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 a chance they’ll boost the signal in the future.
There are a number of people reacting to this news, and it’s all systems go on Twitter. Here are some tweets for you to check out.
Dear Google, I just implemented SSL and I'm STILL not ranking #1 for 'cheap plumber in Sheffield'. WTF is wrong with you guys??!
— ♛ ingo ☠ bousa ♛ (@supaswag) August 7, 2014
Should have invested in the SSL company instead of sinking all my money into that lousy Google authorship photo service.
— Cyrus Shepard (@CyrusShepard) August 7, 2014
Google will be promoting SSL sites above those without, effectively doing the exact same thing we’re upset about the lack of net neutrality. — deus ex feminista (@ashedryden) August 8, 2014
for the record, there’s about 100 things you could do right now that would have a bigger SEO impact than switching to SSL.
— Ryan Jones (@RyanJones) August 7, 2014
Google adds HTTPS to ranking factors. Hypocrites. — Mike Taber (@SingleFounder) August 8, 2014
Google improving the security of the Internet: “HTTPS as a ranking signal” http://t.co/CxjtqEU0TS Very cool and well done Google
— Dinis Cruz (@DinisCruz) August 8, 2014
SEO: I Switched To HTTPS & My Google Rankings Dropped http://t.co/AvY4mYnWwe — Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) August 8, 2014
The information on my site wouldn’t change if it were switched to https, so should https really be a ranking signal?
— Bill Slawski (@bill_slawski) August 7, 2014
So Google now gives a “small” boost for an SSL site. CHILL OUT. Fix your big problems first. #HyperOverReactionSEO — Alan Bleiweiss (@AlanBleiweiss) August 7, 2014
Google launches domain registrar. Google encourages use of SSL for SEO that are a massive pain to buy. Next, Google starts selling SSL…
— Ben Hall (@Ben_Hall) August 7, 2014
Should have invested in the SSL company instead of sinking all my money into that lousy Google authorship photo service.
— Cyrus Shepard (@CyrusShepard) August 7, 2014
I suspect it won’t be long before we start seeing secure certificate ads with “Get your Google ranking boost with our SSL certs!”
— Jennifer Slegg (@jenstar) August 7, 2014
Wonder what graph of SSL certificate sales will look like June-Sep for providers
— Chris Gilchrist (@hitreach) August 7, 2014
I now offer a new SEO service! SSL Installation. 5 years of experience installing SSL’s at a major web host. Guaranteed top rankings!
— Dan Silber (@Dan_Silber) August 7, 2014