If you already have a website, you may have been contacted by your hosting provider to encourage you to upgrade your account to use HTTPS everywhere.
What is HTTPS?
You may have noticed when looking at webpages, some sites display a padlock symbol in the address bar and some don’t. That padlock is telling you that the page uses a secure connection. Traffic to and from the website is encrypted. Hackers can’t intercept the data.
Why HTTPS matters?
HTTPS make your website more secure.
For site owners, the main benefits of HTTPS are:
- Your site is less likely to get hacked.
- HTTPS protects the privacy and security of your site visitors.
- Better Google Rankings. Simply put, Google will rank your site better if you have it than if you don’t.
- Trust. More and more internet users are looking for the padlock symbol to show your site is safe.
- Your site’s pages will load faster.
An HTTPS secure connection means a safer site for both you and your site’s visitors. With more and more sites switching to HTTPS all over the world, HTTPS is going to be the standard in the coming years. If your site is not already using it, I recommend making the switch sooner rather than later.
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