detectorman Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Hi All, I have recently activated an SSL certificate for my site and changed Dashboard>settings>enablessl : to yes. I hope it is a coincidence but my online sales have since bombed. Is there something I should check? Thanks Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodleman Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 SSL should actually improve your overall traffic, assuming your site is well formed. First thing, have a look at woorank and get a free report, what does it recommend? What do your traffic stats show? update: you've specifically mentioned sales, but what about your overall traffic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havenswift-hosting Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Have you setup redirects from http to https - these are seen as different websites and so Google will have indexed your previous site using http and also most / all other external links will be http as well. Have you updated your site within Google Search Console (webmasters) and also updated and submitted a new sitemap. As previously asked, is it just sales that have gone down or actual visitors ? Have you checked that the SSL is valid and that you dont have any mixed content errors as this can put people off Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detectorman Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 Noodleman & ian, Thank you both for your advice. I will go through each item suggested (woorank and google) to see if things improve. Thanks again. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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