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    • rexjoec
      rexjoec last edited by

      You are able to view our website as either http and https on all pages.

      For example: You can type "http://mywebsite.com/index.html" and the site will remain as http: as you navigate the site. You can also type "https://mywebsite.com/index.html" and the site will remain as https: as you navigate the site.

      My question is....if you can view the entire site using either http or https, is this being seen as duplicate content/pages?

      Does the same hold true with "www.mywebsite.com" and "mywebsite.com"?

      Thanks!

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      • Chris.Menke
        Chris.Menke last edited by

        Rexjoec,

        It is considered duplicate content and the same holds true for www and non-www.  You can 301 forward the non-www to www and use rel=canonical to avoid the duplicate content issue with between http and https.

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        • Kara.Wallace
          Kara.Wallace Subscriber last edited by

          Yes. That is considered duplicate content. You common URLs you should check for include:

          • http://domain.com
          • https://domain.com
          • http://www.domain.com
          • https://www.domain.com
          • http://domain.com/index.(extension)
          • https://domain.com/index.(extension)
          • http://www.domain.com/index.(extension)
          • https://www.domain.com/index.(extension)
          • http://domain.com/default.(extension)
          • https://domain.com/default.(extension)
          • http://www.domain.com/default.(extension)
          • https://www.domain.com/default.(extension)

          I might have missed a few more, but those are the ones I usually look for.

          You can review this Google Webmaster Tools article on how to fix duplicate content issues by using 301 redirects, selecting a preferred domain in GWT, using the canonical tag, and more.

          Typically, not in all cases, you have an http and https issue because you have a secure page on your website that uses relative links instead of absolute. So when you go from http to signin on an https, from that page all links point to https page versions instead of the http which the visitor came in on.

          Hope this helps.

          Mike

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          • whiteboardanimator
            whiteboardanimator last edited by

            If you have everything set up correctly, your users should be re-directed to the https anyway, if you have the SSL certificates and your site is set up properly.

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