You’re launching a new website

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You’ve won the lottery. Go with HTTPS from the beginning and you won’t ever have to worry about HTTP and errors associated with the migration.

All you need to do is to have a good hosting provider that will guide you through the process, and that supports the latest HTTP and TLS protocol versions. After all is up and running, implement HSTS as the last step to seal the security.

So, the final step is to replace all of the spaces with hyphens. HTTPS encrypts data sent between site Belgium Phone Number List visitors and your web server.

2. You already have an HTTPS-enabled website

The fact that you’re reading this article tells me that it’s probably not set up correctly. Follow the advice in the next section to check for common errors.

3. You still have a website running on HTTP

It will take a while to get everything prepared and done. The complexity of the migration depends on:

The size and complexity of your website

What kind of CMS you use

Your hosting/CDN providers

Your technical abilities

While I believe that owners of small websites running on popular CMS and solid hosting can do the migration themselves, there are a lot of variables at play.

I suggest you check the documentation of your CMS/server/hosting/CDN and proceed accordingly—and with caution. There are quite a lot of steps you need to execute so create or follow a migration checklist and don’t try to fit in other activities.

If all of this sounds too technical for you, hire a professional. It will save you hours of your time, save your nerves, and ensure future-proof implementation.

How to check for potential HTTPS migration mistakes

Even if you ticked off the whole HTTPS migration checklist, chances are that you’ll still encounter some issues.

In fact, back in 2016, we analyzed 10,000 top-ranking domains for various HTTPS mistakes and found the following:

90.9% of domains had sub-optimal HTTPS implementation

HTTPS was not working correctly on 65.39% of domains

23.01% of domains were using temporary 302 redirects instead of permanent 301s

While a lot has changed and improved since then, I’d recommend that you check for the five common HTTPS migration mistakes below. It won’t take long, and most of them aren’t that hard to fix.

Mistake 1: HTTP pages left

First and foremost, you need to make sure that all pages on your site are already on HTTPS.