> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.rankai.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Move to a new domain or rebuild your site

> What to do in RankAI when your website moves to a new domain, or you rebuild it on a new CMS.

**RankAI follows your website, so tell it when your website changes.** A new domain needs a new project. A rebuild on the same domain only needs your connections updated.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Action needed:** after a move or rebuild, reconnect your CMS, Search Console and the script, then check one published article on the new site.

> [!NOTE]
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> \*\*In RankAI:\*\***Settings** → **Integrations** · `rankai.ai/dashboard/<project>/settings/integrations`. New project: project switcher → **Add New Project**.

## Which case are you in?

| What changed | What to do in RankAI |
| - | - |
| Same domain, new CMS or new theme | Update the connections in your current project. |
| New domain | Create a new project for the new domain. A project's **Website** can't be changed. |

## Rebuild on the same domain

1. **Reconnect your CMS.** Open **Settings** → **Integrations**, click **Change** on **Publishing**, and connect the new CMS. For a [website built with code](https://docs.rankai.ai/integrations/custom-site.md), [Sanity](https://docs.rankai.ai/integrations/sanity.md) or [Squarespace](https://docs.rankai.ai/integrations/squarespace.md), check the **Blog Post Path** matches where articles live on the new site.
2. **Add the script again** if your theme or site code was replaced. Open **Site health**, click **Apply Changes** to copy it, then click **Check Script Connection**. See [Install the technical SEO & AEO script](https://docs.rankai.ai/integrations/technical-seo-script.md).
3. **Publish your existing articles to the new CMS.** Open **Articles**, select the articles, and click **Publish**. This sends them again, including ones already published.
4. Open one article on the live site and check the address, images and links.

## Move to a new domain

1. **Set up redirects on your website first.** Point each old address to its new address with a permanent (301) redirect. RankAI doesn't create redirects for you.
2. **Tell Google.** Add the new domain to Google Search Console and verify it. If the whole site moved, use Search Console's change of address tool.
3. **Create a new project** for the new domain: project switcher → **Add New Project** → enter the domain → **Create Project**.
4. **Connect the new project:** your CMS in **Settings** → **Integrations**, the new Search Console property, and the new project's script. The script is tied to a project, so the old project's script won't work for the new one.
5. [Contact support](https://docs.rankai.ai/support/contact.md) before you delete the old project, so we can help move your plan.

## Avoid these mistakes

* **Deleting the old project too early.** **Delete project** removes all keywords, articles and reports for that domain, and it can't be undone.
* **Skipping redirects.** Without them, old article addresses stop working and lose their search history. With redirects in place, RankAI follows them and updates the addresses it shows.
* **Leaving the old script on the new site.** Each project has its own script; use the one from the new project.

## What to expect

* Search data for the new domain starts from the day Search Console collects it.
* Articles you publish from the new project go to the new CMS.

Questions about your move? [Contact support](https://docs.rankai.ai/support/contact.md).

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*Last reviewed: November 13, 2026.*


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