{"id":1266,"date":"2025-06-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:31:55","slug":"website-migration-zero-downtime-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zonelight.com\/blog\/website-migration-zero-downtime-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Migrate Your Website to a New Host with Zero Downtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n  \"mainEntity\": [\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"The 5-Step Zero-Downtime Migration Process\\n\\nStep 1: Full Backup\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"Before touching anything, we take a complete snapshot: all files, databases, emails, and DNS records. 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