chris
Top Contributor
Google has recently announced that they have started to use HTTPS as a ranking signal, albeit small at this stage.
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html
What do people think of this? It looks pretty clear that "over time" this will become more important.
Cheers,
Chris
We've seen positive results, so we're starting to use HTTPS as a ranking signal. For now it's only a very lightweight signal — affecting fewer than 1% of global queries, and carrying less weight than other signals such as high-quality content — while we give webmasters time to switch to HTTPS. But over time, we may decide to strengthen it, because we’d like to encourage all website owners to switch from HTTP to HTTPS to keep everyone safe on the web.
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html
What do people think of this? It looks pretty clear that "over time" this will become more important.
Cheers,
Chris