Title: search engine optomisation
Last modified: May 23, 2018

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# search engine optomisation

 *  [babonday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/babonday/)
 * (@babonday)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-engine-optomisation/)
 * sorry to post on ‘everything else’ forum,,when i search, search engine i get 
   put on a stupid google search, not a forum….
 * anyway,…
 * my current website uses joomla throughh a web company.. i am present 2nd out 
   of 20 competitors on google search page..(great!!)
 * but i want to set up a website on wordpress and do it all myself. Will i lose
   my priceless spot on google search?
    -  This topic was modified 8 years ago by [babonday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/babonday/).

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-engine-optomisation/#post-10315542)
 * You won’t loose anything just by switching from Joomla to WordPress.
 * The main key is to keep all of your URL’s the same. If you can’t do that make
   sure that you have 301 redirects in place for them all (which is easy with various
   plugins that are available).
 * One thing to remember is that any large-scale change on any website will take
   it down in rankings for a short time while Google re-assesses everything. There’s
   nothing that anyone can do about that. All it takes it a bit of time and if you’ve
   followed basic SEO procedures, you’ll be back up where you were fairly quickly.
 *  [marcustheraj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcustheraj/)
 * (@marcustheraj)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-engine-optomisation/#post-10315566)
 * Hi Babonday,
 * Here’s a [guide](https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/migrating-joomla-to-wordpress-a-step-by-step-guide)
   I found on migrating from Joomla to WordPress on ElegantThemes. I hope this helps.
   I agree with everything catacaustic said, make sure your URL’s are the same, 
   and that you’re following [good WordPress SEO](https://themeisle.com/blog/get-started-with-wordpress-seo/)
   and you should be golden.
 * Best,
    Marcus
 *  Thread Starter [babonday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/babonday/)
 * (@babonday)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-engine-optomisation/#post-10315578)
 * “One thing to remember is that any large-scale change on any website will take
   it down in rankings for a short time”
 * this isnt worth the risk i dont think… thanks for the answer though.
    Think its
   best left to the pro’s, all this DIY wordpress stuff is proper annoying.
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-engine-optomisation/#post-10315630)
 * Moved to Fixing WordPress.

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