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(Entry was posted by Hardial Singh on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 08/09/2014).

Should move all the sites to HTTPS, since this is a ranking signal now?

Whether we should move all the sites to HTTPS now, regardless if these are E-commerce or not since this is a ranking signal now?
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  • Hardial Singh: Whether we should move all the sites to HTTPS now, regardless if these are E-commerce or not since this is a ranking signal now?
  • Blade S: Even e-commerce sites should be changed to https.
  • Jim Munro: I don't think so +Hardial Singh ;. They specifically say that it's a weak ranking signal and there are hundreds of inputs, maybe thousands, who knows? Regardless there are plenty of things that should be optimised before this. I am not an expert though so your mileage may vary. :)
  • Hardial Singh: Ya +Jim Munro there are hundreds of other factors but like Google moved onto HTTPS it looks like it's going to be some major ranking signal in coming days
  • Jim Munro: That's exactly what they did not say, +Hardial Singh ;
  • Ryan Cramer: Considering how the network layer of SSL works with the https protocol, I am hesitant at going the https route. Besides being a larger packet size which affects page speeds, and penalties for mixed http and https on https sites, the reason for using https is to have the information secured.  ;From a customer perspective as well as a former IT security specialist, I raise suspicion about the move to https.  ;From an SEO perspective, I wonder if the benefits of going https conflicts with other aspects of the site's SEO efforts.
  • Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 00:53:00 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/should_move_all_the_sites_to_https_since_this_is_a_ranking_signal_now +Hardial Singh

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