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Google site search anomaly? MRH forum help
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Prolific poster 3,839 posts LKandO Prolific poster 3,839 posts
LKandO

Here is a first for me. This is what I got today when using the Google MRH site search. Did moving the site to the new host have an unintended consequence?

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Alan

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jeffshultz MRH Staff 7,995 posts
jeffshultz

Huh

I didn't get that error... I'm not even sure we have a site certificate for the MRH website (as opposed to the ones we use for selling e-books and the like). 

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joef MRH Founder 17,545 posts
joef

You must have used an https URL

We've had a certificate in the past on the MRH website, but it's been a royal pain to maintain so we let it expire. Don't use an https URL and you should be fine. By the way, what browser and device is this? That makes a difference you know.

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LKandO Prolific poster 3,839 posts
LKandO

Google account

Using the MRH Google search, getting results, clicking a result link.

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Google search defaults to https for signed-in users. Has for some time now.

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Google has made a major change to the way secure search works for signed in users of its services. If a user is signed into a Google account, any search performed will now be done on a secure socket layer (SSL) and will no longer pass the search term referrer data. However, Google have also said that search term referrer data will be passed to advertisers who use their pay-per-click product.

Original post was using Win7-64 Chrome. Same results with FF.

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Alan

All the details:  http://www.LKOrailroad.com        Just the highlights:  MRH blog

When I was a kid... no wait, I still do that. HO, 28x32, double deck, 1969, RailPro
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joef MRH Founder 17,545 posts
joef

Huh?

Here's the site search URL I'm getting when I click on the Google search link above ... https://www.google.com/cse/publicurl?cx=011713615738524549361:itz5y3mtdq0 I don't see https://model-railroad-hobbyist.comin that URL anywhere.

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lexon Prolific poster 1,211 posts
lexon

http://model-railroad-hobbyis

https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/google-site-search-anomaly-12198205

As was said before, the above works fine.

When I used,  https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/google-site-search-anomaly-12198205 I got the same as the OP. I use a Linux OS and Firefox browser.

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Bill Brillinger Moderator 4,904 posts
Bill Brillinger

steps are missing.

I assume you are getting the search window and entering a seach.
You are clicking on a search result and getting the certificate error.

Do the search results show the URL the results are linking to?

I am logged into GMAIL and I am not seeing this issue on the MRH custom search.
The custom search window does show that I am logged into my account.

Bill Brillinger

Modeling the BNML in HO Scale, Admin for the RailPro User Group, and owner of Precision Design Co.
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LKandO Prolific poster 3,839 posts
LKandO

Step by step

  1. On MRH forum Recent Posts page
  2. Click MRH search (Google) at top right
  3. Enter search term
  4. Click first result link
  5. Message appears

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Alan

All the details:  http://www.LKOrailroad.com        Just the highlights:  MRH blog

When I was a kid... no wait, I still do that. HO, 28x32, double deck, 1969, RailPro
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joef MRH Founder 17,545 posts
joef

Yes, need the exact steps to duplicate it

Alan: There's clearly something missing in your explanation because I'm not seeing any https://model-railroad-hobbyist.comURLs in using the Google search feature. It seems to be isolated to just you and perhaps a firewall change on your end because I'm just not seeing it here.

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joef MRH Founder 17,545 posts
joef

I changed the thread title

Alan, I changed the thread title because this seems to be a very isolated use case and the implication our site in globally unsafe is a pretty nasty sounding message. I hope you will be okay with me taking out the five-alarm-fire tone of your old thread title. I can't duplicate your error on any machine, so there's something on your end that's now making MRH URLs in Google search turn into https URLs. They're regular http URLs on anything I try to use it on.

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Bill Brillinger Moderator 4,904 posts
Bill Brillinger

and there's the ticket...

search for "track analyzer" and the first page is linked as SSL, the rest are not.

I was able to duplicate the result once I knew the term Alan was searching for.

Bill Brillinger

Modeling the BNML in HO Scale, Admin for the RailPro User Group, and owner of Precision Design Co.
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LKandO Prolific poster 3,839 posts
LKandO

One odd entry

Sorry Joe. The original title was a bit tongue-in-cheek. I have to remember it doesn't come across that way in text.

Tried logging out of my Google account. Made no difference.

Good catch Bill. Didn't notice that when I originally searched. I tried a bunch more search terms. None return a https result except the first result for 'Track Analyzer'. Maybe it is a possessed thread. Halloween is near you know! 

Alan

All the details:  http://www.LKOrailroad.com        Just the highlights:  MRH blog

When I was a kid... no wait, I still do that. HO, 28x32, double deck, 1969, RailPro
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joef MRH Founder 17,545 posts
joef

Search anomaly is right

Why you get a single https URL is beyond me. We turned https URLs off a couple years ago, so that's some sort of throwback. Clearly a Google anomaly.

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