Tech Lover 9

If you have a website or blog, you must have thought sometime or other for modification of some parts or you may have modified your site many a time in the past.

Have you given a thought ” How website modification affects your search engine rankings and SEO ? “. Many blog owners and organizations make many changes on their blogs or websites and they do not even think it will affect search engine rankings or SEO but they have a big impact on it.

Website Modifications which Affect Search Engine Rankings

1. Modification of URL structure or permalinks.

2. Changing the navigation or menu system. Creating new links or moving a link from the side bar or footer to the header.

3. Any redirects, either to or from the site.

4. Modification of content areas and any addition of features/options to the site.It may be any features like a new category or sub category.

5. Changing the CMS ( Content Management System ) of your blog. It really affects search engine rankings in a big way.

6. New partnerships with other websites or organisations that either receive or send links, from or to your blog respectively.

7. Change of your Domain Name ( Redirect ). Impact in a big way regarding search engine ranking and traffic.

Before any modification of your website you have to pen-down all the pros and cons pertaining to SEO. Keep a record of all the modifications you have done on your website for analysis of  search engine traffic and SEO in future.