A Cautionary Tale of How Rebranding Can Impact SEO
Be careful! Rebranding can have a negative effect on SEO.
Logojoy was forced to lay off 80% of their staff as a result of a failed rebranding.
Here is an example of how a rebranding impacted SEO and revenue – with disastrous consequences.
Following is a story of how rebranding can impact SEO and revenue with negative consequences.
Logojoy, a leading logo design site with over 5 million customers and $7 million in funding, rebranded to Looka in May of 2019. At the same time, it expanded by adding new services including business cards and websites. As reported by Betakit, the rebranding was disastrous, with significant impact to SEO and revenue. In 5 months, organic SEO lead traffic