{"id":1244,"date":"2009-06-10T13:18:42","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T20:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:21:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:21:11","slug":"google-change-of-address-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/google\/google-change-of-address-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Change of Address Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was just mid-session on Google Webmaster tools, when I clicked on a link and saw the message &#8211; &#8220;that page no longer exists&#8221;. \u00a0Huh?<\/p>\n<p>I went back to my home page for WMT, and that too was a bad link. Weird. So, i went to my IGoogle home Page, went back into Google Webmaster Tools, and &#8220;wham&#8221; everything was different!<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, I had now been forced into their &#8220;new look and feel&#8221; that until this moment, had only been an option.<\/p>\n<p>As I was exploring the menu on the left, trying to get back to where I was, I saw a new option that made my heart skip a beat &#8211; Could it be?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1247 aligncenter\" title=\"google-change-address1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-change-address1.jpg\" alt=\"google-change-address1\" width=\"186\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Yep, sure enough, I clicked the link called &#8220;change of address&#8221; under the site configuration menu,\u00a0 and was taken to a new screen for &#8211;\u00a0 you guessed it &#8211; MOVING DOMAIN NAMES.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-change-address.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1248 aligncenter\" title=\"google-change-address\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-change-address.jpg\" alt=\"google-change-address\" width=\"417\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-change-address.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-change-address-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This feature was LONG overdue, and I think I first started wishing for it back in 2006, after doing eeverything &#8220;right&#8221; and still getting a site dinged after changing domain names.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, I\u00a0asked for it at a\u00a0 Webmaster Tools conference session (either\u00a0SMX Advanced or maybe Pubcon) and my request actually got a round of applause!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I still don&#8217;t really like the new WMT interface, but with this improvement, it&#8217;s a lot\u00a0easier to take&#8230; Thank you again, Google!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was just mid-session on Google Webmaster tools, when I clicked on a link and saw the message &#8211; &#8220;that page no longer exists&#8221;. \u00a0Huh? 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