: Will implementing HSTS prevent Googlebot from seeing 301 permanent redirects from HTTP to HTTPS? I did a migration from http:// to https:// for a big site with more than 2 million of URLs indexed
I did a migration from to for a big site with more than 2 million of URLs indexed on Google.
As others have mentioned I'm also experiencing a bit of fluctuation on organic traffic (-10% as measured by Google Analytics).
Things i did so far:
301 redirect from HTTP to HTTPS URLs
Added www and versions of the site on Google Webmasters Console.
Submitted new sitemaps with the new URLs and left other sitemaps with old URLs
I'm now considering implementing HSTS and including the site on the HSTS Chrome preload list to increase security, however since HSTS makes all traffic going to redirect to with a 307 Internal redirect, wouldn't that prevent Googlebot to see the 301 redirects?
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HSTS affects the browser connections to the application but Googlebot still follows rules defined in the htaccess file. Googlebot doesn't work based on the preload list so you won't have any issues.
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