Moving a site including meta data
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If a website is moved to a new server, how can you ensure that all meta data moves with it?
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Modesto has a great post about moving servers at http://www.seomoz.org/blog/web-site-migration-guide-tips-for-seos that should help you out a bit.
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Well if you want to double check it all the meta data is still there, either create a new campaign in SEOMoz with the new URL and see if any tags are missing or use software such as the screaming frog to test.
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