HTTPS \u2013 Google loves it, but for informational websites, moving to HTTPS adds to your costs. Expect to pay $129 to $229 for a SSL or secure socket layer certificate to be able to have your website use HTTPS in the browser bar.<\/p>\n
For me at this time, I am not moving to HTTPS and it is mainly due to the additional cost. I do not have e-commerce on my website and I only use a contact form for prospects, so do not feel that I must have\u00a0this extra security. But, Google loves the security and encryption that HTTPS affords for websites. At some point in time, the use of HTTPS on your website may be a ranking factor for organic results, but for now, it is not.<\/p>\n
E-Commerce Sites MUST be HTTPS<\/strong><\/p>\n If your website has e-commerce, you take payments or log users into a secure area, you really need to be using HTTPS at this point in time, no exception.<\/p>\n New Websites Should Embrace HTTPS<\/strong><\/p>\n Any new websites we design are all in HTTPS. At this time I do not feel that existing informational websites should move to HTTPS, but that day may be coming soon.<\/p>\n To find out more about how we can help you, I invite you to visit our website to browse our service offerings and read more content on topics that will help your business grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HTTPS \u2013 Google loves it, but for informational websites, moving to HTTPS adds to your costs. Expect to pay $129 to $229 for a SSL or secure socket layer certificate to be able to have your website use HTTPS in the browser bar. For me at this time, I am not moving to HTTPS and it is mainly due to the additional cost. I do not have e-commerce on my website and I only use a contact form for prospects, so do not feel that I must have\u00a0this extra security. But, Google loves the security and encryption that HTTPS affords for websites. At some point in time, the use of HTTPS on your website may be a ranking factor for organic results, but for now, it is not. E-Commerce Sites MUST be HTTPS If your website has e-commerce, you take payments or log users into a secure area, you really need to be using HTTPS at this point in time, no exception. New Websites Should Embrace HTTPS Any new websites we design are all in HTTPS. At this time I do not feel that existing informational websites should move to HTTPS, but that day may be coming soon. To find out more about how we can help you, I invite you to visit our website to browse our service offerings and read more content on topics that will help your business grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564,357,29,11,502],"tags":[633,191,435,271],"class_list":["post-5314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet-marketing-service","category-news-trends","category-bright-idea-tips","category-web-design","category-webmaster-services","tag-e-commerce","tag-web-authority","tag-web-design","tag-website-design"],"yoast_head":"\n