Why is Bing indexing https links instead of http?

Discussion in 'Bing' started by braxcugs, Jan 16, 2015.

  1. #1
    In the last months BING shows, using some research words, my website with https instead of HTTP. I have never used https or linked with it. The funny thing is that it gives this problem only with some search words and not with others.

    The website is http://www.totalprint.info/

    Link example that gives the right website: www.totalprint.info
    http://www.bing.com/search?q=etichette+adesive+ribbon+termico&qs=HS&sk=HS1&pq=etichette+&sc=8-10&sp=2&cvid=e2dfea1d651b40e88614b04ce366cf72&FORM=QBLH

    Link example that gives the wrong website with https protocol
    http://www.bing.com/search?q=ribbon+termico+online&qs=HS&sk=HS1&pq=ribbon+termico&sc=5-14&sp=2&cvid=075c8945d3e345d38b8dc557152d84b2&FORM=QBRE
    As known, the https prevents the site from loading properly and displays a nasty "There is a problem with this website’s security certificate" sign.

    I've contacted BING Support and they confirmed the problem. They asked me to try using the "Site Move Tools" in the Webmaster Tools. I tried but the problem remains.

    Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
     
    braxcugs, Jan 16, 2015 IP
  2. steveb

    steveb Well-Known Member

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    My guess is that they are giving some weight to HTTPS urls. Sort of like what Google did.
     
    steveb, Feb 17, 2015 IP
  3. KylieSweet

    KylieSweet Well-Known Member

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    When it comes to indexing search engines like Google and Bing are not giving weight to these kind of URLs.
     
    KylieSweet, Feb 17, 2015 IP
  4. braxcugs

    braxcugs Peon

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    Thanks for your answers.
    The problem could have been caused by a wrong external link in which I typed https instead of http. I fixed it some time ago and after some 20 days the problem with Bing seems to have been fixed. At least I hope so. :)
     
    braxcugs, Feb 18, 2015 IP