Forum Search (Google) giving SSL results with certificate errors

[Mike Hughes]

This seems to be happening more and more now.

Using the forum search (google version) is giving lots of results on https which when clicked are giving a certificate error.

There is a problem with this website's security certificate.

The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website's address.

for results such as https://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?t=30624

Can it be fixed please.

Mike

[Duncan Rounding]

I've not seen this - have you got an example search phrase to try out Mike?

[leehack]

I'm seeing this too, very common of late, have to remove the s and the link is then fine, where is it getting the https from, i can't see it used anywhere, time for some htaccess me thinks.

[Mike Hughes]

Example search: "blockif price drop down"

http://www.google.co.uk/search?as_q=...ghts=&safe=off

results 2, 6, 7, 8 and 10 display this problem (clearly Google might change results around at any time).

Mike

[Duncan Rounding]

Interesting - I wonder where G is getting the https links from.

[swardell]

Interesting - I wonder where G is getting the https links from.

I wonder too, afaik Community has never run under https.

Ive added a rewrite from https to http, however as .htaccess rewites can only work after a connection is made the browser still tries to validate the ssl cert (and fails as there isnt a valid one).

Before I install an ssl cert (hammer meet peanut) does anyone have any other suggestions?

[Mike Hughes]

As long as you're using 301 permanent redirect google will gradually drop the old links and use the new ones instead.

It might take a few weeks or so for this to happen but this has gone on for longer than this already and it really only affects a few users. (and we know what's happening anyway).

So I would say there's no need to do anything else.

Mike

[Duncan Rounding]

I see there's a cert on the root for actinic.co.uk, maybe there's a rogue https link through from there to actinic.com.

[swardell]

I've added an SSL cert, that and the 301 redirect from https to http should both resolve the issue now and allow Google to drop the https links over time

[Duncan Rounding]

Great Steve.

*was that a piece of peanut that I saw zing past