Here’s an interesting fact for you SEOs and Google enthusiasts.  Did you know that  80% of the eligible HTTPS URLs aren’t being displayed in Google’s search results as HTTPS URLs, and are instead showing up as HTTP URLs, simply because of webmaster configuration?  Yup, it’s all true, according to Gary Illyes, a Webmaster Trends Analyst at […]

During the SMX West panels last week, Google’s Gary Illyes said on the How to Secure Your Site for Google’s HTTPS Algorithm that about half of all the security certificates on the web just isn’t sufficient, but broken.  Currently, he’s trying to address the issue in the Google search results. Gary is working on a way to flag sites that […]

Not long ago, we found out through an announcement from Google that they would reward sites who use HTTPS encryption with a slight boost in search results.  Besides the promise of a ranking boost, the idea behind having an HTTPS encryption would help improve security, and allow for better referral data. In a poll given out […]

Google launched a new ranking signal last Thursday that gives HTTPS sites a small ranking boost that should make more webmaster want to migrate their sites from HTTP to HTTPS. In the Search Engine Land story from last Thursday, we found out why Google is encouraging everybody to move to HTTPS, as well as the […]

I’m sure a lot of you have heard by now about the Google SSL Ranking Boost that will help slightly boost your site rankings if you upgrade your site from HTTP to HTTPS.  For the time being, Google claims this boost is a “very lightweight signal” for now.  But you’ll never know, there could be […]

Google has announced yesterday that if you go HTTPS (which means adding a SSL 2048-bit key certificate to your site), you will receive a minor ranking boost. According to Google, by going HTTPS, websites will be given a small ranking benefit, which only counts as a “very lightweight signal” within the overall ranking system.  Keep […]