Domain Singularity for HTTPS and SSL
The site name is expected by Google to return 200 for only one ssl status. Normally, there are four alternatives as below;
| Alternatives | Statuses |
|---|---|
| http://your-domain-name.com | HTTP 1.1 301 Moved Permanently |
| http://www.your-domain-name.com | HTTP 1.1 301 Moved Permanently |
| https://your-domain-name.com | HTTP/1.1 200 OK |
| https://www.your-domain-name.com | HTTP 1.1 301 Moved Permanently |
We provide the http status codes next to the alternative domain name preferences above.
Google doesn't like and doesn't prefers you to use domains starting with http:// . It doesn't matter if you use www or only your main domain name for your visitors, if it start with http:// that means you start doing SEO with a really wrong way. What Google likes is actually one of the alternatives that starts with https:// . You can use your domain name with www. subdomain prefix or directly and only with the main domain name. The important part here is that you allow your visitors coming your web site by using https:// and the status for 200 only for one of the alternatives, either www. or directly main domain name.
How to Handle?
There are different files for different server types to allow the visitors in only one way visit.
We give you an .htaccess file inner example for a structure as below;
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://your-domain-name.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.your-domain-name.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://your-domain-name.com/$1 [L,R=301]
After you replace exact domain name to the "your-domain-name" parts then this file will make your visitors come to your web site only with https and without www subdomain name. (We prefer)
The Reason That Non www Option Preference
Which is we prefer since this is shorter for visitors type than the www subdomain option, the other reason is that www is a subdomain and that means you limit your domain into a subdomain
If you wish to present your domain with www (this is also allowed for https option) then in this case your code look like as this;
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.your-domain-name.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^your-domain-name.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.your-domain-name.com/$1 [L,R=301]
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