Are HTTPS sites have some edge over http sites ?

seofreetips1 · Oct 6, 2016

Just thinking to transfer my site to https version but before that I want to know is this has any seo's edge ?

Lauriat · Oct 6, 2016

yes accordingly to google https is preferred over http, but it has very light influence on rankings.

mbreezy · Oct 6, 2016

All things equal, https should do better because there is a slight preference with Google. Users might end up trusting it more as well.

Zwielicht · Oct 7, 2016

I've enabled SSL on several sites. None of them saw much of a ranking boost.

It's a factor, but I'd say it's negligible at best.

http://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/did-https-help-your-rankings-at-all.873806/

seofreetips1 · Oct 7, 2016

Lauriat said:
yes accordingly to google https is preferred over http, but it has very light influence on rankings.

So dear Laurit ,What would you suggest me ? Should I move or not ?

Lauriat · Oct 7, 2016

move, all my sites are https. You have to do what google wants.

seofreetips1 · Oct 7, 2016

Lauriat said:
move, all my sites are https. You have to do what google wants.

Thanks for your advice . But where should I start ? Do you recommended any service ? I don't want to waste my time .

theyarasa · Oct 7, 2016

short answer is Yes...I would recommend checking your incoming links first... even though 301s give all ranking power now "so they say" I would work on a staging site and check everything... this works best with smaller sites where you haven't executed a proper strategy... so you can receive most of your links to https site and not worry about 301ing them

loedown · Oct 7, 2016

This gets asked over and over and over and over. Search button.

Aty · Oct 7, 2016

So in a couple words: if you need it then definitely use it, otherwise forget about it.

Dwain Stewart · Oct 8, 2016

Having HTTPS is a confirmed ranking factor, but the value is not GREAT at this time, you will be given a veeeeery little edge.

nekrox · Oct 8, 2016

Chrome will be mark as unsafe the sites without SSL.

SkyrocketSEO · Oct 8, 2016

nekrox said:
Chrome will be mark as unsafe the sites without SSL.

Thanks for the laughs

ThatSEO · Oct 8, 2016

Lauriat said:
move, all my sites are https. You have to do what google wants.

Like don't do SEO?

ThatSEO · Oct 8, 2016

nekrox said:
Chrome will be mark as unsafe the sites without SSL.

No. wrong

VijaySEO · Oct 8, 2016

In my experience https gives a very small ranking advantage, in the 5% range

ThatSEO · Oct 8, 2016

VijaySEO said:
In my experience https gives a very small ranking advantage, in the 5% range

I deal wtih 15 clients for my small SEO business in the UK. I'd say about the same on every one of my clients.

Not amazing traffic but 5% each week since the change helps

Repulsor · Oct 8, 2016

SSL is available for like $6 if you use this code in Godaddy. "sshl5in25"

There is no reason to not get it, when you get it at that price. Its just for this year though. Renewal is and will be costly.

casperwebs · Oct 11, 2016

SkyrocketSEO said:
Thanks for the laughs

it actually does when you change SSL right from hosting instead of buying SSL package from domain provider.

mbreezy · Oct 19, 2016

I guess you can get the ranking boost without a legit certificate? So says Gary Illyes: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-https-boost-insecure-pages-22861.html

G is only "looking at the first five characters in front of the URL".

He also mentions/confirms a "minimal boost".

Are HTTPS sites have some edge over http sites ?

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