Website Redesign / Rescue

A fresh site — without losing your rankings

The single biggest fear with a redesign is watching your Google traffic vanish overnight. It's a real risk — and an avoidable one. We modernise the look and speed while protecting every ranking you've earned.

Quick answer

You can redesign a website without losing rankings by preserving proven content and URLs, mapping every old URL to its closest new equivalent with server-side 301 redirects, submitting an updated sitemap, and monitoring Search Console after launch.

How we protect your SEO

The safety net most redesigns skip

Redesigns lose traffic for predictable reasons. We remove each one before launch, not after the panic.

Benchmark first

We export your current rankings, traffic, top pages and backlinks — so nothing slips away unnoticed.

1:1 301 redirect map

Every old URL points to its closest new equivalent — no chains, no dead ends, no lost equity.

Preserve what ranks

Proven content, titles and headings are kept or improved — never quietly dropped in the rebuild.

Speed & mobile fixes

The rebuild is the moment to fix Core Web Vitals and mobile issues that were costing you rankings.

Migration checklist

Search Console verified, sitemaps submitted, staging noindex removed — the details that break launches, handled.

Post-launch monitoring

We watch indexing and rankings after go-live and fix anything that moves — before it becomes a problem.

Signs you need a redesign

If any of these sound familiar

You don't always need a rebuild — but these are the moments a redesign pays for itself quickly.

  • It looks dated and quietly damages trust
  • It's slow, or breaks on mobile
  • Rankings or enquiries have been sliding
  • You've lost access to the old developer or can't update it yourself
301 redirect maps

A 301 redirect map is a one-to-one list matching every old URL to its closest new URL, so users and search engines are permanently forwarded and each page's ranking equity carries across during a redesign or migration.

Rebuild vs. redesign

Choose a rebuild over a redesign when the current site is slow, insecure or impossible to maintain; otherwise a redesign on the existing platform is faster and lower-risk.

Process, cost & timeline

A redesign with no nasty surprises

1

Audit & benchmark

Current performance, rankings and the pages that matter — captured before we touch anything.

2

Design & map

New design signed off, plus the full 1:1 redirect map and content plan.

3

Build & migrate

Rebuild on a fast, modern foundation, redirects in place, tested on staging.

4

Launch & watch

Go live, submit sitemaps, monitor indexing and rankings — and hold the line.

Redesign FAQ

The questions that keep people up at night

Yes. Preserve rankings by keeping proven content and URLs where possible, mapping every old URL to its closest new equivalent with server-side 301 redirects, submitting an updated sitemap, and monitoring Search Console after launch. We benchmark first so the movement is visible.

A 301 redirect map is a one-to-one list matching every old URL to its closest new URL, so both users and search engines are permanently forwarded and the page's ranking equity carries across during a redesign or migration.

Common signs are an outdated look, slow load times, a site that breaks on mobile, falling rankings or traffic, content that no longer reflects your business, and being unable to update the site yourself.

A redesign refreshes look and structure on the existing platform; a rebuild moves to a new platform or codebase. Choose a rebuild when the current site is slow, insecure, or impossible to maintain; otherwise a redesign is faster and lower-risk.

Time for a refresh — safely?

Send us your current site. We'll flag the risks, the quick wins, and exactly how we'd protect your rankings.

Get a redesign plan