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SEO & Growth

SEO migration: protect your rankings during a relaunch or system change

Redirect plan, content and monitoring so that a relaunch or system change does not cost you rankings.

  • since 2012
  • 200+ online shops
  • 800+ websites
  • Shopware Partner since 2014
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Online shops

200+

delivered since 2012

Projects delivered

1000+

since 2012

Websites

800+

delivered since 2012

2012 founded
200+ online shops
800+ websites
19 experts in our team
  • Shopware logo Shopware Partner since 2014
  • Mollie logo Mollie Partner since 2021
  • Trusted Shops logo Trusted Shops Partner
  • eRecht24 logo eRecht24 Partner
  • magnalister logo magnalister Partner since 2022
  • Base logo Base Partner since 2026
  • sync4 logo sync4 Partner since 2022
  • Pickware logo Pickware Partner since 2019
  • ADCELL logo ADCELL Partner

Why a relaunch without SEO migration often costs rankings

During a relaunch, URLs, content and technology often change at the same time. If redirects are missing or well-ranking content gets lost, visibility drops, and it takes months to recover.

What a planned SEO migration does for you

  • Every old URL with visitors or links gets a suitable target.
  • Well-ranking content is preserved or improved.
  • Structured data, canonicals and hreflang are in place from day one.
  • After launch we monitor rankings, errors and redirects.

Scope of services

What we take on in your SEO migration

  • URL inventory

    All old URLs with clicks, rankings and backlinks, so that nothing valuable is lost.

    • Search Console
    • Backlinks
  • Redirect plan

    Every relevant old URL points to the right new target, without chains.

    • 301
    • 410
  • Content & metadata

    Titles, descriptions and content that rank move with you.

    • On-page
  • Testing before launch

    We test the redirects on the staging environment before the new site goes live.

    • Staging
  • Monitoring afterwards

    We watch rankings, 404 errors and indexing in the weeks after launch.

    • Monitoring

A relaunch or system change puts a lot of visibility at stake. We plan redirects, content and technology so that your rankings survive the move.

Structure comes before design: which content goes where, and where should the visitor click next?

For every kind of system change

Whether it is a new website, a switch of shop system or a new domain, the approach is similar while the details differ. For Shopware projects, the page on migration and relaunch with Shopware describes the entire process, and the technical fundamentals are covered under technical SEO.

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Our meeting room in Bargteheide. We like to plan projects here together with you, and of course by video too.

How we work

How an SEO migration runs with us

  1. Understand

    We look at your business, your systems and your figures before we suggest anything.

  2. Plan

    You receive a concept and a quote with individual items and a realistic schedule.

  3. Build

    We develop in stages. You see interim results on a test environment and approve them.

  4. Run

    After go-live we take care of hosting, updates and monitoring if you want us to.

References

Relaunch projects with SEO migration

SEO & marketing references

Your contacts

Your contacts for SEO migration and relaunches

Tell us where your project stands. Tom will listen, ask questions and tell you honestly what we recommend and roughly what it will cost.

Tom Baustian, Web design · Performance marketing · Audio at Web Labels, your contact for SEO Migration

Our team for your questions

  • René Grosche, Managing Director at Web Labels René Grosche Managing Director
  • Marco Kreutzfeldt, Deputy Managing Director · Back office at Web Labels Marco Kreutzfeldt Deputy Managing Director · Back office
  • Tim Schröder, Key Account Manager at Web Labels Tim Schröder Key Account Manager · Consulting and quotes
  • Janis Rittmeier, Key Account Manager at Web Labels Janis Rittmeier Key Account Manager · Consulting and quotes
  • Lennart Albrecht, Head of Development at Web Labels Lennart Albrecht Head of Development
  • Tom Baustian, Web design · Performance marketing · Audio at Web Labels Tom Baustian Web design · Performance marketing · Audio
  • Tajara-Tabea Leonard, Web design · Content · SEO at Web Labels Tajara-Tabea Leonard Web design · Content · SEO
  • Ken Raupach, Web design · Performance marketing at Web Labels Ken Raupach Web design · Performance marketing
  • Muhammed Tay, Web development at Web Labels Muhammed Tay Web development
  • Alexander Folz, Web development at Web Labels Alexander Folz Web development
  • Aaron Griem, Web development at Web Labels Aaron Griem Web development
  • Leon Fischer, Web development at Web Labels Leon Fischer Web development
  • Patrick Heidl, Web development at Web Labels Patrick Heidl Web development
  • Tobias Schäfer, Web development at Web Labels Tobias Schäfer Web development · Complex development
  • Laura Schop, Web development at Web Labels Laura Schop Web development
  • Aleksej Werestschagin Web development
  • Julina Sievert, Apprentice at Web Labels Julina Sievert Apprentice
  • Rosa-Lee Biesterfeldt, Apprentice at Web Labels Rosa-Lee Biesterfeldt Apprentice
Technologies
Google Search ConsoleXOVIBing Webmaster ToolsShopwareWordPress

Frequently asked questions about SEO migration and relaunches

All questions and answers
Do you always lose rankings during a relaunch?

Not necessarily. Short-term fluctuations are normal. With a complete redirect plan, preserved content and clean technology, major losses can usually be avoided.

When should SEO get involved in a relaunch?

As early as possible, ideally while the new site structure is being planned. That way URLs and content can be planned so that the move stays simple.

Related services
  • SEO Agency

    SEO with in-house developers: we find the issues in your shop or website and fix them directly in the system, prioritised by impact, effort and risk.

  • Technical SEO

    Crawling, indexing, canonicals, redirects, URL structure and hreflang, so that Google finds and understands the right pages.

  • SEO Audit

    We review technology, content, rankings and competition and turn the findings into a roadmap prioritised by impact, effort and risk.

  • Structured Data

    JSON-LD for products, categories, organisation and FAQs that matches the visible content, plus llms.txt and feeds for AI search.

Tell us about your project

A few sentences are enough to start. We will get back to you with questions or a suggested date.

Up to 80% government funding