302 Redirect from HTTP to HTTPS

[JamesDixon70]

Hi Guys

One of our client's website is having 586 linking unique domains to http://www.XYZ.com.au (to home page only).

They have migrated their site to https://www.XYZ.com.au so all of their site pages are on HTTPS now instead of HTTP.

The HTTP version of the home page is 302 redirected to HTTPS therefore we think they are not getting all the link juice of 586 linking domains and would like to recommend to change their 302 to 301.

However we have not seen any ranking drop due to this migration and redirect in place. The new HTTPS site/redirect is live from last 2 months now.

So not sure its worth recommending 301 or not?

Does this mean Google is picking up this 302 redirect as normal and attributing all link value to HTTPS version?

Please can anyone share their thoughts on recent Google interpretation of 302 from HTTP to HTTPS?

Thanks

[corwin]

I don't think it matters where the 302 is coming from, 302 means a ranking drop. The fact that you saw no effect probably means there were other changes to offset it, or that it just take Google longer to respond to it.

Regardless, I wouldn't leave a site with 302 on a ranking pages, it's just asking for trouble.

I hope this helps.