What to do with rank math after domain migration

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  • Resolved Naoto Naoto
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    I’ve migrated from and old domain to a new one. My new host provider did the migration for me using their official migration plugin.

    After that, I went to my old host provider, and configured redirection to the new domain using the “redirection” function that comes with CPanel, where I just needed to select the old domain name and type in the new domain and hit save, and Cpanel wrote the redirection rules to my htaccess file for me.

    Then I went to Google Search Console and used the ‘Change of Address’ tool to notify Google about my bew domain.

    Then I went back to my new host provider. I disconnected and reconnect my new domain to the rank math plugin, as suggested in this link: https://support.rankmath.com/ticket/domain-name-2/

    So my question is, do I have to go to my old host provider, and reconnect rank math plugin with my old domain? Or should I disconnect the plugin from the old domain so that Google won’t be confused between the the old and new domain? (Both domains contains the exact same article and content )

    Do I even have to set the canonical URL using rank math to point to the new domain addresses on my old domain, one article by another? i have hundreds of articles on he old domain and this will kill me.

    Or do I have to disable rank math on my old domain? I’m don’t know if this will kill my SEO score on my new domain.

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  • Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention.

    If you’re whole old domain (all URLs) is already redirecting to the new domain, then you don’t need to do anything on your old site since redirecting them is enough for search engines to understand that your new site should be indexed.

    The canonical URLs are also no longer needed on your old domain as they are already redirected. If you have used 301 redirect, the status would be permanent and will transfer the SEO value of your old pages.

    Hope that helps.

    Thank you.

    Thanks for the info!

    Hello,

    You’re welcome.

    We are super happy that we have addressed your concern. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.

    If you don’t mind us asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.

    If you have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.

    Thank you.

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