Benefits of SSL
Encryption (Data Security)
- Protects Sensitive Information
- Helps prevent identity theft, fraud, data tampering, and phishing
- Minimizes risk to you and to your visitors and customers
Benefits of SSL
Data Integrity
- Your visitors can be confident that any information or data that they send or receive is exactly what was sent. They can rest assured that no one is able to hijack the information en route and modify it before it arrives.
Benefits of SSL
Enables Your Mobile Site to Load Lightning Fast
Your mobile pages will load almost instantly via AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) technology. AMP technology is dependent on having an SSL Certificate.
Since load time is an important ranking factor for Google, blazing fast load times will give your mobile site a big boost in ranking.
Benefits of SSL
Provides Authentication
- Because your SSL Certificate is specific to your domain and contains information associated directly with your domain, your visitors can be confident that you are who you say you are, and not an impostor pretending to be you in order to steal their confidential information.
Benefits of SSL
Look More Professional
- Many websites have already implemented SSL on their site. Adding an SSL Certificate to your website automatically shows visitors that you value them, makes your website more professional and trusted plus gives more credibility to your business.
Benefits of SSL
Allows You to Take Payments
SSL allows you to take payments and accept credit card information.
Since SSL is mandated by the payment card industry, this gives you a big advantage over your competitors who do not have SSL.
Google Search Ranking
Google has already stated that they are beginning to take into account whether or not a website has an SSL certificate when determining search engine ranking for websites.
Combine this with the fact that their browser, Google Chrome, shows website visitors whether or not the site is secure (has SSL) and it is reasonable to assume that having an SSL certificate will become even more important in order to maintain or achieve a good search engine ranking for your website.