REsimpli offers robust features designed to enhance your website's functionality and aesthetic appeal. If you've been using Carrot and want to transition to REsimpli without negatively impacting your SEO, this guide is for you. Just like Carrot emphasizes SEO, REsimpli is committed to ensuring you maintain or even improve your rankings.
What happens with your rankings when you transition your website?
When a website undergoes a major overhaul or platform switch, search engines like Google temporarily reassess the site’s rankings. While a certain level of short-term fluctuation is common, following best practices generally leads to long-term ranking improvement. Prepare for some rank volatility in the short term; however, this will usually stabilize after a few weeks.
Steps for a Seamless Transition
To move from Carrot to REsimpli without compromising your SEO, the process largely involves mirroring the content and SEO attributes of your Carrot website on your new REsimpli site.
What about my backlinks? Will they transition too?
Off-page items like backlines and citations, are generally tied to your domain name. Thus, they will remain unaffected when you switch platforms.
Research / Prep Phase:
Create a Spreadsheet: Record essential information like your top 10 Google rankings, the ranking pages, and other SEO-related attributes.
Manual Process: If you're not using SEO tools like Ahrefs or Ubersuggest, you can manually search Google to see where your website ranks for specific keywords.
Starting Your REsimpli Site: The Build-Out Phase:
Content Duplication: Copy the content from your Carrot site to your new REsimpli pages. Make sure to retain the same headings (H1, H2, H3, H4).
URL Slugs: Ensure these are identical to avoid losing rankings.
Meta Information: For pages ranking in the top 3, keep the title tags and descriptions the same. For positions 4-10, you may choose to optimize these further.
Review: Double-check all URLs, page titles, and content to ensure everything matches your old site.
Attach Domain: Finally, point your domain name to your new REsimpli site.
Monitoring and Adjustments:
After the migration, closely monitor your rankings. The REsimpli SEO tool can help track this. Any significant changes in your rankings will likely stabilize over the following weeks.
Conclusion
REsimpli is designed to facilitate not just superior website functionality but also strong SEO performance. By carefully following these steps, you can make the transition from Carrot to REsimpli without compromising your existing rankings. Over the long term, REsimpli’s advanced features are likely to assist in further improving your site's SEO.