Title: https? Will Google rank it higher?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# https? Will Google rank it higher?

 *  [nickaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickaster/)
 * (@nickaster)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-will-google-rank-it-higher/)
 * I was just reading this BBC article saying that Google will soon rank htttps 
   sites higher in search results… [http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28687513](http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28687513)
 * I can’t imagine why the average wordpress site would care, seeing as we don’t
   collect anyone’s data, but does anyone think this will matter?

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-will-google-rank-it-higher/#post-5170821)
 * I don’t think that will matter that much. There’s always “ideas” saying that 
   doing X will rank you higher in Google soon… and most of them turn out to be 
   false.
 * having said that, this one has a possibility of being true. I can see that Google
   would think that a site is more “trustworthy” if it’s served purely over SSL.
   Then again it could also be a really good marketing strategy for people that 
   sell SSL certificates… 😉
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-will-google-rank-it-higher/#post-5170822)
 * It might, but not ‘enough’ for most of us to care yet.
 *  [Mike Price](https://wordpress.org/support/users/castroboy/)
 * (@castroboy)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-will-google-rank-it-higher/#post-5171041)
 * Well, you have to remember that SSL does slow down page load times and this can
   give you a “negative” in points so to speak with Google ranking. So for me, this
   is a bit silly to worry about right now.
 * I would say if you have no reason to have SSL on your site (checkout/cart/sensitive
   info) then do not get SSL just because you think it might rank you higher in 
   Google.

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