Http to https:Risky?
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I recently paid to have my site changed to https but at last minute did not publish it as I got nervous about it! I asked several experienced SEO people and they suggested that as my business is very small, I have a very small budget and it is 100% reliant on search engine hits, that I might take a 10 - 30% hit on ranking and it would take a long time to regain where I was. And that is the best case scenario if we do everything correctly. Apparently even with being very careful, it is easy to make errors which could have some unfortunate consequences.
Any opinions?? Is it worth it?
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You are going to definitely need HTTPS on your site browsers are already making websites that do not have https look insecure I would change over ASAP.
If you perform it correctly with the proper 301 redirects and update Google search console you will not suffer for more than a week max I have never seen ranking a drop personally out of over 20 sites but I have heard of some it is extremely unlikely that it will occur now.
A how to checklist** is at the top if you. follow that you will be okay.**
- http://www.aleydasolis.com/en/search-engine-optimization/http-https-migration-checklist-google-docs/
- http://www.aleydasolis.com/htaccess-redirects-generator/https-vs-http/
- https://www.semrush.com/blog/https-just-a-google-ranking-signal/
Everyone here is ready to help if you have any questions.
I hope this is of help all the best,
Tom
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Llanero,
It is going to be required. So you may want to implement it. If people are coming to your site but getting a browser security warning, you are gonna drop as well. At least going through the transition now will make sure your ready for the future.
I have done a few http: conversions and I have not identified and traffic drops.
Thanks,
Don
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Google identifies several reasons to switch to HTTPS in their website migration guide: There are other benefits, though, including the Google ranking boost.
Google even have their own guide, “Securing Your Website With HTTPS,” which I encourage everyone to read, along with this article. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6073543
In my case, I just simple made the redirection 301, then I added the property on search console the http and https version and set the https on search console as a main view
- Obviusly I submitted the new sitemap
But this guide will show you a detailed step by step to follow
http://searchengineland.com/http-https-seos-guide-securing-website-246940
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