Question about SEO and HTTPS

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by AHN-Jay, Jul 4, 2009.

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    I have a small question about SEO and HTTPS.

    I am planning to redirect all web traffic from HTTP to HTTPS for better security and user-end experience. I am just wondering, would this affect my SEO at all?

    Thanks for the help!
     
    AHN-Jay, Jul 4, 2009 IP
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    From what i saw posted in googles own help forums about 6 months back.

    * Google doesn't seem to mind, and the usual redirection/site migration rules apply;
    * Yahoo is very hit-and-miss, and you cannot rely on Yahoo properly indexing your HTTPS site;
    * MSN/Live/ will not index HTTPS whatsoever.

    Another thing to keep in mind is that HTTPS creates a higher server load (on your side), so you may want to make sure that you have enough resources to handle search engine and user traffic on your server.
     
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    Thanks for the reply.

    I will talk to my partner once he comes online and we will decide if we should redirect traffic.
     
    AHN-Jay, Jul 4, 2009 IP