Audit rules
HTTP Version Not Redirected to HTTPS
The http:// address of this https page answers 200 itself instead of redirecting to HTTPS. In a QuikSEO audit, a failure of this rule has warning severity and counts against the score. Below are the exact condition, its exceptions and the sources behind it, followed by the other rules of the same group.
http.http_variant_not_redirectedWarning01 — Definition
How This Rule Is Checked
The rule is a pure function of the fetched page: no extra requests, no account settings. The same input always gives the same result.
Rule Severity and Score
- Rule id
http.http_variant_not_redirected- Group
- HTTP
- Severity of a failure
- Warning
- Counts in the score
- Yes, whenever it applies to the page
- Required for a score
- No
Condition and Exceptions
- Condition
- Probe http_variant (the http:// URL of an https page): status 2xx without redirect to https → fail; redirect to another http:// URL → review
- Exceptions
- Page is http → not_applicable; no probe → not_checked; the request failed (timeout, transport error, busy host gate) → not_checked
Sources and Project Decision
- Sources
- How to specify a canonical URL with rel="canonical" and other methods (Google Search Central, S12)
- Project decision
- Severity warning is a project decision [D]. A redirect to another http:// URL is shown for review; a variant that could not be fetched is not_checked.
02 — HTTP
Other Rules in This Group
The other checks of the same group, each with its own condition and sources.
- No Cache Validatorshttp.cache_validators
- HTML Not Compressedhttp.compression
- Page Answers With an Error Statushttp.error_status
- WWW and Non-WWW Both Serve the Pagehttp.host_variant_duplicate
- HTTP Protocol Versionhttp.http2
- Page Not Served Over HTTPShttp.https
- Mixed Contenthttp.mixed_content
- X-Powered-By Version Disclosedhttp.powered_by
- Redirect Chainhttp.redirect_chain
- Server Version Disclosedhttp.server_header
- TLS Certificate Expiring Soonhttp.tls_expiring
- Invalid TLS Certificatehttp.tls_invalid