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    demoz
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    so all our WP adult sites are now https, forwarded via a permanant 301 redirect.

    when submitting sitemaps, do i submit for https:// sitename.com/sitemap.xml or do i submit for both https:// sitename.com/sitemap.xml AND http:// sitename.com/sitemap.xml? i don’t want google to penalize me.

    thanks!

    #2681 Reply

    Only submit canonical URLs. So only submit the HTTPS URLs.

    #2682 Reply
    demoz
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    thanks. disappointing, but what can ya do.

    #2683 Reply

    Why is less work disappointing?

    #2684 Reply
    demoz
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    because so far only the http versions are receiving any traffic. the first site we changed over has received a whopping 3 hits to the https version so far.

    #2685 Reply

    You have 301s set up, right? I am not understanding how you can even differentiate between the two.

    #2686 Reply
    EasyJames
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    I am with you on this one MRA very confused, once the 301’s are set up the http pages basically redirect to the https ones… and any traffic to the http jumps straight to the https…

    When you say 3 hits basschick are you referring to stats in google webmasters tools (which are neither directly accurate or realtime) or via google analytics?

    I could be misunderstanding your meaning demoz, but you will start to see traffic direct to the https one soon, obviously once google crawls, indexes ect the new sitemaps.

    #2687 Reply
    DOC
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    I’m with them on this one demoz. Once you register the https sitemap and you have a redirect on the rest going to the SSL version Google won’t have any problems switching over to the new option.
    There might be a dip in traffic for a day or two as the old url’s are filtered out of the SERPS and replaced (used to be a delay, not sure now) but it shouldn’t lead to any remarkable loss.

    #2688 Reply
    demoz
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    we do have a permanent 301 on each domain, but the google webmaster console is showing the http and https versions of the sites differently.

    #2689 Reply

    For starters, GWT is usually a bit behind in showing you data.

    But just set it and forget it. It make take Google a few weeks to really sort it out, but who really cares? You have a 301 configured, so the traffic all goes to the right place.

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