Http to Https Backlink Value
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We updated our website from http to https and I wanted to know how backlinks were affected by this. The new site redirects all old http links to the https home page.
How does this affect more specific backlinks like http://www.mysite.com/about ? The old http://www.mysite.com/about is now being directed to https://www.mysite.com . Do I need to set up redirects to pass value to my new pages?
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The easiest way to do the https redirect correctly is to use htaccess
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4398951/force-ssl-https-using-htaccess-and-mod-rewrite
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Thank you for the response.
A few questions, do the old page links still have the ability to pass value as long as linking domain has authority? Why does that authority not get passed to my home page now with the auto redirects to https?
And is there a proper way to redirect to keep the link value, or does it not matter?
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Hey Nathan
A portion of this was actually a question earlier in the forum. You can see the question and answers here.
But please, do not redirect your entire old site to your new homepage URL alone. This doesn't provide any value.
Here is a great URL Mapping resource from Google. Make sure all your old URLs are going to where they should be going, not just blanketed to the homepage.
Let me know if you need anymore help or guidance. Good luck!
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