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It does makes sense. Thank you for taking the time to reply, Dmitrii. Much appreciated.

Thank you so much for the reply, Gaston. Much appreciated. At this point, I'm more concerned about the rankings than the ssl.  I didn't realize (obviously) about all the redirection that was required beyond just the main page, hence how I got myself into this situation. Never straightforward it seems. Thanks again.

I just noticed that my homepage was de-indexed by google.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thank you so much for the reply, Gaston. Much appreciated. At this point, I'm more concerned about the rankings than the ssl.  I didn't realize (obviously) about all the redirection that was required beyond just the main page, hence how I got myself into this situation. Never straightforward it seems. Thanks again.