General SSL Questions After Move
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Hello,
We have moved our site to https, Google Analytics seems to be tracking correctly. However, I have seen some conflicting information, should I create a new view in analytics?
Additionally, should I also create a new https property in Google search console and set it as the preferred domain? If so, should I keep the old sitemap for my http property while updating the sitemap to https only for the https property?
Thirdly, should I create a new property as well as new sitemaps in Bing webmaster?
Finally, after doing a crawl on our http domain which has a 301 to https, the crawl stopped after the redirect, is this a result of using a free crawling tool or will bots not be able to crawl my site after this redirect?
Thanks for all the help in advance, I know there are a lot of questions here.
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No.
Just keep an eye on it. If you continue to see impressions and clicks, scan your site again just to make sure all content has been converted and there aren't any lingering files hardcoded with http. You server-side redirect will take care of it. The only possible downside is the unnecessary redirect which slows rendering a bit. Not a show stopper.
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Thanks for the great responses, Donna and Trenton. I just had one follow up question - I am still seeing small amounts of search console data on my http property. While I have read that this is not uncommon, it is mildly concerning as I force https server-side. Should I be alarmed by this?
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Awesome, thank you for answering everything!
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Hi Tom3_15,
Should I create a new view in analytics? No. There's no need and you want to easily compare before and after.
Should I also create a new https property in Google search console and set it as the preferred domain? Yes
If so, should I keep the old sitemap for my http_ property while updating the sitemap to https only for the https property? _Keep the old sitemap for your http property. Add the new sitemap (with https URLs) to the new (https) property.
Thirdly, should I create a new property as well as new sitemaps in Bing webmaster? Yes
Finally, after doing a crawl on our http_ domain which has a 301 to https, the crawl stopped after the redirect, is this a result of using a free crawling tool or will bots not be able to crawl my site after this redirect? _I don't know why your crawl stopped after the redirect. I use screaming frog and it continues to crawl after the 301 so it might, as you suggest, be a function or shortcoming of the particular tool you're using. BOTs should be able to continue to crawl your site after the redirect. Google certainly can.
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