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Should your website be secure, by having a SSL Certificate installed? YES.
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What is SSL?
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SSL Stands for secure sockets layer. Protocol for web browsers and servers that allows for the authentication, encryption and decryption of data sent over the Internet.
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Does your website need to have a SSL Certificate / Be Secure, even if it's not an E-commerce website? Your website simply features products, services, and information about your business. Do you still need to have a SSL Certificate / Be Secure?
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The Short Version
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We’ll just say it: yes. Your website needs a SSL certificate If you’re asking for any personal information. But that’s not all there is to it. Search engines are cracking down on perceived ‘non-secure’ websites.
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Any websites without the SSL certificate will remain http while those with encryption will show https in users’ browsers.
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​Chrome, Firefox and other browsers have began issuing warnings that non-https sites are insecure. Additionally, Google recently announced SSL is a ranking signal, so unless you have SSL your site will be harder to find, impacting on your traffic and revenue.
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​At MillCreek Web Design, we include SSL Certification / Security on each and every website that we handle.
SSL and Google
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While the real purpose of SSL is securing information between the visitor and your site, there are other benefits, namely pleasing Google and the opportunity for a page rank boost. Google is serious about its browser security, and has taken the stance that ALL data submitted to Google listed websites should be secured with SSL.
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Google has launched of Google Chrome, and this version would show a “NOT SECURE” warning when users enter text in a form on an HTTP page (meaning pages without an SSL certificate) that collect passwords or credit cards as non-secure, as part of a long-term plan to mark all HTTP sites as non-secure.
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​The idea is that website browsers know the information is going over the internet unencrypted. No doubt this will have a profound impact on user experience. No one wants to go to a website labeled not secure.
Popular browser Firefox has taken a slightly different approach to highlighting insecure sites. They highlight the password box with a special note about insecure forms.
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As much as these may seem like harsh measures on behalf of Google, it is rewarding HTTPS websites with a favorable ranking over insecure sites in their search engine results.