301 Redirect and Canonical URL Problem!
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Hi there. I'm working on a client site which has over 3,000 pages indexed on Google.
Recently this site went through a major redesign and architectural fix. The URL structure changed and so did the layout and design of the site.
What we did is we performed a 301 redirect of the old URLs (indexed on Google) towards to the new URLs (just launched) so that we can preserve our Google rankings for those landing pages.
The problem though, is that the site was created in Magento (all pages have an https and http version). The old URLs are in "https". Originally we 301 redirected the https to "http" landing pages....but Magento still shows the default "https" version even after the 301 redirection.
The solution I endorsed to the client is to implement URL canonicalization on the https pages, so that the preferred URL is "http".
I'm not sure if this will solve the problem though! I know it will solve the duplicate content issue, but I'm not sure if my SEO rankings will suffer.
The new site just launched yesterday.
Looking for an SEO expert to answer this query. Thanks!
Recently this site went through a major redesign and architectural fix. The URL structure changed and so did the layout and design of the site.
What we did is we performed a 301 redirect of the old URLs (indexed on Google) towards to the new URLs (just launched) so that we can preserve our Google rankings for those landing pages.
The problem though, is that the site was created in Magento (all pages have an https and http version). The old URLs are in "https". Originally we 301 redirected the https to "http" landing pages....but Magento still shows the default "https" version even after the 301 redirection.
The solution I endorsed to the client is to implement URL canonicalization on the https pages, so that the preferred URL is "http".
I'm not sure if this will solve the problem though! I know it will solve the duplicate content issue, but I'm not sure if my SEO rankings will suffer.
The new site just launched yesterday.
Looking for an SEO expert to answer this query. Thanks!
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