Will changing a site from https to normal http have any SEO impact if we do automatic redirects?
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We currently have a site which uses https and want to change to normal http only (for reasons unrelated to SEO).
We were planning to do this with a change in our server configuration (we use Nginx, and can automatically redirect https to http).
Our site has been around for approx 1 year, so there are links floating around in the Internet which will still be using https. These will be automatically redirected to http.
What will be the impact on our SEO? I understand that our webmaster tools account may need to change...
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It really want have that much of an impact. But one thing to consider is Google has mentioned in the near future they are going to start giving search priority to sites that use https. If you could keep it, you would be ahead of the curve.
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