 – Create page-by-page 301 redirections to redirect old URL's to new URL'S br .htaccess file is where you edit for redirection br All URL in the site map should be redirected br br #5- Switch to the new website (all at once) br Google recommends to migrate everything once br br #6- Make sure that the new website is verified with Google Search Console br Google console -- br br #7- In Google Search Console, use the URL INSPECTION and make sure Google can properly read and index your new site br br #8- Check robots.txt br Make sure robots.text are proper and there are no issue blocking any pages or URL br br #9- Optimize and resubmit XML sitemap to Google and Bing br Using Google Console br br #10- Monitor your rankings br Make sure you have a monitoring system in place before and after you do a website redesign. br br Bonus 1 : Make sure you monitor the bounce rate for your site before and after redesign. br Bonus 2 : if your social media count becomes zero immediately after the redesign don't panic. br br Visit our site www.DCDigitals.