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I have let my SSL expire because I no longer need it. The problem (that I did not anticipate) is that peoples' browser caches and Googles search engine still point to the https. So i tried so many different .htacces redirects from https to http that I found on the internet to automatically redirect people to the http. Then I read this will not work if you do not have a SSL. Is this true?

So my question is what redirect do I use to at lest let Google search engines know to change my indexed url back to a http.

Currently I have the following at the bottom of my .htaccess file.

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^443$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.knowingthebible.net/$1 [R=301,L]

Hello Cory,

your rule seems fine, searching around I found this alternative but it's pretty the same you are currently using:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

Thank you! Forgive me if this is a repetitive question but will this actually work to change Googles' indexing. I know that know one knows how long it will take or exactly how Google determines things but I need something that will actually work to change Google.

I think it could work, but that's up to Google. Google prefers HTTPS links (if you don't force HTTPS on your site the secure links will be indexed, not the plain ones), however the most important thing is to keep the links valid.
Even if the user clicks on https://whatever, as long as it redirects to the same page http://whatever, you are safe. The user is happy, your search result is valid and everybody wins. I suspect that with the time Google will understand that it has to use the plain version instead of the secure one.

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