I've been practising how to Fetch in Google and believe that I am following all the steps. When I go back to the console, it states under Status that it is "redirected" and tha
That's not a problem actually. But if you want the "complete" status instead of the "redirected", then resubmit your website with the https. Like https://mywebsite.com and resubmit the sitemap. Then fetch all the URLs again. I think you might see the "complete" status when indexing is requested. Just give it a try. But indexing happens even with your http site.
Thanks Michael. It seems that the URL is redirected to my actual site and page. I assume that's ok.
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Fetch google - message states "redirected"?
I've been practising how to Fetch in Google and believe that I am following all the steps. When I go back to the console, it states under Status that it is "redirected" and tha
You'll also get a redirect if you you added a trailing slash to the URL submitted
So https.my website.com/ even though it is correct actually redirects to https://my website.com
The / at the end is often the reason
Hope this makes sense
That's not a problem actually. But if you want the "complete" status instead of the "redirected", then resubmit your website with the https. Like https://mywebsite.com and resubmit the sitemap. Then fetch all the URLs again. I think you might see the "complete" status when indexing is requested. Just give it a try. But indexing happens even with your http site.
Thanks Michael. It seems that the URL is redirected to my actual site and page. I assume that's ok.
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You'll also get a redirect if you you added a trailing slash to the URL submitted
So https.my website.com/ even though it is correct actually redirects to https://my website.com
The / at the end is often the reason
Hope this makes sense
Makes perfect sense - thank you :)