Importance of HTTPS
Why do we put so much emphasis on the "Importance of Http's"
About 40% of the search results that reach Google’s first page are in HTTPs format. The importance of HTTPs is because 82% of people will stop a purchase if they notice a website isn’t secure.
It's important that your website is secure, and in fact this is a standard with all our websites built since Google started to place such importance on having HTTP's, and that is all website, not just online stores.
- Google has hinted at a fully secure web in the future.
- Google Chrome will label your site insecure without a https
- HTTP's sites load much faster than standard HTTP
- According to Google 50% of desktop page loads are on HTTP's
- Studies have show a correlation to having a HTTP's website and higher rankings
- Approx 40% of Google's page one listings are HTTP's
- HTTP's has been a signal in Google's Algorithm since 2014
Our SEO Audit service will highlight all changes that need to be made to your website to make it secure