Http to https conversion - what were your experiences?

[CleverPhD]

Background:

Our devs have been talking about changing some of our websites so that all pages are https vs just those that are a part of our logins and shopping carts.

From what I have read things that need to be done as a part of this are

• make sure that https pages will allow caching
• setup new site in GWT
• put 301 redirects in place
• update all internal links, social profiles etc everywhere you can to https URLs
• can server handle the extra load so no impact on site speed

There is an old MCutts video that says essentially, "works for Pay Pal" and  "you can try it, but test it on a smaller site first"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeFo4ytOk8M

The comments below the video are all stories about loss in rank and traffic with some coming back.  Not sure if these folks did the move correctly, but still, you never know.

Question:

Have any of you done a technically "correct" move of an entire site from http to https using the suggestions above?  What was your experience? Any gotchas?  Just to be clear, I am not talking about setting up a site from scratch, but wanted to know impact on an established site.

Thx

[CommT]

Hello,

I've done this. It had absolutely no impact on our listings. I did exactly what you are suggesting to do.

I'm not saying it'll have no impact for YOU because I don't know that, but it didn't impact me so is likely not to impact you too. If that makes sense!!!

All the best,

Amelia