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thanks. disappointing, but what can ya do.
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.
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.
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.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.
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.
Agreed, Google WM Console is a handy resource but not one I would use to monitor traffic, it generally always 3 days behind on real numbers, and even then things tend to change in there over time. And as MRA says all the traffic that hits the old URLs gets thrown direct to the https and usually in miliseconds so the user wouldn’t notice. The 301 retains any SEO and page info, and the https is now known as a ranking factor with google, (although its weight is not known) so in the long run, or even in the shorter run it can only improve your onsite SEO.
