Question regarding redirects

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#1

I have been using the Varvy Redirect Mapper https://varvy.com/tools/redirects/ which displays redirects from www and non-www versions of a url using both http and https.

One of my scenarios “no www” has two redirects.

  1. http://example.com to https://example.com
  2. https://example.com to https://www.example.com

I checked with my host to see if there was anything that could be done on the server side, but was told this scenario is being caused by Cloudflare. I believe I need to set up a page rule, but before I did so, I was curious what the correct way to implement the page rule is so I don’t mess anything up.

Does anyone have a similar experience and how did you solve it?

#2

That’s normal, but you can shave off one of them with Page Rules.

  1. Turn off Always Use HTTPS from the Crypto Page
  2. Add a Page Rule to match example.com/* and URL Forward it to https://www.example.com/$1 (without a leading scheme, it will match http and https)
  3. Add a Page Rule to match http://www.example.com/* and URL Forward it to https://www.example.com/$1

Now you’ll just one redirect as it catches either scenario and forwards it to the correct URL.

In a properly configured world, this really isn’t a problem:

  1. Those redirects are lightning fast and don’t affect legitimate users.
  2. With HSTS completely enabled on your Crypto page and your site listed at https://hstspreload.org/, all visitors will go straight to HTTPS.
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#3

Is there any reason to do this? Or should I just leave it as is?

#4

I wouldn’t bother, nor do I. Some SEO tipsters recommend it, but Google knows your site’s proper URL, and that’s what will turn up in a search. Humans won’t care or really notice if they type example.com only to be quickly double-redirected to https://www.example.com

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