Monitor a website migration with search reporting
Create a before-and-after evidence plan for URLs, access and search visibility during a site migration.
Migration monitoring starts before the launch. Record the important URLs, their intended destinations and baseline search evidence. After launch, combine direct technical checks with reporting trends; a traffic chart alone cannot tell you whether a redirect or canonical policy is correct.
Work through it, step by step.
Build a reviewed mapping for important old URLs and record relevant property scopes. Capture complete-period page and query baselines before the change.
Verify redirects, public access, canonical signals, internal links and generated sitemaps on the new site. Check representative templates and high-value URLs directly.
Monitor old and new search views with clear dates and source labels. Investigate specific missing sections or errors instead of treating every early fluctuation as a failure.
Make it concrete.
A migrated guide redirects correctly, but the new topic hub still links to the old path. Fixing the generated navigation source removes unnecessary hops and improves the reader’s route.
What to keep in mind.
Liftaven observes reporting data; it does not implement redirects or run a full site crawl. Search engines may process a migration over time.
Your next useful step.
Keep a launch log and a short issue queue with direct evidence. Resolve confirmed technical errors promptly and evaluate search changes over an appropriate period.
Working with this in Liftaven
Choose a single business question before requesting data. Write down the accounts, dates and definitions that make the answer reproducible. Liftaven provides the reporting workspace and authenticated MCP access; decisions and changes remain with you.
Explore the AI workflowSources & context
This note combines original practical guidance with the reporting references below. Follow provider documentation for current definitions and availability; suggested investigations are not guarantees of a particular result.