: Undo a change to HTTPS I recently moved my site from http://www.example.com to https://www.example.com Now, due to an issue with the SSL certificate authority I have had to pull it down and
I recently moved my site from www.example.com to www.example.com
Now, due to an issue with the SSL certificate authority I have had to pull it down and reverse it back to
Now that this is completed I have an issue. Google has indexed the HTTPS version, and is showing this in the search results - because I have had to uninstall the certificate, I can't do a manual 302 redirect (not 301!) via .htaccess because it won't ever be loaded.
So my question is this - does anyone have any other knowledge about how to recover from this and/or complete a redirect which doesn't rely on the server?
A few points to note:
Using Apache with CPanel
The non HTTPS version is already registered in Web Master tools
Preferably not a 301 redirect because I do plan to go back to HTTPS once the issue is resolved
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Method 1: Install a self signed cert
You can give your site a temporary self signed SSL meaning that the site can be accessed via HTTPS and then redirected to HTTP because the site becomes accessible with a self signed, however with a self signed certification peoples browsers are going to first warn about the SSL certification. This warning is unavoidable since its a warning on the clients side.
Method 2: Remove urls from Google
You could remove the URLS from Google using Webmaster tools however this procedure should be a last resort as you could drop in rankings on several pages or more and yes you most likely will return with the rankings you once have you may not. You could also tell Google your site has moved again...
Method 3: Get a working SSL certification
The easiest safest method would be to reissue a proper SSL certification, if your host can't help move host. There is many good hosts that offer Comodo SSL passive under for the year.
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