{"id":941,"date":"2020-03-06T15:11:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suvaance.com\/microblog\/?p=941"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:13:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:13:27","slug":"google-on-requirement-of-security-certificate-while-merging-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suvaance.com\/microblog\/google-on-requirement-of-security-certificate-while-merging-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Google On Requirement of Security Certificate While Merging Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Switching from an old domain to a new domain is a hefty task. And, one of the most important questions that arise while switching to a new domain is whether to keep the <strong>security certificate<\/strong> for the old domain or not. In various forums, we can see webmasters asking about this.<\/p>\n<p>So, what to do? Do we need to keep the security certificate for the old domain? If yes, then for how long?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s know it from <em>Google expert<\/em>, <strong>John Mueller<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, John was asked to share his advice on the need of <strong>SSL certificate<\/strong> continuation for an old domain while merging that old domain to a new domain.<\/p>\n<p>In its reply, John said that if you remove the security certificate of your old domain then <strong>search engines<\/strong> can deal with it but, <strong>browsers<\/strong> definitely need the certificate for <strong>HTTPs<\/strong>. It means when the security certificate is removed from the old domain, the browsers may throw an <strong>error<\/strong> to users on the <strong>redirect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why John advised webmasters to keep the security certificate live and also informed that they can get certificates for free now-a-days.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Browsers definitely need the certificate for HTTPS, even if you&#39;re just redirecting. Search engines can probably deal with it, but if there&#39;s a chance the old URL is shown to users, just keep the certificate live too. You can get certificates for free nowadays.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udf4c John \ud83c\udf4c (@JohnMu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnMu\/status\/1235251254797971457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But, is there any particular time period for which webmasters need to keep the security certificate live on the old domain or should they keep it live indefinitely?<\/p>\n<p>On this, John said that Google usually recrawl URLs at least every half year and it\u2019s better to have a minimum of <strong>two crawls<\/strong>. So, it\u2019s a good idea to keep the certificate live on the old domain for at least <strong>more than a year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We usually recrawl URLs at latest every half year, so a year gives you min 2 rounds, which is a good starting point. Even without certificate, I&#39;d try to keep the domain name for the long run to prevent spammers from picking it up.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udf4c John \ud83c\udf4c (@JohnMu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnMu\/status\/1235261344556908545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Switching from an old domain to a new domain is a hefty task. And, one of the most important questions that arise while switching to a new domain is whether to keep the security certificate for the old domain or not. In various forums, we can see webmasters asking about this. So, what to do? 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