The more you know about the SSL certificate, the more you will comply with its criteria. Protecting Internet users’ personal information has taken a big place because of all the false information circulating on the Internet.
These six things you should know will help you do well.
1) What is an SSL certificate?
The Secure Sockets Layer SSL certificate is a protocol that protects confidential data during online transactions. A padlock indicates it or takes an “s” at the HTTP end like this: HTTPS.
It is a certificate that secures banking transactions or any company’s information to purchase a product or service. In these cases, it is mandatory to have the certificate. Before 1 st October 2017, it was unnecessary to have a certificate if the user did not exchange personal information. However, that has changed because the information is collected automatically by search engines for anyone who searches the Internet. Of course, it is possible to turn off tracking, but otherwise, personal information is collected.
SSLs are used to protect personal information, but they are not foolproof in the sense that information, such as the words searched and the type of search engine chosen to perform the searches, can be shared.
2) Mandatory SSL since 1 st October 2017
Since 1 st October 2017, Google Chrome shows whether a site is safe or not. You can see the note “NOT SECURED” displayed. Indeed, Google is becoming stricter with websites to allow better control and greater protection of data. If a company does not buy the SSL certificate, it can suffer negative impacts from Internet users when they are informed that the site is not well protected. So, this is a psychological risk that can reduce traffic to a website.
3) SSL and web positioning
According to a 2014 message from Google, a secure site is a ranking factor for the search engine. Google favors companies that have an SSL certificate because they may be perceived as more reliable by Google robots because of the security displayed by their site. This can promote the positioning of your website in the results on said search engines.
4) The different types of SSL certificates
There are different SSL Certificates which offer a different type of certificate trusts. The SSL certificate confirms ownership of the domain. The extended validation SSL certificate confirms the organization, and the organization validated SSL certificate confirms the organization and its legitimacy. In all three types of certificates, the padlock is displayed to confirm the safety of navigation.
The SAN SSL certificate can protect multiple websites, and the generic SSL certificate protects subdomains. The code signing certificate confirms the authenticity of the source.
5) How much does it cost?
There are different packages to have an SSL certificate. You can choose the type of plan depending on the type of protection you need and the number of pages you want to protect.
On the Web Hosting site, monthly plans vary between $ 2.91 and $ 14.98 per month for a 2-3 year contract. The costs can vary according to the number of places you must secure.
On other sites like Godaddy, the plans vary between $ 99.99 and $ 444.99 per year. They have different certificates to meet different needs.
6) Good practices
A good practice for HTTP is to redirect HTTP 301 error pages to a permanent web page.
If you did not block robot.txt indexing, you have two addresses that would support the “HTTP” and the “HTTPS”. Leave the indexing of your page because this allows a better positioning thanks to the SSL certificate.
Instead, use the robots noindex meta tag to have the crawler exclude “HTTP” from indexing. For the beacon to work, it must not be blocked by a robot.txt.
If your site already exists, you must follow the instructions to integrate the SSL certificate. If it’s a new site, you have no choice but to follow the new regulations to the letter.
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