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Question about http vs https sitemap xml file

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:11 pm
by Will
I've generated an xml sitemap for the first time and am reviewing it before I upload it to Google.

All of the urls are https:// instead of http://

Is there a reason for this? If I enter the url of a category into the browser as:

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https://domain.com/CategoryName-C15.aspx
it redirects to a dynamic page url with no https//:

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http://domain.com/CategoryList.aspx?CategoryId=15
If I enter the url as:

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http://domain.com/CategoryName-C15.aspx
it goes to the category page directly and url in the browser stays the same:

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http://domain.com/CategoryName-C15.aspx
Is there a reason to have all your urls in the sitemap start with https:// ?

If not, I'll probably change them to http:// because things seem to load faster.

Thanks.

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:28 pm
by Shopping Cart Admin
Hello Will,

It's working so it looks like google doesn't care but I'm going to report it and get it changed regardless.

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:41 pm
by Will
Yeah, it didn't seem to matter, but thought I would check to make sure.

Thanks.