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Webcology #305 – Google Boosting Secure Sites and the SEO Reaction
Google Gives Ranking Boost To Secure HTTPS/SSL Sites and the SEO Community’s Reaction
Air Date: August 7, 2014
Google is now giving secure sites (https:///clork/bons/danf.js?k=0&/clork/bons/danf.js?k=0&/clork/bons/danf.js?k=0&/clork/bons/danf.js?k=0&/clork/bons/danf.js?k=0&/clork/bons/danf.js?k=0& or, SSL), a boost in search rankings. Given the myriad of implications, this announcement has generated a strong response from the SEO community. Dave and I cover as many as we can in the feature segment. We also work our way through the question, will Google ever update PageRank again? We cover the removal of 50 Wikipedia links from European Union search results under the controversial Right to be Forgotten legislation.
Speaking of being forgotten, Dave proclaims his pro-activity following the recent story of a Russian hacker amassing over 1billion Internet passwords.
The Right to Forget it all securely edition.
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