Http and Https Update

[DigitalJungle]

Guys,

I was just wondering what is the current up-to-date resolution for HTTP and HTTPS,

One of my client needs SSL for transaction,and they only need single page to be encrypted(SSLed) ,

So should I Force SSL that page only and direct entire HTTPS pages to HTTP to avoid duplicate page issue, or would it considered cloaking.

It is been long time i did something similar, Or current Search Engines algo can handle it by themselves and i should just leave it .

Thanks!

[DigitalJungle]

Anyone?

[Cyrus-Shepard]

Hi Matthew,

You definitely want your pages to resolve to one version or another, either http or https. Don't leave it for the search engines to sort it out.

For instance, take a look at Paypal, which redirects every single URL to https.

Google and all major search crawlers can now handle https with ease, but if you place your content on 2 different URLs, this can count as dupe content.

If the https pages actually redirect (via 301) to http, there is no issue of cloaking.

Does that help?