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Holding your breath when upgrading a site

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Real Estate Agent with Lyon Real Estate

It's always a little scary when you have a well established domain to upgrade the site to a new and hopefully better designed site.  That is just what my friends Cal and Laura Carter just did with their NorthGALife site focused on Lake Lanier Real Estate.  I am certain that the upgrade from a basic template to a semi-custom site is going to work well for them in the long run, but right now while Google and other search engines recrawl the site - it can be a little nerveracking.

Cal documented the process when he switched to a custome site GulfshoresLife which focuses on in Gulf Shore Condos in this post  last year so he's been through this before but it still can be nerveracking. 

I'm certain that this new site will bounce back quickly and will start generating more leads than the template site it replaced.  Cal and Laura, the new site looks great.  Looking forward to seeing how this site evolves.

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Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Carolyn,

I am going through that right now. Long due overhaul of all my sites is underway, and I am very impatiently waiting for this to materialize

Nov 16, 2009 04:00 PM
Melinda (Mel) Peterson
Grants Pass, OR - Bend, OR
The Savvy Broker - ABR, CRS

I upgraded my site, www.BuyInOregon.com, about 1 year ago.  I experienced the same concerns, but the new site is well worth the change.

Nov 17, 2009 02:54 PM
Marchel Peterson
Results Realty - Spring, TX
Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro

Carolyn, I update my own sites but I take that deep breath when I move from one host to another.  I cheaped out a few years ago and it was a mess.  I ended up with my site being hosted in India.  I'm paying quite a bit more now but my host is in Dallas. 

Nov 21, 2009 02:39 PM
Song San
Coldwell Banker Dynasty - Rosemead, CA
Broker, MBA

 Carolyn, I was wondering, couldn't your friend put the new site at a different domain and test how the SEO does before deciding to switch over? There is something called AB Testing that you can do to compare the sites simultaneously. This might save a lot of hassle and frustration.

Jan 13, 2010 04:43 PM