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So, you’re gonna change hosting providers. In many cases, moving the content of the site is as easy as zipping up the content and unzipping it on the new server. There is another aspect of moving the domain that many people over look: DNS.

The Domain Name System (DNS) is the translation service that converts your domain name (e.g. keyrelevance.com) to the corresponding IP address. When you move hosting companies, it’s like changing houses, if you don’t set up the Change of Address information correctly, you might have some visitors going to the old address for a while. Proper handling of the changes to DNS records makes this transition time as short as possible.
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from Jill 1210 Days ago #
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Great job by Mike. He’s actually helped me through a server move or two so I know he actually knows what he’s talking about!

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from christine 1109 Days ago #
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Mike’s been handling server moves for years.  I finally convinced him writing the steps down would be helpful for others.  Hope it helps someone out there.

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from jbgilbert 1093 Days ago #
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Finally! Somebody explained this very technical and confusing topic in english. THANK YOU MIKE!

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