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How will canonicalizing an https page affect the SERP-ranked http version of that page?
"I have the option of choosing either www.example.com or example.com, but no option for https://www.example.com or https://example.com." Go in to the https & pick the same format use what ever your site retain the www. if you had it drop it if you did not. "I have Search Console verified for both HTTP and https pages" On the Search Console Home page, click the site you want. Click the gear icon, and then click Site Settings. In the Preferred domain section, select the option you want. Nice! So you have 4 URLs? pick the same format as you had but from # 3 or 4 below. HTTP:// HTTP://www. HTTPS:// if you did NOT have www use this HTTPS://www. if you had www use this ** The to do list. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332964** https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XB26X_wFoBBlQEqecj7HB79hQ7DTLIPo97SS5irwsK8/edit?usp=sharing **Next, ** Make certain that you force https:// on your hosting environment or WAF/CDN **Check it using a **Redirect mapper https://varvy.com/tools/redirects/ If you get lost and need to fix something https://online.marketing/guide/https/ https://www.deepcrawl.com/blog/news/2017-seo-tips-move-to-https/ Add HSTS once everything is definitely working. Make sure everything is working correctly before Google crawls it use https://www.deepcrawl.com or https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/ all the best, Tom
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