GoDaddy's website builder is basic, so the SEO and structured data are often minimal or missing entirely. When you rebuild in Webflow, it is tempting to improve everything at once, and that is where tags and content get lost.
These are the specific pitfalls of moving from GoDaddy Builder to Webflow. Every one of them causes problems if you don't catch it before launch.
GoDaddy Builder pulls page titles from headings and generates basic meta descriptions automatically. There's often no custom metadata to port. In Webflow, you have full SEO control - but if you don't set titles and descriptions for every page, Webflow will use its own defaults, which may not match what GoDaddy was serving to search engines.
GoDaddy Builder doesn't generate structured data (JSON-LD) for your pages. When you move to Webflow, you're starting from zero on this front. If you had any rich snippets in Google - breadcrumbs, FAQ accordions, organization info - those disappear unless you manually add structured data in Webflow.
GoDaddy Builder gives you limited control over URL slugs - some pages may have auto-generated URLs that don't match your desired structure. In Webflow you can customize every URL, but changing slugs breaks existing links. You need to map every old GoDaddy URL to its new Webflow equivalent and set up redirects.
GoDaddy Builder compresses and serves images through its own CDN. Webflow also optimizes images but uses different URLs, compression algorithms, and responsive sizing. Image filenames, dimensions, and alt text may change during the move, which affects both page speed and image search rankings.
GoDaddy's built-in analytics and any Google Analytics tracking are tied to the GoDaddy site. Moving to Webflow means setting up analytics from scratch - install the GA4 tracking code, configure goals, set up event tracking, and reconnect Google Search Console. You'll lose historical data continuity.
GoDaddy forms submit to GoDaddy's backend or forward to an email address. Webflow has its own form system, but you need to recreate every form field, validation rule, and submission action. If you were using GoDaddy's email collection, those submissions won't carry over - you need a new form strategy.
MigrateKit compares your old GoDaddy site against the new Webflow site page-by-page. Here's what the scorecard covers.
Compares every page's meta title between GoDaddy and Webflow. Flags pages where titles are missing or where Webflow's defaults replaced what GoDaddy was serving.
Checks that meta descriptions exist for every page. Catches pages where GoDaddy had auto-generated descriptions that weren't recreated in Webflow.
Maps every old GoDaddy URL to its new Webflow equivalent. Flags pages where URLs changed without redirects and pages that 404.
Confirms that canonical tags point to the correct new Webflow URLs and that no pages have duplicate canonical tags.
Checks that social sharing metadata is present for every page. GoDaddy may have auto-generated OG tags that need to be recreated in Webflow.
Verifies that all images load correctly and that alt text was preserved. Flags broken images and missing accessibility attributes.
Send the old GoDaddy URL and the new Webflow URL. The scan starts immediately and the pass/fail scorecard appears on the page.