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I’ve switched web hosts twice in a year, and I have intentions on doing it agan in the near future. It’s not that I LIKE to switch hosts– I hate it– but I’ve become dissatisfied with certain aspects of my web hosts. And I feel it is in my interest to branch out a little; I don’t like having all my blogs on one host, because when one blog goes down, they all do. :-p

So I’m slowly gathering information on how to do this seamlessly. I thought I’d share some links to some excellent posts on how to do this. I’d write my own, but I don’t think it would be any better than what’s been written already.

How To Switch Hosting Providers Without Downtime This is a nice and concise list of what you’ll need to do.

How to Switch Web Hosting Companies without any Downtime This is an extremely detailed tutorial. It’s good for the blogger who wants to know everything about everything. Like me who, you know, is curious about the mysteries behind tape drives data versus digital data and everything in between, lol.

How to Change Web Hosts with NO Downtime This is written from a first-person account. It has tidbits of information that are helpful, that you may not find in a more technical tutorial.

Overall, the secret to providing a seamless transfer without any downtime is that you must retain your service at the old web host for a while after purchasing a new account at a new web host. The two services will overlap for a while (2-4 weeks is the recommended time).