HTTPS - implementation question

[McTaggart]

Hello,

I am looking at a site on which they haven't 301'd http to https, so each URL is there whether you have http or https at the beginning.

Why would a site owner not 301 to https? Is there any logical reason not to use 301?

This particular website is simply using a canonical tag to point to the https version of each URL.

[Alick300]

Hi Luke,

No there is no logical reason to not use 301 redirect and even I would say it is a terrible mistake that will affect site very badly.

In fact if we don't use 301 redirect site will loose ranking /traffice/ link juice.

Hope this helps!!

Thanks