Site showing https version even though I dont have SSL

oblivion19

oblivion19

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Hey guys,

So, I have run in to an issue. I have used only http version of my site since it started. I have never bought an SSL certificate. I logged in to check my traffic and some of the traffic is to duplicate urls which start with https instead of http.

I check my site and all posts seem to also work when I type in https. I am assuming this creates a duplicate for the search engine spiders. How do I create a redirect so that the https versions get redirected to http version of the same posts?

I dont have any coding knowledge. I barely get around wordpress. So, plugin or a simple solution would be even more helpful.
 
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Your hosting must come with SSL, or maybe you use CloudFlare? Either way, now you've got it, stick with https.

Add the https site to Search Console and Analytics and use something like the Really Simple SSL wordpress plugin to handle the redirects.
 
seocrab said:
Your hosting must come with SSL, or maybe you use CloudFlare? Either way, now you've got it, stick with https.

Add the https site to Search Console and Analytics and use something like the Really Simple SSL wordpress plugin to handle the redirects.
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The thing is I dont want to lose my SEO juice. All my links are built with the http version. I am concerned that using the https might messup the SEO.
 
Just google htacess redirect ssl to http. You will get exact code to be pasted in your .htaccess file
 
Something like this should work on top of your .htaccess for redirect to http version if you want that.

Code: 
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
 
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oblivion19 said:
The thing is I dont want to lose my SEO juice. All my links are built with the http version. I am concerned that using the https might messup the SEO.
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You will not lose juice by switching to https (all http links will be 301 redirected to https). In fact, Google prefers sites using https so it could lead to improved rankings.
 
seocrab said:
You will not lose juice by switching to https (all http links will be 301 redirected to https). In fact, Google prefers sites using https so it could lead to improved rankings.
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Thanks for this. Just talked to my host and they are willing to give my SSL for free. SO, I am gonna make the switch. Im still wondering how I got https in the first place since neither my domain provider or my hosting provider had given that.
 
oblivion19 said:
Thanks for this. Just talked to my host and they are willing to give my SSL for free. SO, I am gonna make the switch. Im still wondering how I got https in the first place since neither my domain provider or my hosting provider had given that.
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do you use cloudflare ?
 
it normall these days .

https is the norm know.

this is since all browsers see http as a risk and mention it to the traffic .

http not really worth anythink these days.


most good hosts will activate https for you , as http not used these days being honest.

if your all wondering what this code

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

it part of apache mod_rewrite .

let you add commands to a .htacces to do specefic jobs from the apache server.
 
I won't recommend switching from https to http. It will hurt your seo. Google officially prefers https now.

If you do, all the http will automatically be redirecting to https. You can build fresh links using the https. Just set "Prefer domain" in google webmasters and you're good to go.
 
oblivion19 said:
Thanks for this. Just talked to my host and they are willing to give my SSL for free. SO, I am gonna make the switch. Im still wondering how I got https in the first place since neither my domain provider or my hosting provider had given that.
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Nice! Sounds like you have a good host.

It's possible you have a self-signed certificate that automatically generated in cpanel or something. Doesn't matter now - migrate everything to https and make sure you also change your site to https in Google Analytics and Search Console too.
 
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