google webmaster tools says 15k pages indexed, google search says 4k ??? In my webmaster tools I'm told that of 17k pages submitted via sitemap, 15k are indexed in google. However if i test that by doing a manual search in google I find that only 4k pages are indexed. What could account for such a large discrepancy? Any and all advice very much appreciated. I've also just noticed that the https version of the homepage is showing up in google rather than the http... As this may have something to do with the issue, what can help with this? (Doubt this is the right forum for htat question so I'll poost a proper thread in the proper forum)
In cases where https is not what you want, you should redirect those requests to http instead. Some for www vs non-www