Https to search console

Trym

Trym

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Hey guys, i'm having troubles with google search console.

I have a single https://mydomain.com/

Should i just add that version to search console and leave it there with "Don't set a preferred domain".

Or i should add the 4 versions of it and select prefered?

I'm new, sorry.
 
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You should add all variations of your domain(http, https, www, no-www), and set preferred domain.
 
rimvy said:
You should add all variations of your domain(http, https, www, no-www), and set preferred domain.
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Hey, thanks for your answer.

Can i ask you if there is a guide for new domains that you can sent me on PM cuz i found some but i dunno if they are what i need.

Thanks!
 
Trym said:
Hey, thanks for your answer.

Can i ask you if there is a guide for new domains that you can sent me on PM cuz i found some but i dunno if they are what i need.

Thanks!
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What do you mean? You talking about guides, how to add domains to search console?
 
rimvy said:
What do you mean? You talking about guides, how to add domains to search console?
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No, i don't know how to setup those so called redirects or whatever it is.

I can add and verify domains it's easy.

And thanks for you answers btw! :)
 
rimvy said:
If I understood you correctly you have two options, redirect all traffic to https, through .htaccess or with plugin links to guides: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/236734/wordpress-redirect-all-http-requests-to-https-via-htaccess or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32049820/use-htaccess-to-redirect-http-to-https or with WP plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-ssl/ in plugin settings enable "Enable 301 .htaccess redirect" and all of your url's goes to https.
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Thanks for the info.

Just to be clear, i have a domain few weeks old.

I planned to add all 4 version of it to google console and then just select preferred version.

And that was all i was planing to do.

Am i right?

Or still have to do the redirect as you mentioned above.
 
You add all four variations of domain to search console, set preferred domain, and redirect all other variations of domain, to your preferred domain. At least that's what I do.
 
rimvy said:
You add all four variations of domain to search console, set preferred domain, and redirect all other variations of domain, to your preferred domain. At least that's what I do.
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Sorry if i ask too much but why is this whole thing with the redirects?

I don't get it.

What could happen if i just add Https version and do nothing else.

Why do i need to go through all these bullsht.

Is google that stupid to not know which is my site?

I put it right there :D
 
Trym said:
Sorry if i ask too much but why is this whole thing with the redirects?

I don't get it.

What could happen if i just add Https version and do nothing else.

Why do i need to go through all these bullsht.

Is google that stupid to not know which is my site?

I put it right there :D
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same question here
 
you always must add all version. Then you will be have all data what you need.
 
Trym said:
Sorry if i ask too much but why is this whole thing with the redirects?

I don't get it.

What could happen if i just add Https version and do nothing else.

Why do i need to go through all these bullsht.

Is google that stupid to not know which is my site?

I put it right there :D
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If you do not redirect, you will have duplicate URLs with the same content.. e.g. http://yourdoma.in/page-1 and http://www.yourdoma.in/page-1 and https://www.yourdoma.in/page-1 will have the same content, but accessed from different URLs. Search engines may think that you are spamming and give you penalty.
If you do not want to redirect, you can try adding rel=canonical instead. That says the same thing.
 
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