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        We are redirecting http and non www versions of our website. Should all versions http (non www version and www version) and https (non www version) should just have 1 redirect to the https www version?

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        • Caffeine_Marketing
          Caffeine_Marketing Subscriber last edited by

          We are redirecting http and non www versions of our website. Should all versions http (non www version and www version) and https (non www version) should just have 1 redirect to the https www version?

          Thant way all forms of the website are pointing to one version?

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          • BlueprintMarketing
            BlueprintMarketing @Caffeine_Marketing last edited by

            I am happy I could be of help please let me know if there's anything else I can be of assistance with?

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            • BlueprintMarketing
              BlueprintMarketing @Caffeine_Marketing last edited by

              PS I will run a crawl to check

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              • BlueprintMarketing
                BlueprintMarketing @Caffeine_Marketing last edited by

                It is fine to 301 redirect to** "/"** you need to pick forward slash "/" or no forward slash.

                • SEE:
                • https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2010/04/to-slash-or-not-to-slash.html
                • https://www.seroundtable.com/google-trailing-slashes-url-24943.html

                You should force HTTPS

                • http://cardiff.co.uk 301's to http://www.cardiff.co.uk/
                • See: https://i.imgur.com/fg34sXR.png
                • You should add https
                • https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up
                • or
                • https://www.rapidtables.com/web/tools/redirect-generator.html

                Add a SSL cert I would just add cloudflare.com (if you want fast & easy also Free)

                • https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/204144518
                • https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200172286-Configuring-URL-forwarding-or-redirects-with-Cloudflare-Page-Rules

                When configuring Page Rules, the Always use HTTPS action is the simplest method to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS.  You can also use the Forwarding URL action with a 301 redirect if you need to redirect to another subdomain in addition to forcing HTTPS. For example, a Page Rule match for

                **_http://_cardiff.co.uk_/*_**
                

                with a _Forwarding URL _of

                **_https://www.cardiff.co.uk/$1_**
                

                https://www.cardiff.co.uk/

                ASP.NET

                or ASP.NET

                <%@ Language="VBScript" %>
                <%
                ' ASP permanent URL redirect - generated by www.rapidtables.com
                Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"
                Response.AddHeader "Location", "https://www.cardiff.co.uk/"
                Response.End
                %>

                Redirect entire domain from HTTP to HTTPS

                RewriteEngine On
                RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
                RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
                

                Redirect entire domain from non-www to www and HTTP to HTTPS

                RewriteEngine On
                RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
                RewriteRule ^ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
                RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
                RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
                RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
                

                Hope this helps,

                Tom

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                • Caffeine_Marketing
                  Caffeine_Marketing Subscriber last edited by

                  Thank you for the advice it is very useful.

                  In GWT we are also showing redirects on all pages from the non / page to the / page

                  ie cardiff.co.uk redirects to  cardiff.co.uk/

                  is this OK?

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                  • BlueprintMarketing
                    BlueprintMarketing last edited by

                    if you talking about the domain

                    you should 301 redirect each of the 3 of 4 different URLs to the one you want to be the primary domain that is using https

                    This is a great guide

                    https://ahrefs.com/blog/301-redirects/

                    You can always use CloudFlare as free & easy fix.

                    If you want to use HSTS preload or just HSTS

                    Test your 301 setup using

                    https://hstspreload.org/?domain=example.com

                    If you are using https://www.  as the primary

                    See you must force http to https and the HTTP://www

                    Must redirect to the https:// bare domain so that means two redirects.

                    Error: No redirect from HTTPhttp://example.com does not redirect to https://example.com.

                    Hope this helps,

                    Tom

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                    • Xiano
                      Xiano Subscriber last edited by

                      Ideally, yes.

                      However, it's not likely to have a massive impact if you do have a redirect chain first to www and then to https.

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