Sites wrongly indexing in Google (SSL certs)

I have a site that had an SSL certificate on it and was therefore https:// The problem is that I have removed the SSL certificate now so the site is now just http:// but Google still has it indexed as https:// meaning people searching my site click on the link and it is taken to a dead site.

Will this ever update? The strange thing is that Google has already recrawled my site and indexed new pages and updates on the site since removing the SSL certificate but is still showing the site as https://

Any ideas?

 

why don't you just renew your SSL and serve SSL version

 

The SSL was causing problems on the site and was also preventing some SEO work on the site as it was blocking directories from checking the site was valid. So is there any way to solve this problem without the SSL?

i.e. How do I get google to start showing http://mysite.com instead of httpS://mysite.com ?

 

I think all search engines have problem for indexing SSL website as its a secured protocol and maybe they don't index them to save security of those websites.

 

The https:// IS indexed - That's the problem! Because I have now taken the SSL security off of the site but Google is still only indexing the secure site and not the normal http:// which means it is a dead link.

So, to clarify:

My site was httpS://mysite.com with a SSL certificate. Google has indexed it as httpS://mysite.com

I have then REMOVED the SSL certificate so it is now just http://mysite.com (not secure)

But Google still only shows httpS://mysite.com and because I don't have a SSL certificate anymore it is a dead link.

Sooooo - How do i get Google to remove the httpS:// and reindex it as the new http:// without SSL?

 

Use .htaccess
http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/http-https-rewriterule-redirect.html

That'll solve both of your problems as the https pages will be 301 redirected to http pages. Google will automatically fix their indexes.
Also, use a sitemap.

 

check your .htaccess and robots.txt

 

Thanks for the replies. I am quite a novice on this sort of thing and don't really know what to do with those details as the website is on a website builder with Godaddy (website tonight).

If I just leave it as it is will Google eventually reindex the proper http:// site or will it always stay https://?

 

Will Google rectify this themselves eventually when seeing new backlinks added for just http://

 

Google will eventually pick up the updates that you've done for your website, however visitors WON'T. As what the others have mentioned, implement a 301 permanent redirection from https://domain.com to http://domain.com.

That way, people will be redirected to the non secure version of your website and they will still know that it is still there. You're wasting a lot of traffic and potential market for your website if you leave that and just wait for Google to eventually pick it up.