Moving site from http to https - Affiliate Links

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stand3

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Hello,
There is an affiliate blog with about 600-700 posts that almost half are containing cloaked affiliate links.

I need to move the site to https and I was wondering what would happen with the affiliate links that begin with http:// in Thirsty Affiliates.

If I add a general redirection from http:// to https:// will I be fine?

In terms of SEO and losing rankings of current pages do you suggest anything?
What do you think should I go ahead or there will be many problems?
 
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i did it before on my blog but redirect script not work perfectly !!
 
Not sure about your cloaked links.

In terms of ranking:

You no longer lose/dilute PR through 301 redirects. Reason being: it would have been a nightmare for Google when everyone was upgrading from http to https. This came straight from Gary Illyes.
 
You better use https for links if possible.
 
Nut-Nights said:
You better use https for links if possible.
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Thats what I had in mind, I just need to find a way to change all the links to https.

I ve been advised to use Migrate DB to export the DB
which also has a feature to find and replace every http:// to https:// but
I am not sure if the affiliate links change.

I guess I ll have to find out just by doing it...
 
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I ll give it a go and tell you how it went

Thanks for helping out!
 
stand3 said:
Hello,
There is an affiliate blog with about 600-700 posts that almost half are containing cloaked affiliate links.

I need to move the site to https and I was wondering what would happen with the affiliate links that begin with http:// in Thirsty Affiliates.

If I add a general redirection from http:// to https:// will I be fine?

In terms of SEO and losing rankings of current pages do you suggest anything?
What do you think should I go ahead or there will be many problems?
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Your can redirect your http link to https and it won't harm you at all.
 
As I think, Your ranking will not be lost if you move your website from http to https.
However, I will warn you about your website's social signal.
When I did it for my website, I lose all of social signal of every posts. Then, You need to gain it again, or your website will be lose trust on Google.
 
stand3 said:
Thats what I had in mind, I just need to find a way to change all the links to https.

I ve been advised to use Migrate DB to export the DB
which also has a feature to find and replace every http:// to https:// but
I am not sure if the affiliate links change.

I guess I ll have to find out just by doing it...
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Have you tried it already? What are the results? I got the same problem here.
 
stand3 said:
Hello,
There is an affiliate blog with about 600-700 posts that almost half are containing cloaked affiliate links.

I need to move the site to https and I was wondering what would happen with the affiliate links that begin with http:// in Thirsty Affiliates.

If I add a general redirection from http:// to https:// will I be fine?

In terms of SEO and losing rankings of current pages do you suggest anything?
What do you think should I go ahead or there will be many problems?
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How do you cloak your affiliate links?
 
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