SEO preservation

How do you redesign a website without losing SEO?

Start with a crawl and content inventory, map valuable old URLs to the closest relevant new URLs, preserve search intent, and validate redirects, canonicals, analytics, forms, and indexation before launch. Then monitor the launch rather than assuming the migration is complete.

A practical way to approach it

Start with the business outcome, then verify the underlying technical details. For home-service websites, this usually means checking content and conversion pathways alongside URL management, tracking, local relevance, and the mobile experience.

Common mistake to avoid

Do not treat a redesign as isolated visual work. A new interface can create expensive follow-up work when pages, redirects, forms, analytics, or customer questions are left undocumented.

Next step

Use an audit to establish a shared view of the existing website, the highest-priority customer paths, and the items that need protection before a redesign begins.

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