https and http - quick question for the legends

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DebbieSprules

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I posted this in the WH section but got not even a whisper...please dont hate me for re posting in the BH section. But I sense this is where most of the genuises live

I have changed my server and now my site is http://www not https://www.

All my seo efforts went to https

Now the serps still show the https links which are all dead - thus no traffic..

do I need to start all over again reposting these links?

 

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phpfiend

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Just set up in your hosting account a 301 redirect going from https://www to htttp://www
That way no matter where people find your link they will be redirected to the right place.

Btw, not a legend either but thanks regardless

 

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niggles

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Agreed - add a permanent 301 redirect - if you can do it through a .htaccess file all is good - or if not, do it through PHP (if you're running it)-

Code:

if(strstr("https", $myurl)){
   str_replace("https", "http", $myurl);  
   header("location: " . $myurl);
}

 

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DebbieSprules

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I thought GG hated 301s or am I thinking 401s?

 

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DebbieSprules

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...and you bloody are... thanks so much again... you even gave me the code

Gonna talk to my devs and see how much time they want to charge me for it

 

welshman

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I think it's 401's you thinking of. G would rather prefer a 301 than a blank empty page when it crawls.

 

rockinrobin

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DebbieSprules said:

...and you bloody are... thanks so much again... you even gave me the code

Gonna talk to my devs and see how much time they want to charge me for it

Click to expand...

Don't let them fleece you. It's a 5 minute job.

I found this snippet to put in your .htaccess file (best way to do it):
# Redirect HTTPS requests for non-secure folders to http
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ h++p://www.mydomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

on this interesting thread:
h++p://www.google.co.uk/support/forum/p/Webmasters/thread?tid=6a7fac6f81489bc2&hl=en

 

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DebbieSprules

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My server people said that I need to have an ssl installed again inorder for this to work... are they talking bollocks.