From 2d2a43f200b88627253f2906fbae87cef7c1e8ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Franck Cuny Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 11:12:37 -0700 Subject: Mass convert all posts from markdown to org. --- ...08-google-is-using-https-as-a-ranking-signal.md | 24 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 24 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 posts/2014-08-08-google-is-using-https-as-a-ranking-signal.md (limited to 'posts/2014-08-08-google-is-using-https-as-a-ranking-signal.md') diff --git a/posts/2014-08-08-google-is-using-https-as-a-ranking-signal.md b/posts/2014-08-08-google-is-using-https-as-a-ranking-signal.md deleted file mode 100644 index d940c7a..0000000 --- a/posts/2014-08-08-google-is-using-https-as-a-ranking-signal.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -Earlier this week Google has announced that they will use HTTPS as a ranking signal for the [Page Rank](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_rank). - -
- - -A lot of people on Hacker News and Twitter were annoyed (even upstet for some) by that decision. I understand some of the concern, but I don't think they are legitimate: - - * Yes, most SSL certs are not free. But hosting a website has also a cost. - - * However, certificates are not always expensive. You can get one for $16 with [Gandi](https://www.gandi.net/ssl). - - * Yes, there is probably additional cost. You'll need the technical knowledge on how to set up the certificate. But it's the same for running a web site. If you don't know how to do it, you'll need someone to do it for you. - - * There's an opportunity for hosting companies to compete on this, and make it easier and cheaper for small business and individual to run a web site with TLS. - - * The Page Rank is already secret, no one know how important having TLS will impact the ranking. - - * Yes, it matters even for a "content only" site. How can you trust the content was not altered otherwise ? - - * This decision impact business more than anyone else. If you're worried that your own personal blog is going to be impacted, I don't want to be mean, but I doubt this will have a huge impact for you. - - * Google won't stop ranking you because you don't have TLS. - -I really believe this is a first small step in the right direction. Plain HTTP should die at this point. -- cgit v1.2.3