Changing to HTTPS and Webmaster Tools

[Insppaint]

I have recently added an SSL certificate to my site robt.info to make a nice and secure bitcoin e-commerce store to sell children's books in.

My question is, even after 301 redirecting everything from http://robt.info to https://robt.info, changing canonicals and all that... do I need to submit the HTTPS version as a new site to Webmaster tools?

OR, can I just leave the HTTP version in there as the only site for the HTTPS??

I guess what I am asking is... does google know that the HTTPS version is now the one true version with out me adding another site in Webmaster tools????

thanks in advance. rob

[Martijn_Scheijbeler]

Hi Rob,

I would always recommend to also add the HTTPS version to Google Webmaster Tools. I even go as far nowadays to both register the www and non www version of the domain name in Google Webmaster Tools. Mostly I want to be absolutely sure that I see all the data on our own project or for clients.

[Insppaint]

Thanks Martijn... noticable benefits as a result of doing so

[bcglf]

What is the best way to handle the sitemap for this situation? Do we need separate sitemaps for http and https?