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Website redesign SEO checklist

A redesign changes a customer journey and can change how search engines understand the site. Preserve the information and routes that already serve a useful purpose.

Inventory before redesigning

Collect current URLs, important landing pages, existing content and conversion routes. Review available search and enquiry evidence. Decide which pages to keep, improve, merge or remove, with a clear reason for each decision.

Put it in context

Desktop and mobile design review

Review desktop and mobile layouts together before implementation.

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Carry useful signals forward

Map old URLs to relevant new destinations when paths change. Review titles, headings, canonicals and internal links in the new templates. Check that key content is present in the delivered page, not only in a design file.

Plan the launch checks

Test important journeys, crawl controls and redirects before switching. Keep a rollback owner and monitor errors after launch. A visual refresh is not complete until customers can still find the right information and finish their task.

Put the guidance to work

Capture your starting point, assign an owner to the next action, and decide what evidence will confirm that it worked.

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