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Hopefully somebody can shed some light on this ... this is not a WWB question so hopefully it is fine to post on OFF TOPICS ...

With Google Search Console, Google recommends to add both http & https to the site profile

For my site, I have a 301 htaccess server side redirecting all requests to https://www only.

With that being said, should I add the complete https://www.website.com URL in the PAGE PROPERTIES > SEO tab > CANONICAL URL in WWB?

My intent is for Google to only index the https://www site and not view other versions (http:// or http://www) as duplicate content.

PS: Google drives me goofy!! LOL!!

… any thoughts from anyone on this?

cmsintent

Have you installed the SSL certificate by yourself?
SSL providers, gives you the option to call the url by www.yourdomain.com or yourdomain.com.

Praxandros

Good Morning Praxandros... thanks for the reply. Yes I have the SSL installed and the 301 redirect htaccess configured to render all inquiries to https://www

What I am more specifically interested how the conical url is set in the WWB ... or if I even need to.

This is more for SEO requirements ...

yes - https://www version of the site is the canonical tag. htaccess to fwd from http to https and non-www to www.

Then, in Google Webmaster Tools, add all 4 versions of the website, but submit sitemap and request indexing of the https://www version of the website. This is the one that should be found naturally. But if other versions are typed in (or old links) they will forward correctly.

Just my 2 cents as a non-SEO guru - just personal experience in terms of what has worked for me.

Rob… makes total sense and very well explained… thanks for your input!

I will follow your instructions.