One of my Friend's website Domain Authority is Reducing? What could be the reason?
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Hello Guys,
One of my friend's website domain authority is decreasing since they have moved their domain from HTTP to https.
There is another problem that his blog is on subfolder with HTTP.
So, can you guys please tell me how to fix this issue and also it's losing some of the rankings like 2-5 positions down.Here is website URL: myfitfuel.in/
here is the blog URL: myfitfuel.in/mffblog/ -
http://www.redirect-checker.org/index.php
http://www.contentforest.com/seo-tools/redirect-checker
See http://i.imgur.com/mIqqCla.png
Redirecting all traffic to the www SSL domain
You can force all of your traffic to go to the
www
domain, and to use SSL, even if they did not request it initially.ensure www.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]ensure https
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]Redirecting all traffic to the bare SSL domain
With dedicated load balancers or who have purchased a slot on the UCC certificate on shared load balancers have the option of redirecting all traffic to the bare domain using the HTTPS protocol:
# Redirecting http://www.domain.com and https://www.domain.com to https://domain.com RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
Redirecting http://domain.com to https://domain.com
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]An example of how the requests work
The preceding examples of how and when you would use a rewrite are complex; here's a breakdown of the scenarios, which may help you determine what your website really needs.
A security warning will occur on a bare domain only if the request specifically includes the https protocol, like https://mysite.com, and there's no SSL certificate on the load balancer that covers the bare domain. A request for
http://mysite.com
using the http protocol, however, will not produce a security warning because a secure connection to the bare domain has not been requested.| Domain | DNS record type | IP/Hostname |
| www.mysite.com | CNAME | dc-2459-906772057.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com |
| mysite.com | A | 123.45.67.89 |For AWS ELB,
www.mysite.com
has a CNAME record that points to the hostname of the elastic load balancer (ELB), because that's where the SSL certificate is installed when it's uploaded using the self-service UI. But, bare domains/non-FQDNs like mysite.com can't have CNAME records without something like Route 53, so it must point to the elastic IP address of the balancer pair behind the ELB.If there's a redirect in the
.htaccess
file that will take all requests for the bare domain and redirect them towww
, due to how the DNS records are set up, this is what happens if you requesthttp://example.com
:- The request for
http://mysite.com
hits the load balancers behind the ELB. - The
.htaccess
rule 301 redirects request tohttps://www.mysite.com
. - A new request for
https://www.mysite.com
hits the ELB where the certificate lives and everything is happy, secure, and green.
But, if a specific request is sent to
https://mysite.com
with the https protocol, here's what happens:- A request for
https://mysite.com
hits the load balancers behind the ELB. - Your browser displays the normal security warning.
- You examine the certificate and decide to move ahead.
- The .
htaccess
rule 301 redirects request tohttps://www.mysite.com
. - A new request for
https://www.mysite.com
hits the ELB where the cert lives and everything is happy, secure, and green.
Redirecting all HTTP traffic to HTTPS
In the following example, the server variable
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO
is set tohttps
if you're accessing the website using HTTPS, the following code will work with yourRedirect HTTP to HTTPS
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]Redirecting all HTTPS traffic to HTTP
In addition, if visitors to a customer's website are receiving insecure content warnings due to Google indexing documents using the HTTPS protocol, traffic may need to be redirected from HTTPS to HTTP.
The rule is basically the same as the preceding example, but without the first
Rewrite
condition. If no SSL certificate is installed, the value of%{HTTPS}
is always set tooff
, even when you are accessing the website using HTTPS. Use the following rule set in this case:Redirect HTTPS to HTTP
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} =https
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]Redirecting from a bare domain to the www subdomain
SSL certificates can not cover the bare domain for websites unless you are using Route 53 or some other similar provider. This is because the SSL certificates for Acquia Cloud Professional websites are placed on an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB). While ELBs require CNAME records for domain name resolution, bare domains require an IP address in an A-record for the domain name (DNS) configuration and cannot have CNAME records. Therefore, it's not possible to terminate traffic to bare domains on the ELB where your SSL certificate is located without Route 53.
Even if all requests for the bare domain are redirected to
www
, visitors to ELB websites that explicitly request the bare domain using the HTTPS protocol, likehttps://mysite.com
, will always receive a security warning in their browser before being redirected tohttps://www.mysite.com
. For a more detailed explanation of why this happens, refer to the An example of how the requests work section.Redirect http://domain.com to http://www.domain.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]Redirecting all traffic to the www SSL domain You want this!
You can force all of your traffic to go to the
www
domain, and to use SSL, even if they did not request it initially.ensure www.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]ensure https
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]Redirecting all traffic to the bare SSL domain
AWS dedicated load balancers or who have purchased a slot on the UCC certificate on our shared load balancers have the option of redirecting all traffic to the bare domain using the HTTPS protocol:
Redirecting http://www.domain.com and https://www.domain.com to https://domain.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]Redirecting http://domain.com to https://domain.com
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]As an example, if you wanted to ensure that all the domains were redirected to
https://www.
except for Acquia domains acquia-sites.com, you would use something like this:ensure www.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !prod.acquia-sites.com [NC] # exclude Acquia domains
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]ensure https
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]elb 2.2.15 | intermediate profile | OpenSSL 1.0.1e | link
Oldest compatible clients : Firefox 1, Chrome 1, IE 7, Opera 5, Safari 1, Windows XP IE8, Android 2.3, Java 7
This Amazon Web Services CloudFormation template will create an Elastic Load Balancer which terminates HTTPS connections using the Mozilla recommended ciphersuites and protocols.
{ "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09", "Description": "Example ELB with Mozilla recommended ciphersuite", "Parameters": { "SSLCertificateId": { "Description": "The ARN of the SSL certificate to use", "Type": "String", "AllowedPattern": "^arn:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:.*$", "ConstraintDescription": "SSL Certificate ID must be a valid ARN. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html#genref-arns" } }, "Resources": { "ExampleELB": { "Type": "AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer", "Properties": { "Listeners": [ { "LoadBalancerPort": "443", "InstancePort": "80", "PolicyNames": [ "Mozilla-intermediate-2015-03" ], "SSLCertificateId": { "Ref": "SSLCertificateId" }, "Protocol": "HTTPS" } ], "AvailabilityZones": { "Fn::GetAZs": "" }, "Policies": [ { "PolicyName": "Mozilla-intermediate-2015-03", "PolicyType": "SSLNegotiationPolicyType", "Attributes": [ { "Name": "Protocol-TLSv1", "Value": true }, { "Name": "Protocol-TLSv1.1", "Value": true }, { "Name": "Protocol-TLSv1.2", "Value": true }, { "Name": "Server-Defined-Cipher-Order", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "AES128-GCM-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "AES256-GCM-SHA384", "Value": true }, { "Name": "AES128-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "AES256-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "AES128-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "AES256-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DES-CBC3-SHA", "Value": true } ] } ] } } }, "Outputs": { "ELBDNSName": { "Description": "DNS entry point to the stack (all ELBs)", "Value": { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "ExampleELB", "DNSName" ] } } } }
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May I ask did your friend modify any of the site structure aside from adding HTTPS?
make sure you have followed all the steps in this list by Google link to your and the list below. There are more resources
if needed. Read what Google's John Mueller has to say on the subject of redirects.
Official Google moving to HTTS how to
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6033049
** tools you can use**
- https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/log-file-analyser/
- https://www.deepcrawl.com
- https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/
** a very important checklist make sure you do this one below.**
SEO checklist to preserve your rankings
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Make sure every element of your website uses HTTPS, including widgets, java script, CSS files, images and your content delivery network.
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Use 301 redirects to point all HTTP URLs to HTTPS. This is a no-brainer to most SEOs, but you'd be surprised how often a 302 (temporary) redirect finds its way to the homepage by accident
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Make sure all canonical tags point to the HTTPS version of the URL.
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Use relative URLs whenever possible.
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Rewrite hard-coded internal links (as many as is possible) to point to HTTPS. This is superior to pointing to the HTTP version and relying on 301 redirects.
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Register the HTTPS version in both Google and Bing Webmaster Tools.
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Use the Fetch and Render function in Webmaster Tools to ensure Google can properly crawl and render your site.
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Update your sitemaps to reflect the new URLs. Submit the new sitemaps to Webmaster Tools. Leave your old (HTTP) sitemaps in place for 30 days so search engines can crawl and "process" your 301 redirects.
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Update your robots.txt file. Add your new sitemaps to the file. Make sure your robots.txt doesn't block any important pages.
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If necessary, update your analytics tracking code. Most modern Google Analytics tracking snippets already handle HTTPS, but older code may need a second look.
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Implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS). This response header tells user agents to only access HTTPS pages even when directed to an HTTP page. This eliminates redirects, speeds up response time, and provides extra security.
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If you have a disavow file, be sure to transfer over any disavowed URLs into a duplicate file in your new Webmaster Tools profile.
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NGINX
Add the following to your Nginx config.
server { listen 80; server_name domain.com www.domain.com; return 301 https://domain.com$request_uri; }
Apache
Add the following to your
.htaccess
file.RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
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** Here are some more extremely helpful resources**
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https://www.seroundtable.com/google-seo-http-to-https-migration-checklist-19268.html
It is not abnormal for a site to see a dip in rankings or search visibility after migration or a change of structure. I have a very regimented list that I stick to and have not seen anything dip for more than three days, but all sites are unique, and Google indexes all sites differently.
Depending on your domain authority you may or may not have a higher crawl budget based on whether or not you tell Google you are making these changes will make an enormous difference in whether or not your site recovers quickly or sees a dip in traffic.
I hope this is helpful and remember Google has to reindex everything.
Thomas
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It makes no sense that you would have your blog on a subfolder that was non-encrypted why did you choose to do this? I like the site to be 100% encrypted?
Read the second post first please
http://www.myfitfuel.in/mffblog/ should be https://www.myfitfuel.in/mffblog/
why not https?
if your hosting provider does not allow you to use HTTP/2 I suggest adding a WAF four as little as $20 a month you can run your site on HTTP/2
Now the cost of Akamai might scare people just from hearing the name, but I can assure you there are very good pricing options now that companies are competing against them in the same area. One thing in my opinion that no other CDN Waf company has is the amount of points of presence or pops/ Akamai exceeds over 250
https://community.akamai.com/community/web-performance/blog/2015/01/26/enabling-http2-h2-in-akamai
https://www.cloudflare.com/http2/
https://www.incapsula.com/cdn-guide/cdn-and-ssl-tls.html
when you switch your entire site over to https, then you can use the Google change of address tool and migrate your site to HTTPS
This should be encrypted you don't need a next or certificate you want to encrypt the entire site ideally. Add it to Google Webmaster Tools four times
- http://www.myfitfuel.in/
- http://myfitfuel.in/
- https://www.myfitfuel.in/
- https://myfitfuel.in/ Canonical chooses this in Webmaster tools like the site you want traffic to go to.
https://support.google.com/webmasters/topic/6029673?hl=en&ref_topic=6001951
https://www.deepcrawl.com/knowledge/best-practice/the-zen-guide-to-https-configuration/
https://www.deepcrawl.com/knowledge/best-practice/hsts-a-tool-for-http-to-https-migration/
elb 2.2.15 | intermediate profile | OpenSSL 1.0.1e | link
Oldest compatible clients : Firefox 1, Chrome 1, IE 7, Opera 5, Safari 1, Windows XP IE8, Android 2.3, Java 7
This Amazon Web Services CloudFormation template will create an Elastic Load Balancer which terminates HTTPS connections using the Mozilla recommended ciphersuites and protocols.
{ "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09", "Description": "Example ELB with Mozilla recommended ciphersuite", "Parameters": { "SSLCertificateId": { "Description": "The ARN of the SSL certificate to use", "Type": "String", "AllowedPattern": "^arn:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:.*$", "ConstraintDescription": "SSL Certificate ID must be a valid ARN. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html#genref-arns" } }, "Resources": { "ExampleELB": { "Type": "AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer", "Properties": { "Listeners": [ { "LoadBalancerPort": "443", "InstancePort": "80", "PolicyNames": [ "Mozilla-intermediate-2015-03" ], "SSLCertificateId": { "Ref": "SSLCertificateId" }, "Protocol": "HTTPS" } ], "AvailabilityZones": { "Fn::GetAZs": "" }, "Policies": [ { "PolicyName": "Mozilla-intermediate-2015-03", "PolicyType": "SSLNegotiationPolicyType", "Attributes": [ { "Name": "Protocol-TLSv1", "Value": true }, { "Name": "Protocol-TLSv1.1", "Value": true }, { "Name": "Protocol-TLSv1.2", "Value": true }, { "Name": "Server-Defined-Cipher-Order", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "AES128-GCM-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "AES256-GCM-SHA384", "Value": true }, { "Name": "AES128-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "AES256-SHA256", "Value": true }, { "Name": "AES128-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "AES256-SHA", "Value": true }, { "Name": "DES-CBC3-SHA", "Value": true } ] } ] } } }, "Outputs": { "ELBDNSName": { "Description": "DNS entry point to the stack (all ELBs)", "Value": { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "ExampleELB", "DNSName" ] } } } }
** here are some fantastic resources from https://mozilla.github.io/server-side-tls/ssl-config-generator/ for setting up your server These things need to be put in place**
Nginx 1.10.1 | intermediate profile | OpenSSL 1.0.1e | link
Oldest compatible clients : Firefox 1, Chrome 1, IE 7, Opera 5, Safari 1, Windows XP IE8, Android 2.3, Java 7
server { listen 80 default_server; listen [::]:80 default_server; # Redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS with a 301 Moved Permanently response. return 301 https://$host$request_uri; } server { listen 443 ssl http2; listen [::]:443 ssl http2; # certs sent to the client in SERVER HELLO are concatenated in ssl_certificate ssl_certificate /path/to/signed_cert_plus_intermediates; ssl_certificate_key /path/to/private_key; ssl_session_timeout 1d; ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:50m; ssl_session_tickets off; # Diffie-Hellman parameter for DHE ciphersuites, recommended 2048 bits ssl_dhparam /path/to/dhparam.pem; # intermediate configuration. tweak to your needs. ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!DSS'; ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; # HSTS (ngx_http_headers_module is required) (15768000 seconds = 6 months) add_header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=15768000; # OCSP Stapling --- # fetch OCSP records from URL in ssl_certificate and cache them ssl_stapling on; ssl_stapling_verify on; ## verify chain of trust of OCSP response using Root CA and Intermediate certs ssl_trusted_certificate /path/to/root_CA_cert_plus_intermediates; resolver <ip dns="" resolver="">; .... }</ip>
Apache 2.4.18 | intermediate profile | OpenSSL 1.0.1e | link
Oldest compatible clients : Firefox 27, Chrome 30, IE 11 on Windows 7, Edge, Opera 17, Safari 9, Android 5.0, and Java 8
<virtualhost *:443="">... SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile /path/to/signed_certificate_followed_by_intermediate_certs SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/private/key # Uncomment the following directive when using client certificate authentication #SSLCACertificateFile /path/to/ca_certs_for_client_authentication # HSTS (mod_headers is required) (15768000 seconds = 6 months) Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15768000" ...</virtualhost> # intermediate configuration, tweak to your needs SSLProtocol all -SSLv3 SSLCipherSuite ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!DSS SSLHonorCipherOrder on SSLCompression off SSLSessionTickets off # OCSP Stapling, only in httpd 2.3.3 and later SSLUseStapling on SSLStaplingResponderTimeout 5 SSLStaplingReturnResponderErrors off SSLStaplingCache shmcb:/var/run/ocsp(128000)
After you change the architecture of any website it normally takes a little bit of a dive. John Mu stated Google would not be punishing people to redirect to encrypted sites so while that might be true it doesn't mean Google has figured out what is going on yet.
I think you need to get Google crawling your site and have it in Webmaster tools with all of the pages redirected to https including adding things like HSTS and HTTP/2 to speed up your site.
Hope this helps,
Tom
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Hi Mozzers, I'm working at AskMe.com which is a local search engine in India i.e if you're standing somewhere & looking for the pizza joints nearby, we pick your current location and share the list of pizza outlets nearby along with ratings, reviews etc. about these outlets. Right now, our URL structure looks like www.askme.com/delhi/pizza-outlets for the city specific category pages (here, "Delhi" is the city name and "Pizza Outlets" is the category) and www.askme.com/delhi/pizza-outlets/in/saket for a category page in a particular area (here "Saket") in a city. The URL looks a little different if you're searching for something which is not a category (or not mapped to a category, in which case we 301 redirect you to the category page), it looks like www.askme.com/delhi/search/pizza-huts/in/saket if you're searching for pizza huts in Saket, Delhi as "pizza huts" is neither a category nor its mapped to any category. We're also dealing in ads & deals along with our very own e-commerce brand AskMeBazaar.com to make the better user experience and one stop shop for our customers. Now, we're working on URL restructure project and my question to you all SEO rockstars is, what can be the best possible URL structure we can have? Assume, we have kick-ass developers who can manage any given URL structure at backend.
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | _nitman0 -
I'm facing something weird about my domain
Howdy... I'm facing something weird about my domain : proudlylived.com
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | MasdrSE
there's another domain points to my domain in search results which is : <cite class="_Rm">www.animaisfotos.com</cite> I went to check if it's 301/302 redirect and it shows that there isn't any redirection at all it just shows 200 Status, Now I don't know what is happening, and whatever it's i want to cancel it because it shows the second domain instead of mine in search results . any suggestions ?0 -
Low Domain Authority & Ranking
My Domain Authority has tumbled in the last six months from 28 to 21. Search traffic has dropped from about 4,500 per month to 3,000 per month with most of the drop being in the more competitive terms. Lead generation is off by about 70%. This is after spending $12,000 on "optimization" with a MOZ recommended SEO firm and spending another $17,000 implementing their suggestions. My real estate brokerage firm has completed some press worthy deals in the last month. If I can get these deals mentioned in a reputable newspaper like The New York Times (or other real estate publications like NY Observer, Real Estate Weekly) will this help domain authority? If my domain authority is this low, how difficult is it to move it higher? Before reaching out to these publications, should I create a blog post about these transactions on my website? Any suggestions as to how I can improve domain authority? My URL is www.nyc-officespace-leader.com. I should add that my SEO firm had about 30 toxic links removed and filed a disavow for about another 80 links. MOZ is only showing about 25 domains linking to our site. I suspect not enough to get us to rank. Thanks, Alan
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | Kingalan10 -
Don't affiliate programs have an unfair impact on a company's ability to compete with bigger businesses?
So many coupon sites and other websites these days will only link to your website if you have a relationship with Commission Junction or one of the other large affiliate networks. It seems to me that links on these sites are really unfair as they allow businesses with deep pockets to acquire links unequitably. To me it seems like these are "paid links", as the average website cannot afford the cost of running an affiliate program. Even worse, the only reason why these businesses are earning a link is because they have an affiliate program; that to me should violate some sort of Google rule about types and values of links. The existence of an affiliate program as the only reason for earning a link is preposterous. It's just as bad as paid link directories that have no editorial standards. I realize the affiliate links are wrapped in CJ's code, so that mush diminish the value of the link, but there is still tons of good value in having the brand linked to from these high authority sites.
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | williamelward0 -
Impact of simplifying website and removing 80% of site's content
We're thinking of simplifying our website which has grown to a very large size by removing all the content which hardly ever gets visited. The plan is to remove this content / make changes over time in small chunks so that we can monitor the impact on SEO. My gut feeling is that this is okay if we make sure to redirect old pages and make sure that the pages we remove aren't getting any traffic. From my research online it seems that more content is not necessarily a good thing if that content is ineffective and that simplifying a site can improve conversions and usability. Could I get people's thoughts on this please? Are there are risks that we should look out for or any alternatives to this approach? At the moment I'm struggling to combine the needs of SEO with making the website more effective.
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | RG_SEO0 -
Is it possible to lose rank because my site's IP changed?
I manage a site on the 3dCart e-commerce platform. I recently updated the SSL certificate. Today, when I tried to log-in via FTP, I couldn't connect. The reason I couldn't connect was because my IP had changed. Last week the site experienced almost across the board rankings drops on lmost every important keyword. Not gigantic drops, a lot just lost 2-4 postiions, but that's a lot when you were #2 and you drop to #4 or # 6. Initially I thought it was because I was attempting to markup my product pages using structured data following guidelines from schema.org. I am not a coder so it was a real struggle, especially trying to navigate 3dCart's listing templates. I thought the rankings drops were Google slapping me for bad code, but now I wonder....could I really have dropped down because of that IP address change? Does anyone have a take on this? Thanks!
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | danatanseo0 -
One Website - Local + National Ranking
If a client (e.g. a winery) wants to rank both nationally and locally, what are some best practices for doing this on one Website? So the goal is to: Rank nationally for their wines, wine varietals, etc.so they're found by restaurants, distributors, customers (could include national directories, content creation ,etc.) Rank locally for their tasting room and wines for people looking locally or looking at that specific region (this could also include include Google places, local directories, etc.). I'm wondering if the site would need to be subdivided (or "siloed") where one section is heavily focused on national and another is on regional? Also, for the home page, which focus would be most important (maybe national because it's harder)? Thanks a for any ideas! Tom
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | DirectionSEO0