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SSL / HTTPS sites to get a boost in Google’s rankings

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Google has just announced that they are now including whether a site uses SSL / HTTPS on its pages as a rankings signal – basically meaning that if your site is secure it may receive a ranking boost. Here’s an announcment on this from Google on the 6th: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html The reason being (or at least the theory is) that it’s safer for the user (when exchanging data as most sites and applications do these days) and Google always has the user’s experience in mind first and foremost. Google have also said that from their testing over a number of months,...
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