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Does SSL help websites rank better in Google?

by mileagedriver
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After reading an article about SSL and its impact on google positioning, I installed a SSL for a domain which was ranking on 3rd page and I lost position (after installing SSL). Can anyone suggest what might be the issue and how I can overcome it?
#google #helps #rank #ssl #website
  • Profile picture of the author expmrb
    How much time has passed after you observed that your rankings has fell?
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    • Profile picture of the author mileagedriver
      Sorry for the delay in replying back, Its been 3 weeks...
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  • Profile picture of the author dsimms
    Whenever you make a change to your domain, urls, post, etc, then google will re-evaluate your change, then re-rank accordingly....
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  • Profile picture of the author jsam757
    SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer, a standard encryption technology used to transfer data from a user's browser to the web server.
    yes it will help in seo optimisation.
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  • Profile picture of the author jamie3000
    It won't hurt your SEO, it will improve it for certain queries but not many
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  • Profile picture of the author sn1b
    The answer is simple: your website was previously http://yoursite.com
    and now the URL is https://yoursite.com

    It is not the same website any longer!

    You should use google webmaster tools & co to add this new URL so that Google will be aware of it faster. All your links will need to be reindexed.

    Also check that you don't have any mixed-content and that your use a clean 301 redirection from http to https.

    Not a big deal, just let web search engines know about it, submit your sitemap with the new URLs and it should be solved in a couple of day.

    And yes, it's a ranking factor: https is a secure connection between your visitors and your web server. It's appreciated as a proof of security and Google will rank higher https websites.

    Hope it helps
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    • Profile picture of the author mileagedriver
      // Also check that you don't have any mixed-content and that your use a clean 301 redirection from http to https. //

      If my understanding is right, the above line states that - I need to alter my .htaccess from http to https ? right!
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      • Profile picture of the author sn1b
        well all http requests should be forwarded to https

        depending on your site setup and you hosting, adding this to your .httaccess shall work:

        RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
        RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
        You have to insert it just after the statement "RewriteEngine On"

        To test, when you type your website address with http:// you should automatically be redirected to https and the green lock should be shown just before the address in the URL bar of your web browser.
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        • Profile picture of the author mileagedriver
          This is what I have now, the host did for me... is this right? Please let me know and thanks a lot for all your help.

          <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
          RewriteEngine On
          RewriteBase /
          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
          RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]
          </IfModule>
          # BEGIN WordPress
          <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
          RewriteEngine On
          RewriteBase /
          RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
          RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
          </IfModule>

          # END WordPress


          RewriteEngine On
          RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^arpapercupmachine.com [NC]
          RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
          RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.arpapercupmachine.com/$1 [R,L]
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          • Profile picture of the author sn1b
            Seems to work fine on your website but just as an input, you don't need to repeart twice the same directives and should put everything toghether.

            It should look like

            # BEGIN WordPress
            <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
            RewriteEngine On
            RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
            RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
            RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
            RewriteBase /
            RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
            RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
            </IfModule>
            # END WordPress
            Or in the example you quoted:

            # BEGIN WordPress
            <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
            RewriteEngine On
            RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^arpapercupmachine.com [NC]
            RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
            RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.arpapercupmachine.com/$1 [R,L]
            RewriteBase /
            RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
            RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
            </IfModule>
            # END WordPress
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  • Profile picture of the author spartan14
    Well i think it will help a little but dont expect at amazing results
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  • Profile picture of the author Maple Labs
    don't think so.!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author BreezeHost
    Yes, SSL helps to rank your website better in Google. Websites with HTTPS SSL security installation only have the benefit of a "very lightweight signal" within the overall ranking algorithm, carrying less weight than other signals such as high-quality content. Therefore SSL shows positive results, based on the initial tests in terms of keyword relevance & high website ranking. It also verifies that the website is on the server.
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  • Profile picture of the author richardZ
    Installing of SSL is not the reason to lost ranking in the search engine. Google will take http and https website as two different site. That's why people are redirect all urls of http website to https using 301 redirect for taking benefits of http website like ranking, back links etc.

    Google will take some time to crawl new urls. So don't do anything just wait for a week and also build new links from https domain.
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