PHASE 4: DEPLOY
Moving forward, the website should be maintained on a regular basis. This should include Drupal updates, security updates, content maintenance, and basic page styling.
Monitor website traffic.
For two months post-launch, monitor what has changed from your baseline analytics report and alert the team of any issues on a weekly basis.
Validate page load times.
Compare it to your pre-migration baseline.
Inform linking partners of your new URL structure.
Send them your 301 redirect map.
Update your XML sitemap.
Submit it to search engines.