Many websites have both HTTP and HTTPS endpoints and the latter is preferred by the internet engineering community, including Google Chrome. However Google Maps uses HTTP by default and numerous of my edits to change only the URL to use HTTPS are not getting applied. Why?!
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Hi,
HTTP and HTTPS are protocols and its not required for map listing. Edit accepts only if there any update on URL(Domain name) of the website.
For your HTTP matter, do not worry about protocol mentioned on a link since now days most websites controls requests from server side with their rules. It will redirect HTTP users to HTTPS.
I’m a software engineer with 15 years of experience and I know what I’m talking about 
If edits are not accepted because only the protocol has changed - that’s the exactly problem I’m trying to get attention to. And it’s HUGE.
Google Maps shall not make any assumptions whether website would redirect or not. Most of the websites belong to retail vendors and merchants with very poor level of internet technologies. About 50% do not listen to https and about 90% of the rest DO NOT redirect.
Again, the notion that HTTP is not safe and HTTPS is preferred is actively promoted by Google Chrome. Why Google Maps promote the opposite meanwhile?
Any response, please, other than “it’s fine”?
Still an issue, such edits are never applied, hang as being reviewed.