I just bought a SSL Key, do I need to redirect all my links?

[Gab-SEO]

I just bought a SSL Key, do I need to redirect all my links?

Example http://mysite.com redirect 301 to https://mysite.com

Otherwise, I will lose all my ranking I guess?

[MrWhippy]

Yes you will, you can just add a redirect in your .htaccess if your on Apache hosting.

https://serverguy.com/servers/redirect-http-to-https/

shows how to do it if you are not sure.

its also good practice as anyone following external links will get 404 error unless you redirect.

[Gab-SEO]

Thanks!

[MrWhippy]

no problem