Should I redirect http to https?

[LianneF]

Hi
For seo should you redirect http://www.domain.com to https://www.domain.com as I haven't but have for www and non www. Bing seems to include the https url for the domain name, just want to make sure I don't have duplicate content this way?
Thanks
Lianne

 

[TotallySport]

you should only use https when you need to secure the information, so for normal pages you shouldn't use https

 

[LianneF]

So is it setup wrong then if people can view the homepage and other pages with either http or https?

In firefox when I view https://www.page.com in the toolbar it says view the canonicol page http://www.page.com which if I click takes me to www.page.com

 

[TotallySport]

In bing you have PPC, I think basically you have put in the https url, simply remove the s

 

[mikekingpin]

Hi
For seo should you redirect http://www.domain.com to https://www.domain.com as I haven't but have for www and non www. Bing seems to include the https url for the domain name, just want to make sure I don't have duplicate content this way?
Thanks
Lianne

TotallySport is spot on with his answer

Just to add to it though, one of the main reasons to avoid https site-wite is that this would put more load on your server - so just use https for areas that collect sensitive data, as TotallySport suggests

 

[LianneF]

Hi
I'm still confused so if people can access parts of the site direct with either http or https is that wrong?
Thanks
Lianne

 

[TotallySport]

if you navigate your site it works fine, the only issue from what I can see, is the url in your PPC campaign needs changing.

 

[LianneF]

ok thanks, I've got rid of the s in my bing ads now.