Will my site lost backlinks after switch to https?

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Hi guys,




I want to switch my sites to https, and set up 301 redirect.
Will my site lost backlinks?
Will my site keywords rank drop?

Thanks in advance!
#search engine optimization #backlinks #https #lost #site #switch
  • Switch to https only if your site uses shopping cart or some sort of payment processor
    other than that, don't even bother and risk to face some unknown outcome.



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    • Today, I just read one post from SEJ that Google is going to block Mixed content. Do you still say, we can leave ssl pages as it is? Thanks in advance.
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    • Superbad advice. Https is a ranking factor for all sites.
  • It does not not mater you have a shopping cart not
    You will loose the traffic if you do not switch to https. Customers will be out from your website when they see the warnings from chrome or Fire Fox.
    Switch from http to https is vary simple, all backlinks from http will be transfered to https.
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    • One question
      Have you ever hurt anything about "GOOGLE"?

      I don't believe you have or you would know that it created that http and https mess
      but soon enough started to realize that it's stupid to base64 technical data, research documents, images and so on and then clarified where https should be used.

      Directory in my signature uses http and guess what... no problems what-soeever.



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  • Need advice about backlinks.


    Thanks
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    • You might see a little drop in rankings at first (but they'll bounce back). You won't lose backlinks if your redirects are set up correctly.

      In the long run you'll benefit from making the switch to https.
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  • Ignore this. You absolutely should switch.Chrome and Firefox, the two most used browsers on the planet, will often throw up warnings for pages not using HTTPS.

    Most people do not understand that unless they are providing financial or other private information to the site, not having HTTPS is not really a big deal. They will just see the "security" warning and many will leave before visiting the site.

    As for losing traffic or backlinks, you won't lose a thing if you do the migration correctly.
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    • Ignore? Really?
      The keyword is "often"... meaning https site's format can be ignored and that is why more
      than 90% of plain Jane sites don't use https. Why are you pushing uselessness?

      Why don't you go to our directory using Chrome or FF to see if any warnings popping up?
      What would be the point for some research paper or mams and paps or favorite pet personal
      sites etc., which have nothing to secure to use https?

      Granted some sites have to use security options to protect some information that treated
      as commodity but they are exemptions and not a rule made and arbitrarily imposed by
      Chrome and Firefox whereas https option should be used on voluntary bases.



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  • If your website is a reputable ecommerce site you should switch to https to increase trust from customers. If not, you should not switch to https.

    But one thing is for sure you will lose backlink when switching from http to https. To fix this, in addition to 301 redirects, you should use Ahref to scan all the baclinks of the page and fix them to https.

    This takes a lot of time but if persevered within a few months, your rankings will gradually stabilize and may increase rankings than before.

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    • What takes a lot of time (a few months)?

      Use Ahref to scan all the baclinks of the page and fix them to https, it takes a lot of time?

      Or I just wait for my rankings to gradually stabillze, nothing to do, it takes a lot of time?

      Thank you!
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      â†' The above is to be ignored.



      You are not switching to https for Google or for anyone else but your visitors. It is for their security.



      Depending on your webhost your pages could be redirecting to https pages automatically.



      If not, look how to do it yourself using the .htaccess file.




      https://www.johnpatel.com/redirect-http-to-https/

      Remember, links to images with "http" need to be changed to "https" for the webpages they are on.





      Good luck.
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  • Most people will get out from your website right away when they see the warning from Firefox or chrome. if you like the high bounce rate, you may stay with non-secure http.
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  • I don't give two shits about YOUR site or YOUR situation. You are free to do what you want.

    I also fully understand what SSL certificates really were only important for sites collecting financial and personal data.

    The fact is that Chrome, Firefox, and Safari will all throw up warnings to visitors on pages that are not using HTTPS. It doesn't matter if having an SSL certificate makes sense for that page or not. Those warnings are likely to only become more intrusive in the future.

    My point was that advising other people to not make the switch is just plain horrible advice. Switching is easy. It can be free. Not using HTTPS means a site is potentially losing visitors, and in most cases they will never know how many people bounce from their site because their analytics script will never even have a chance to fire.
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    • You're entitled to your opinion but not to right to scare people and to make them
      to believe that they are going to be doomed into oblivion if they won't use https.

      The truth is, browsers designed to worn about certificate risk only if people are
      going to try using payments gateways but because certificate cannot be applied
      to single page, it have to be installed in site's root.

      If you really give a two shits about anything, you should make people to
      comprehend the reality as you partially have tried in your post

      And that, if you have noticed, is my point too



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  • Your website may still lose few backlinks even if you use 301.
    You may see a temporary drop in organic rankings as well.
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    • This is exactly what I am worried about, but I don't know what kind of backlinks be lost.


      Thank you.
    • That is a lie. You will not lose a few backlinks.
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    • We have moved more than 50 sites last year. Didn't felt a thing.
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  • If you implement redirects in proper way, you won't lose any rank and backlinks.
  • I am not an expert in this area but I don't see why you should lose anything. But it is important that the switching be done by an expert. This way you will be sure that you will not lose anything.
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  • Per experience, NO (to all of your questions). Even after switching to https, your old http automatically redirects to your https.
  • No, you don't lose anything but make all 301 redirect places correctly. After all, redirection submits your website again in the webmaster tool.
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  • It has been 10 days since switching to https, Google hasn't re-indexed my site.
    How long must I wait?

    To be precise, a few pages were indexed on the third day, and then a few days later, those https were de-indexed, and now my website is all http.

    My site is tiny site, only 10 pages

    Thanks
  • You won't lose anything as long as you map out your redirects and do it properly.
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