Canonical link tag for https - any disadvantages for SEO?

[DeptAgency]

Hi Mozzers,

We have a website that has both http as well as https indexed. I proposed the solution of implementing a canonical link tag on all pages (including the login/secure ones).

Any disadvantages I could expect?

Thanks!

[anthonydnelson]

You most definitely can canonicalize the https pages to their respective http pages. I have done this on websites and had great results in keeping one version of the site in the index.

As always, make sure your sitemaps accurately reflect your canonical URLs.

[DeptAgency]

Thank you Anthony