Please Help... I change the server and Indexing gone...

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by ankitkrag, Mar 6, 2009.

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    Hi All,

    Google gave me some big trouble yesterday.. I have a website and for which Google had indexed about 300000 pages... Yesterday I changed the whole server for my website and my indexing came down to 20000..

    Guys, Please help me to find out is it because of I changed server or something else?

    Thanks
     
    ankitkrag, Mar 6, 2009 IP
  2. minhdai

    minhdai Peon

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    that impossible, google just craw your site follow your domain not your hosting or server.
     
    minhdai, Mar 6, 2009 IP
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    Thanks for the reply.

    But my domain IP was changed though... does it matter?
     
    ankitkrag, Mar 6, 2009 IP
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    pkr4e Banned

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    As long as your URL stays the same, your site's listing in Google shouldn't be affected if you switch hosting companies or change your IP address. Google recommend migrating a site to a new IP address with the following steps:

    1. Bring a copy of your site up at the new IP address.
    2. Update your nameserver to point to the new IP address.
    3. Once you see search engine spiders fetch pages from the new IP address (typically within 24-48 hours), it's safe to take down the copy of your site at the old IP address.
     
    pkr4e, Mar 6, 2009 IP