Backlinks after switch to HTTPS

Hi -

After switching to https will I lose all benefit of backlinks that are pointing to the http version of our site?

Thanks,
Mark

Nope.. they will pop back up, I have switched two sites.. seen a little dance for a week or two but it always goes back to normal

thanks for your anwwer. did you do a .htaccess 301 of the http over to the https or just leave it be? also are you on wordpress or a static site?

301.!

Done it via cloudflare .. pretty simple though has to fix featured images as it was still drawing http.. but now all works well and indexing fast

If you don't do a "301 of the http over to the https" thru .http access or other means (e.g. plug-in) you loose the links.

We have redirected from http to https through the .htaccess file.

Do you think this is adequate?

Yes.
Also remember to change your own internal links to https - this can be tricky!

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Originally Posted by Ares

Yes.
Also remember to change your own internal links to https - this can be tricky!

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I used Cloudflare for my https and used the plugin SSL Insecure Content Fixer as I was on Wordpress to clean up any internal links. Worked a treat