Does changing nameservers and a new site design affect SEO dramatically
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We are about to change nameservers and upload a new website design design, completely rebuilt website to that new hosting, will this effect our seo efforts previously and have an effect on our SEO rankings?
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Short answer - it can.
The best thing to do is audit the new website in a dev environment to be sure that the new website code is correct, error free, pages do not have duplicate or canonical issues, and all on-page factor have been copied over correctly.
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