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Website Redesign Without Losing Your Rankings
A redesign should improve results, not reset them. The steps that protect your search traffic through a relaunch.
By ClickWave Team · July 2026
Redesigns go wrong when URLs, content, and technical settings change without a plan. A little preparation prevents most of the damage.
- Crawl and record your current URLs and top pages
- Map every old URL to its new home with 301 redirects
- Keep the content that already performs
- Check indexing and speed immediately after launch
Monitor traffic for the first weeks after relaunch and fix anything that slips quickly.
