I didn't even notice this change at my blog, and I'll bet you didn't either - which is how it's supposed to work.https://twitter.com/wordpressdotcom/status/718486222859935747 …
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as this is the case, why make switching to HTTPS painful? It's a protocol change and should not be treated as a site move.
more people would switch to HTTPS if we knew there wasn't going to be a potentially 9 month+ hit to search traffic.
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