Secure HTTP Change - No Links in WMT
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Website was changed over to secure HTTP about twp months ago. Just looked in Google Webmaster Tools and it only shows about 8 inbound links. We did a permanent 301 redirect for all URLs. There are over 800 links according to Open Site Explorer.
Is it just that they are showing only the HTTPS inbound links? Should I add the HTTPS version in WMT?
Thanks for any assistance
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Did you validate both the www & the non-www version?
It could take some time before the links are taking into account. Apart from that, GWT is not exactly best in class to show the links to your site. This the reason why Open site explorer, Ahref,...etc exist.
Dirk
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I added those additional URLs and WMT still shows only a handful of links.
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Hi Kevin,
You will have to validate the https version as well - some background info: http://searchengineland.com/google-webmaster-tools-index-status-showing-data-https-protocol-187992 quote: "In order to see your data correctly, you will need to verify all existing variants of your site (www., non-www., HTTPS, subdirectories, subdomains) in Google Webmaster Tools"
rgds,
Dirk
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