Can switching to HTTPS harm ranking?

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If a website goes SSL entirely, can it harm ranking even if done right (no speed loss, http does 301 to https)? Existing incoming links would still be http and it's assumed that forwarding-links are valued less by Google than links to the page itself Roelant, The Netherlands

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