Will forcing SSL via htaccess effect my SEO?

[Joe Link]

I'm about ready to make the switch from http to https. I'm concerned it will have a negative impact on my SEO, since the address will be changing to https. I plan on using this tutorial to implement this. If it will have an effect, how can I minimize the impact?

 

[thedude]

Make sure you have your 301 redirects in place and you'll be fine.

Any SEO hit will be minimal and temporary as Google reindexes your site.

 

[Joe Link]

Thanks, that's what I was hoping

 

[Joe Link]

Hmm, another question.

Please note: Above step allows you to configure SSL, but if a visitor enters a XenForo page through non-HTTPS (Our mean “old” URLs), this visitor is not automatically redirected.

Does this mean all of our existing links and user bookmarks will not re-direct someone to the HTTPS version? Only people who enter the site through either a search engine, or the main URL?

Either that statement is incorrect, or I'm not understanding it. If I create a link to http://xenforo.com/community/ it automatically re-directs to https://, which is my goal.

 

[rainmotorsports]

As long as the redirect is in place all http links will go to https. If its done properly it will work if not you will know rather quickly. I did mine in NGINX so its not the same but its the same idea.

 

[thedude]

I didn't open the tutorial you linked to but a correct 301 in your htaccess (apache) or .conf (nginx) will redirect non https to https

 

[Joe Link]

Great, that's what I thought.

 

[Xon]

Google has indicated that having http over https will impact SEO at some stage.