July Is The Month Of Change For Non Secure Websites

I think we wrote back in November 2017 about how important Google regard secure websites. You can see this post here: https://www.pebbleltd.co.uk/blog/post/why-is-google-forcing-ssl-certificates where we spoke about why your website needs an SSL Certificate.

Now the date is fixed and firm and from July 2018 you will start to see warnings like this one here when trying to visit a website that doesn't have a valid SSL certificate installed.

google chrome july 2018

The initial message was well received by webmasters like Pebble around the world and the initial figures look like this:

1) Over 68% of Google Chrome traffic on both Android & Windows are now protected

2) Over 78% of Chrome traffic on both Chrome OS and Mac are now protected

3) 81 of the top 100 sites on the web use HTTPS by default

How Easy It To Get An SSL Certificate?
Simple, you can reach out to Pebble on 01733 902070 or email us via our contact form.

Summarising
Visit our previous blog where we spoke about the types of websites that do need and SSL certificate, the benefits and more technical questions about how long it takes as well as the search engine impacts.