Migration: HTTP to HTTPS
Move to HTTPS without the loose ends.
A lot of HTTPS moves get the certificate installed and stop there, leaving mixed content warnings, broken canonicals, and duplicate versions of the site still reachable. We finish the job properly.
- Every URL variant checked, not just the homepage
- Mixed content found before visitors report it
- Free scope within one business day
The entity map
Every version of your site, resolved to one.
Every page audited for mixed content
A page can serve over HTTPS and still load an image, script, or font over plain HTTP, which breaks the browser's security indicator. We crawl every page for these leftover HTTP resource calls and point them at the secure version.
One canonical version, sitewide
http, https, www, and non-www can all technically serve the same site, which creates up to four reachable addresses for every page. We collapse that down to one canonical version and redirect the other three into it.
The redirect plan
A single-hop 301 from every HTTP URL to its HTTPS equivalent, with no redirect chains. A page that redirects HTTP to www-HTTPS to non-www-HTTPS in three separate hops slows crawling and can leak ranking value at each step.
Tracking that must survive
Search Console treats HTTP and HTTPS as related but separate properties unless you are using a domain-level property, so both need to stay verified through the switch. GA4 and Google Ads referral and cross-domain settings are checked too, since a mismatched protocol can affect how sessions are counted.
What half-finished HTTPS moves usually miss
If your padlock shows a warning on some pages but not others
we check for mixed content specifically on those pages, since a single HTTP-loaded image or script anywhere on the page is enough to trigger a browser warning even when the page itself loads securely.
If both the old HTTP and new HTTPS versions are still reachable
we treat that as duplicate content until it is resolved, since Google can index both and split ranking signals between them until every version redirects cleanly to one.
If your sitemap or canonical tags still reference http
we update every reference, since leaving old canonical tags pointing at the HTTP version tells Google to prefer the version you are trying to retire, which can undo the rest of the cleanup even after the redirects are live.
What we cannot promise
We cannot promise every third-party script or embed you use has an HTTPS version available, since that depends on the vendor. We flag anything that does not and recommend a secure alternative where one exists.
How the cleanup runs
01
Audit every URL variant
We crawl the site for mixed content, duplicate protocol and www versions, and any stale canonical tags before touching redirects.
02
Redirect and consolidate
One clean 301 rule sends every variant to a single canonical HTTPS address, with no chains.
03
Verify and monitor
Search Console properties are checked for the new canonical version, the sitemap is resubmitted, and we watch for crawl errors in the following weeks.
HTTP to HTTPS migration FAQ
Google has confirmed HTTPS as a lightweight ranking signal, so it helps at the margins rather than transforming your rankings outright. The bigger and more immediate benefit is trust: visitors and browsers both flag an unsecured HTTP site, which affects conversions more directly than rankings.
Almost always mixed content: an image, script, or font on that specific page is still loading over plain HTTP. Browsers flag the whole page as not fully secure even though the page address itself is HTTPS.
Yes, if both versions are still reachable and not properly redirected. Until every HTTP URL 301s cleanly to its HTTPS equivalent, Google can index both, which is exactly the duplicate-content situation a clean redirect map prevents.
You need the HTTPS version verified as its own property, or covered by a domain-level property, since Search Console treats HTTP and HTTPS as separate URL-prefix properties otherwise. We check this rather than assuming your old verification carries over.
Cost depends on how many pages and templates carry the leftover HTTP references a crawl turns up. Once that crawl is done, the price is final and it reaches you within one business day.
Finish the move to HTTPS properly.
Give us your domain and we will crawl it for mixed content and duplicate versions, then send back a cleanup plan within one business day.