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SEO platform migration checklist: data, people, reports, and exit

A complete migration covers data inventory, requirements, pilot, mappings, integrations, permissions, reports, training, parallel run, acceptance, cutover, export, and old-account closure. Use current primary documentation, a representative project, explicit definitions, and a recoverable operating plan before scaling the workflow.

Last materially reviewed 2026-08-28

Quick answerA complete migration covers data inventory, requirements, pilot, mappings, integrations, permissions, reports, training, parallel run, acceptance, cutover, export, and old-account closure.
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Migration checklist: define the job first

A complete migration covers data inventory, requirements, pilot, mappings, integrations, permissions, reports, training, parallel run, acceptance, cutover, export, and old-account closure.

Treat migration checklist as a controlled information path. Data enters with a source and scope, passes through settings and definitions, becomes a report or alert, and reaches a person who must decide. The weakest definition or handoff controls the result even when every chart looks polished.

  • Define what success means for migration checklist.
Working method

Configure the repeatable sequence

Pilot migration checklist on one representative project. Record setup time, missing inputs, quota use, manual corrections, export quality, recipient questions, and the first decision the output changed.

Only clone the workflow after the pilot has an acceptance test and a documented fallback.

  • Name the source and scope.
  • Assign the workflow owner.
  • Record the fact that would reverse the decision.
Decision framework

Test the weakest handoff

Model migration checklist across current, expected, and stress-case portfolios. Include projects, markets, users, tracked terms, audit pages, reports, API calls, review time, and retained tools.

A scalable configuration preserves safe headroom and has a dated trigger for the next plan or process change.

  • Compare the same operating job.
  • Keep cost and review effort in the model.
  • Preserve a recoverable fallback.
Final check

Commission the workflow

Save the configuration, source links, definitions, baseline, owner, acceptance test, exception log, and next review date. Recheck the record after plan, product, team, site, integration, or client changes.

Proceed when the output can be reproduced and changes a named decision. Pause when missing access, uncertain definitions, or client obligations make the result unsafe to use.

  • Save settings and definitions.
  • Test one complete cycle.
  • Schedule the next review.
Continue when useful

Next: Tracker migration

Document the old tracker’s search engines, locations, devices, frequency, tags, competitors, target URLs, and exports. Recreate the contract before comparing numbers. Use current primary documentation, a representative project, explicit definitions, and a recoverable operating plan before scaling the workflow.

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Tracker migrationDocument the old tracker’s search engines, locations, devices, frequency, tags, competitors, target URLs, and exports. Recreate the contract before comparing numbers. Use current primary documentation, a representative project, explicit definitions, and a recoverable operating plan before scaling the workflow.User rolesAccess should reflect job and project scope. Separate account administration, project management, analysis, reporting, client viewing, integrations, and billing where the current product permits. Use current primary documentation, a representative project, explicit definitions, and a recoverable operating plan before scaling the workflow.Core planCore is the smaller current paid tier and suits teams whose project, seat, keyword, audit, and API-credit needs stay inside its published limits. It is a poor fit when client growth would force immediate workarounds. Use current primary documentation, a representative project, explicit definitions, and a recoverable operating plan before scaling the workflow.

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These records support the facts and comparisons above. Merchant-controlled records are labelled so you can separate product claims from independent evidence.

  1. Account and project settings FAQ — DOCUMENTATION · checked 2026-08-28
  2. SE Ranking integrations overview — DOCUMENTATION · checked 2026-08-28