Google SEO
Best practices — Google Search Central
How do you protect SEO during a migration?
Map every URL with a one-to-one redirect, preserve content structure, submit the new sitemap and monitor Search Console for three months after launch.
Further analysis
Use this entry as an audit checkpoint. The cited source establishes the context; the direct answer identifies what to check before choosing an action.
In SFT, this topic relates to Structure, Trust. Check whether the signal is visible on the page, connected to the rest of the website and supported by understandable evidence.
Related search terms include SEO migration, website redesign, domain change. Use them to describe the issue in a brief, audit or answer page.
Applying SFT
Structure turns a rule into readable architecture: headings, URLs, structured data, visible content and clear hierarchy.
Trust requires observable evidence: sources, consistency, citations, identifiable authors and verifiable claims.