Google announced early this morning that they are now using SSL/HTTPS as a ranking signal in their Google search algorithm. The signal is incredibly weak and webmasters should not go crazy about it, ...
As you know, Google is giving a tiny ranking boost to HTTPS URLs. But I was under the impression the HTTPS URLs must be really secure and that broken/invalid SSL certificates and content mismatch ...
If you’re using HTTPS, that means you’re relying on encryption to transmit data between your server and a web client. That encryption is specified by a protocol called SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or ...
Google has announced that going HTTPS — adding a SSL 2048-bit key certificate on your site — will give you a minor ranking boost. Google says this gives websites a small ranking benefit, only counting ...
In recent years, more emphasis has been placed on security on the internet. One of the most important things you can do to secure your website is to enable HTTPS. With Hyper Text Transfer Protocol ...
A security flaw that has been identified in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol could open the door for man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks against HTTPS communication. All implementations are ...
WHAT IS SSL STRIPPING? SSL stripping is an attack in which an unauthorized party downgrades the connection security from HTTPS to HTTP. It takes advantage of weak spots in the process of migrating ...
During the past year, Let's Encrypt has issued a total of 15,270 SSL certificates that contained the word "PayPal" in the domain name or the certificate identity. Of these, approximately 14,766 (96.7% ...
Amy Nichol Smith spent more than 20 years working as a journalist for TV and newspapers before transitioning to software and hardware product reviews for consumers and small businesses. She has been ...