Sunday, November 13, 2016

How To Choose Between HTTPS & WWW Versions Of The Website In Google Search Console

 

In episode 104 of our weekly Hump Day Hangouts, one viewer asked about how to properly set the website version in Google Search Console.

The exact question was:

Hi. I have always used the www version of websites. The http and non-w versions direct to the www at the hosting service. Now, for my new site (which is an affiliate site – no secure ecommerce or customer info needed) I chose https and the SSL certificate to be activated but still used the www.

The first pages on my site were fine, all used the www version. Now the last 3 pages have Both the www and https versions indexed. I am not sure how to stop this from happening, where there is any option to direct the https to the www or which I should even use. I have not seen any place with the host or Google Search Console how to choose one or the other. I don’t fully understand the how-to of https or if it will benefit me to use. Not sure which to choose or how to delete and stop the duplicates. Suggestions? Happy 104th.

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