Does search engine rank drop when changing hosts?

A

Andy Asberry

Let's say you are #1 in a search for your keyword. Will your ranking
drop because of changing hosts? Do the crawlers have to find you
again?
 
S

Steve Easton

No

Yes they will find you just a soon as your new location has propagated
throughout the domain name server system.

Usually 24 to 48 hours.
Which by the way is exactly when your new location will be reachable via
www.yourwebsitename.com


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J

Joe Rohn

Just as one other precaution...I would say to leave the original host live
for at least a couple days after you have seen the site transfer to the new
host. Reason being is that even if you can get to it via DNS server
updates..maybe others cannot depending upon the route they take to get
there!
 
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