Change of address

Google has finally added something for the new webmasters :

If you're planning to move your site to a new domain, use the Change of Address tool to tell Google about your new URL. This will help us update our index faster and smooth the transition for your users.

I am pretty sure i have not seen this before , as of today the new interface is mandatory too.

 

Where can we find this "Change of Address tool"? In google webmasters or where?

 

sounds great.i will check this out.

 

Let's me check it ,for sure

 

Wow. It is really great news!

 

do you understand about "change address toot"?

 

is it in google webmaster tool.

 

Google announced a new feature in Google Webmaster Tools named change of address. This feature allows webmasters to notify Google when they move domain names.

When used, Google will update the index to reflect your new URL. The change will stay in effect for 180 days, by which time Google would have crawled and indexed the pages at your new URL. To access this feature, login to Webmaster Tools and under “site configuration” select “change of address.” Then follow the instructions, which currently read:

1. Set up the new site: Review our guidelines for moving your site to a new domain. Set up your content on your new domain, then make sure all internal links point to the new domain.
2. Redirect all traffic from the old site: Use a 301 redirect to permanently redirect the pages on your old site to your new site. This tells users and search engines that your site has permanently moved. Ask webmasters to update their links to point to your new domain and make sure incoming links to your old site are redirected correctly using the 301 redirects.
3. Add your new site to Webmaster Tools: Make sure you have added and verified your new domain.
4. Tell us the URL of your new domain
5. After submitting the change of address, check your Webmaster Tools data periodically to see if your new site has been crawled and indexed (if you have a Sitemap, one way to determine this is by checking Sitemap details for the new site to see how many of the pages have been crawled and indexed).

In addition, Google posted a help document on moving your domain to aid webmasters with this process.

 

Thanks for sharing the info. This will be useful for those who move their domain too often. The detailed info will help remove the misconceptions associated with changing the domain.

 

its really nice information.

 

it is a good thing ,i will do it

 

Wow now thats a great new feature

 

unfortunately it doesn't work for forwarding subdomains for some reason.

 

I would be interested in seeing results from this - whether it truly works or not.

 

I meant to ask... does anyone know how to forward sub domains using this tool? from what I see, you can't.

 

This is interesting and very useful.. Is it free? I'm checking it out!..

 

Wow - about time they did that. Alot easier than 301 redirects and waiting 5 years. Don't need this now - but alot of webmasters will be happy.

 

Does anyone have any experience using this? I am thinking of doing it and wanted to know if sites are keeping the same rankings.

 

great news. Thanks for sharing...