change domain name without be hurt

[andes1]

I have a question

 

I have had a site for 2 years my site can be found on the search engines, I have usual clients, and so on…

But the name is too bad, for example www.xtt566yuflowerxyz.com (I know, yes was a silly error) as you see this domain will be difficult to reach a top of mind; I wonder if I can change the name to, for example, www.youflower.com. This name has some edges like: easy to remember, more commercial name, marketing advantages etc.

 

How can I do that? What is the best strategy to do it?

I don’t want to hurt: my search engine rankings, SEO work, addition to favorites, my usual costumers etc.

 

Thanks for your help

[myxa]

I have a question

 

I have had a site for 2 years my site can be found on the search engines, I have usual clients, and so on…

But the name is too bad, for example www.xtt566yuflowerxyz.com (I know, yes was a silly error) as you see this domain will be difficult to reach a top of mind; I wonder if I can change the name to, for example, www.youflower.com. This name has some edges like: easy to remember, more commercial name, marketing advantages etc.

 

How can I do that? What is the best strategy to do it?

I don’t want to hurt: my search engine rankings, SEO work, addition to favorites, my usual costumers etc.

 

Thanks for your help

 

 

I think you need to set up "domain forwarding" with the company that registered your domain, and have them forward all traffic from old domain to the new one.

[modulate]

301? The old 301 debate - friendly or not! I would use it, and have, without problems.

 

Redirect in PHP
<?
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" ); 
Header( "Location: http://www.new-url.com" ); 
?>