: In which webmaster property should I submit the HTTPS sitemap after moving site from HTTP to HTTPS? We have the following properties in Google Webmaster Tools: www.example.com (was preferred) example.com
We have the following properties in Google Webmaster Tools:
example.com (was preferred)
example.com www.example.com https://example.com
The old sitemap, ie. the HTTP sitemap.xml which still exists on the website, is submitted through the example.com property.
A new HTTPS sitemap has been created, which also needs to be submitted.
The question is which property do I submit this new HTTPS sitemap to.
Also, please note:
We have already done our 301 redirects from HTTP to HTTPS.
We have already made all canonical URLs HTTPS
Made sure all embeds on webpages are HTTPS.
The new HTTPS sitemap is currently available to google by including in our robots.txt file.
We are working under the assumption that for the next month, we need to submit both the HTTP and HTTPS sitemaps to google, to minimise loss in search rankings. And only after the new HTTPS sitemap has been indexed properly are we to remove the old HTTP sitemap.
We have currently submitted the HTTPS sitemap using the same example.com property, which is also where the HTTP sitemap is submitted from.
I have a feeling this is wrong, and I'm not sure how to proceed.
Nowhere in the google documentation (to my knowledge) do they mention which property to submit the new sitemap to.
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You should submit the HTTPS sitemap to the HTTPS property. If your URLs are of the form www.example.com/path/to/file then that would be the www.example.com property.
The fact that you have both properties verified in GSC (formerly GWT) you might get away with it. (The sitemap protocol does not permit both HTTP and HTTPS URLs in the same sitemap, however, Google does allow this providing both properties are verified in GSC.)
we need to submit both the HTTP and HTTPS sitemaps to google
I don't see why you are (re)submitting the HTTP sitemap? You are migrating from HTTP to HTTPS and have already setup external redirects from one to the other. You don't have any HTTP URLs. The URLs you include in a sitemap should not redirect, only the target of the redirection should be included.
A sitemap is only an advisory list of URLs/pages that you are suggesting to Google to have a look at. There is no guarantee that Google will index these URLs. If Google determines that the URLs are invalid then they will simply be ignored.
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