The client wanted to move the entire site at once, but being careful myself, I decided to move the website in parts. We were able to take small parts of the site and move it to . Then give yourself a month to examine the damage, if any. I wanted to see what impact would have on our redirects and referrals. It was the right choice in the end. Should I enable HSTS? Matt Cutts tweeted about enabling your HSTS stating that HSTS implies always using . If your website serves only , you're going to have a bad time. Advertising Continue reading below This can be a tricky situation for many businesses looking to make the transition. You often hear that HSTS can improve your site's performance, but in reality, if you're not just using , it can do you more harm than good. This also includes subdomains.
To checklist If you're still nervous about fax number list migrating to from , below is a brief overview of my personal checklist. I created this list around this very helpful guide written by Chris Palmer from the Google Chrome team. And don't forget to reference Google's site move support. 1. Obtain and install certificates Purchase a secure certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA) Or opt for the free certificate from Let's Encrypt Get the documents to the CA so they can give you a signed certificate Copy the certificates of all your servers 2. Enable on your servers Prepare your server for . illa offers good advice on configuration. Verify that you have correctly implemented . I use this tool.
Put a note in your Google calendar to remind you when your certificate will expire. Advertising Continue reading below 3. Make intra-site URLs relative . Modify the URLs in your style sheets, JavaScript and redirect rules. Make sure your internal links point to . 4. Redirect to Update ads to work with . Update the tools to work with . Update the schema to work with . Update social buttons for . Update old redirects for . Add the tag to all your pages. Exclude items from your file and sitemap (remove the rules from the file, except for the sitemap link). Check the new sitemap in Google Search Console. Create a new file for the sitemap. 6. Enable strict transport security and secure cookies Use SSL Check to recheck your site for insecure items. Check that redirects and old redirects are working. Use the Explore like Google tool to speed up the indexing process.