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08-23-2014, 08:51 PM
Why Switch to HTTPS?
Google tries to move the entire web to HTTPS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBhZ6S0PFCY), but you may wondering if it's really necessary. If you only have a blog or any other site that only displays static content, why would you use SSL? John Mueller and Pierre Far, both from Google, have the following answer (https://plus.google.com/+JohnMueller/posts/e8bx5tLpvtm):
Some webmasters say they have "just a content site", like a blog, and that doesn't need to be secured. That misses out two immediate benefits you get as a site owner:
1. Data integrity: only by serving securely can you guarantee that someone is **t altering how your content is received by your users. How many times have you accessed a site on an open network or from a hotel and got unexpected ads? This is a very visible manifestation of the issue, but it can be much more subtle.
2. Authentication: How can users trust that the site is really the one it says it is? Imagine you're a content site that gives financial or medical advice. If I operated such a site, I'd really want to tell my readers that the advice they're reading is genuinely mine and **t someone else pretending to be me.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S-GXYeZnkRk/U_jD_GAcdgI/AAAAAAAB-ww/dzJZFZYmUhQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-08-23%2Bat%2B7.39.52%2B.png
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GoogleOperatingSystem/~4/pCfq6s9kJL8
Google tries to move the entire web to HTTPS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBhZ6S0PFCY), but you may wondering if it's really necessary. If you only have a blog or any other site that only displays static content, why would you use SSL? John Mueller and Pierre Far, both from Google, have the following answer (https://plus.google.com/+JohnMueller/posts/e8bx5tLpvtm):
Some webmasters say they have "just a content site", like a blog, and that doesn't need to be secured. That misses out two immediate benefits you get as a site owner:
1. Data integrity: only by serving securely can you guarantee that someone is **t altering how your content is received by your users. How many times have you accessed a site on an open network or from a hotel and got unexpected ads? This is a very visible manifestation of the issue, but it can be much more subtle.
2. Authentication: How can users trust that the site is really the one it says it is? Imagine you're a content site that gives financial or medical advice. If I operated such a site, I'd really want to tell my readers that the advice they're reading is genuinely mine and **t someone else pretending to be me.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S-GXYeZnkRk/U_jD_GAcdgI/AAAAAAAB-ww/dzJZFZYmUhQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-08-23%2Bat%2B7.39.52%2B.png
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GoogleOperatingSystem/~4/pCfq6s9kJL8