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    • AhlerManagement
      AhlerManagement last edited by

      Issue: I recently discovered that my site was accessible by both HTTP and HTTPS. The site has used a rel canonical tag to point to the HTTP version. Google+ was pointing to HTTPS though. The title, description, and URL shown in the results for the homepage is HTTPS, other pages are HTTP, etc...

      Steps taken to Resolve: This week I did the following...

      1. 301'd all non-checkout pages to the HTTP version
      2. Switched Google+ URL to HTTP version and added new post with an HTTP link to the homepage.
      3. Used webmaster tools to recrawl and reindex the site
      4. Resubmitted XML Sitemap

      No luck... the site is still not updating... any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all!

      Site is Here

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      • LynnPatchett
        LynnPatchett last edited by

        Hi,

        It looks like you have done all the right things and that your 301s are working as expected. Sometimes google takes a little while to update the index. Have you seen more of your pages in the index move to the non https version in the last few days? If so, a little patience and the rest should move over also.

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        • AhlerManagement
          AhlerManagement last edited by

          It finally updated.

          The update ran parallel to Google's caching schedule and all the stuff I did in webmaster tools as well as linking/pinging/etc... didn't have any affect.

          Google's a just a fat donkey... you can crack the whip all day long but that ass ain't gonna move till it's ready to.

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