Case Study
FULL RECOVERY OF SESSIONS AND KEYWORD RANKINGS AFTER WEBSITE MIGRATION
In just 1.5 months, Be Found Online fully recovered session and keyword ranking drops following a client's domain change and rebrand!
Basis, the most comprehensive media automation and intelligence platform in the industry, approached us with the challenge of a complete company rebrand - a rebrand that included a domain name change for the client!
Basis, the most comprehensive media automation and intelligence platform in the industry, approached BFO with the challenge of a complete company rebrand - a rebrand that included a domain name change for the client.
THE CHALLENGE
The challenge BFO faced was to migrate the client's entire website to a new domain name, all while mitigating the large traffic loss and keyword rankings dips that are associated with website migrations. Normal website migrations with changing URLs and new CMS platforms are already challenging. However, when you add a domain name change, there is increased risk since search engines need to crawl and establish a connection between your old domain name and your new one.
The client identified that they did not know much about the technical SEO aspects surrounding website migrations. In knowing they did not have the internal know-how to execute this tricky migration, the client leaned heavily on BFO experts to advise on that side of the migration.
THE SOLUTION
We worked directly with the client's internal development team to ensure our recommendations were implemented correctly.
For SEO and website migrations, specifically, an internal development team is crucial for implementation and greatly helps accomplish goals. We brought our vast experience in mitigating traffic loss and keyword ranking drops that typically occur when websites are migrated to help build a strong plan for execution.
BFO recommended a large redirect map of 301 permanent redirects (the most important line of defense in migrations), that involved thousands of URLs from the old site, and from a recently acquired company’s site.We carried out a pre-launch audit on the staging site and caught many problems with metadata and internal links that we were able to fix prior to launch. Upon launch, we immediately checked to see if the redirects were currently implemented, and that our sitemap was submitted and pages were being indexed. We also conducted a post-launch audit to look for additional issues.
1.5 MONTHS
To Fully Recover Keyword Rankings
1.5 MONTHS
To Fully Recover Sessions Lost
75% SAVED
in Average Recovery Time!
THE RESULTS
- Full recovery of sessions lost in 1.5 months
- Full recovery of keyword rankings in 1.5 months
- 75% reduction in average recovery time
Part of our practice during website migrations is to conduct a baseline report that captures session statistics, engagement, page speed, keyword rankings, and site crawls on a weekly basis leading up and following the migration. This allows us to see exactly how the migration is affecting the website from a variety of angles. Normally following migrations, sites can experience up to a 20% loss in organic traffic that is typically recovered in a period of 3-6 months. In the case of this migration, which also included a new domain name, we recovered fully from session loss in 1 ½ months time, reducing the recovery time by up to 75%!
Our overall keyword rankings were fully recovered in the same amount of time. This data was pulled from our baseline report, google search console impressions and clicks, and SEMrush keyword ranking historical data. Although the technical SEO aspects were covered very well, we were reminded that, during a migration with a rebrand, we need to work more closely with the marketing team to ensure mentions of the old brand are changed everywhere outside of the website as well.
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