Our homepage url has been 301'd to the new https version - as our MD wanted us to have the secure protocol

[Catherine_Selectaglaze]

Hello Mozers

I'm just checking whether it is good practice to 301 the main homepage url to its https version.  Will this have any detrimental effect on ranking and DA?

[GastonRiera]

Hello Cathy,

There is no harm in doing a 301 redirection. In my opinion, is the correct thing to do.
You might see some variations in DA/PA and/or some variations in the rankings. That´s normal, remember that HTTPS web is a totally new website to google and to any crawler.

Take a look on these three articles. They might help you.

The Big List of SEO Tips and Tricks for Using HTTPS on Your Website - Moz Blog
The HTTP to HTTPs Migration Checklist in Google Docs to Share, Copy & Download - AleydaSolis
Google SEO HTTPS Migration Checklist - SERoundtable

Best luck!
GR

[Catherine_Selectaglaze]

Thank you very much - will read them!

Kind regards

Catherine

[Catherine_Selectaglaze]

Hello Gaston

I've just had another look at our crawl data.  In fact the redirect Moz has detected on our http: domain name is a 302.  Reading the first article you have sent me, it appears that this could be the cause as Google could be dividing our link juice between the https and http version our are root domain.  Given that this correlates with a reduction in rank, search visibility and DA on our site, should I be asking the designers to apply a 301 instead?

I hope you don't mind me asking directly!

Kind regards

Catherine

[GastonRiera]

Never mind, I´m to help

Yeap, if there is not too much trouble for your team, turn those 302 into 301.

Best luck!
GR

[Catherine_Selectaglaze]

Thank you will do!

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