Bring in my website reads your current website the way a customer would, and fills your draft with what is already true about your business. Nothing is invented: every fact comes from your own site.
What it reads
Your home page, plus the pages that matter most, like services, about, contact, gallery and service area pages.
What it looks for
- Your business name, phone, email and address
- Your license, whether you're insured, and whether you do emergency work
- Your about text and your list of services
- The towns your old site says you serve
- Your logo and the real photos on your site, which it sharpens and enlarges
- Your Google review link, and links to your social pages
It uses what it finds to fill your draft. The note it leaves tells you what it actually used.
What it only suggests
- Customer comments. If your old site shows comments in its own markup, the editor offers them. They aren't on your site until you confirm they're real. See How do I add customer comments to my website?.
- Towns your customers mentioned. They are offered as hints, not added.
What it tells you
When it finishes, a note says what it brought over, for example "Brought over 12 images from your website, your logo, 6 services and 3 towns". It also flags things to check, like two different email addresses on your old site (it leaves your email blank rather than guess), or an address in a different town from your profile.
When it can't read a site
Some sites refuse the visit, or show almost no text until their scripts run. You'll see a note saying so, and your site stays ready with a standard layout for your trade.
Old page addresses
It may also add redirects for your old pages, marked From your old site on the Domain tab. See Keep your old website's addresses working.
Always check
Read through your draft before you publish. Check phone numbers, services, prices, towns and photos. Replace any photo you don't have the right to use.
See How do I bring in my current website? for the steps.