Back when I wrote the article “Why Everyone Should Upgrade to HTTP2” it was meant to raise awareness of an awesome protocol update that I thought was an easy win for making a website faster. Since then, I've talked to hundreds of Country Email List business owners and SEOs about upgrading, done dozens of upgrades, and solved dozens more. I realized there was still one big hurdle for business owners and SEOs: HTTPS. The problem with HTTP2 is that most browsers only support this new protocol over a secure connection, which means you need to migrate your website to Country Email List HTTPS. It should come as no surprise that Google and many others want the web to be more secure. Google launched its HTTPS campaign everywhere.
It advertised HTTPS as a ranking signal and started indexing secure pages on insecure pages. They even have their own guide, “Secure Your Website With HTTPS,” which I encourage everyone to read, along with this article. Yet with all Country Email List this push Country Email List for a more secure web, the fact remains: less than 0.1% of websites are secure. It seems like everyone is trying to make switching Country Email List as easy as possible by removing barriers to entry, like cost. Let's Encrypt offers free certificates (Sidenote: I'm very amused that Google Chrome has the only on its paid referral link after being called.
Many web hosts and CDNs also offer free security certificates to encourage people to make the change, but a lot of people are Country Email List still not moving. Why switch to HTTPS? Google identifies several reasons to switch to HTTPS in its website migration guide: Data sent over HTTPS is secured using Transport Layer Security Protocol (TLS), which provides three key layers of protection: Encryption. Encrypt the data exchanged to protect it from eavesdropping. This means that while the Country Email List user is browsing a website, no one can "eavesdrop" on their conversations, track their activities across multiple pages, or steal their information.