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moving my domain from http to https will effect my ranking?

by EitanBaider
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will it? and how to do it without hurting the website?
thats my website: http://www.elorift.com/

and thats with https https://www.elorift.com/
what i need to do now?
#domain #effect #http #https #moving #ranking
  • Profile picture of the author hardnova
    you simply redirect to the https version. your ranking will actually improve.

    -h
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    • Profile picture of the author EitanBaider
      Originally Posted by hardnova View Post

      you simply redirect to the https version. your ranking will actually improve.

      -h
      do you recommend using https to all websites?

      thanks for the answer.
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      • Profile picture of the author patco
        Originally Posted by EitanBaider View Post

        do you recommend using https to all websites?

        thanks for the answer.
        Yes. Of course! It would be much better doing it... Also don't forget that when people see the green icon in the URL bar, they are more likely to stay on your page because they know it's more secure!
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  • Profile picture of the author windrider07
    your ranking won't improve that much. adding security to your site will boost your site up. google likes trustworthy sites. It adds bonus points to your trust quality metric in google's algorithm.

    do a 301 canonical on your http domains immediately after you add the security.
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    • Profile picture of the author EitanBaider
      Originally Posted by windrider07 View Post

      your ranking won't improve that much. adding security to your site will boost your site up. google likes trustworthy sites. It adds bonus points to your trust quality metric in google's algorithm.

      do a 301 canonical on your http domains immediately after you add the security.
      i know whats 301 but whats 301 canonical?
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  • Profile picture of the author sagabizsolutions
    Moving your website from HTTP to HTTPS is very similar to migrate your web site to a new URL structure, or even moving to a new domain. Past experience has told us that there are so many things that can go wrong if things are not implemented correctly
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  • Profile picture of the author alvinchua91
    Just 301, it won't affect your rankings much.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikhailblaze
    Of course it will affect your ranking - on a positive manner.

    Basically, HTTPS is a secure domain, unlike HTTP. Google likes secure websites which are well-taken care of. It's actually recommended to switch all of your domains to the secure one, though I'd call up an expert on the matter to do the job for me if I were you. Why? Well, you'll probably encounter a host of issues if it's not implemented correctly.
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  • Profile picture of the author chrisjohn93
    Domain with https is secure websites and Google loves secure website. You simple 301 redirect your website and your ranking will be increase.
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  • Profile picture of the author wingersolutions
    I think there is no issue in changing the Url. There is no change on the ranking of the site. so you change your url.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Last year Google announced that https was going to be included as 1 of the over 200 ranking factors they use. However, every test, case study, or experiment I have seen someone try in testing this has shown no rank improvement.

    It might be a ranking factor, but everything points to it being a negligible one.
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