will http// links still work to https// prefix if site installs SSL cert?

shags38 · Dec 15, 2011

Hi,

I have a site that has just under 700,000 page links to it (about 600 sites linking - NOT PAID LINKS).

The site is now set up as eCommerce and has an SSL certificate which has not yet been activated. If I activate it so that the pages on the site become https// prefixed will all my current links, including deep links, still work??

You can see my concern if I lost all those links which have taken a long time and a lot of effort to build up

cheers in advance for the advice,
Mike

south · Dec 15, 2011

Good question. My guess would be no *IF* all the links truly changed to https, but it would depend on how specific the search engines actually insert the data into their databases. I'm thinking you should do a rewrite to point all http to https if that is truly the case. However, why would the links all change? The http links should still work. https is a function of your server, not so much about installing a certificate.

Davis.Joseph · Nov 7, 2012

If you redirect you all entire website from http to https then it's not a matter to worry because Google will pass Page rank from all backlinks to redirected url. so go ahead and buy your ssl certificate.