Serving The Whole Site Over HTTPS

[BeachLife]

I am about to move an entire site so that it is served securely, but want to make sure I'm not affecting any current links to the site.

Previously I have used a Response.Redirect (the site is in ASP.NET) if a page is attempt to be loaded over http rather than https, but as there are many current links to the site, I wonder if I should in fact be returning a 301 to the secure page via Response.Status instead?

Or does Google simply ignore http vs https when looking at links?

 

[dazc]

Or does Google simply ignore http vs https when looking at links?

The https is technically a different site so you should do a proper redirect.

Also ensure all your internal links and assets (images, etc) are https - this avoids any confusion and mixed content warnings.

Register both sites on webmaster tools (or google search console as it's now called)

 

[BeachLife]

The https is technically a different site so you should do a proper redirect.

Thanks, 301 it is. Since posting I found this

Under "Best Practices";

Redirect your users and search engines to the HTTPS page or resource with server-side 301 HTTP redirects.