Search Engine Land

When migrating from HTTP to HTTPS, Google says to use 301 redirects

Don't get fancy with your HTTPS site migration. Keep it simple and consistent, and use 301 redirects, says Google. On a webmaster video hangout yesterday, Google trends analyst John Mueller strongly ...
Mashable

Google Chrome is ready to public shame any website still not using HTTPS

Google Chrome is ready to call out any website still using HTTP over HTTPS. Credit: thomas trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images You may soon start to see a slew of warnings about how some of your ...
ExtremeTech

Google to Replace Chrome’s HTTPS Padlock Icon With ‘Tune’ to Clear Up Confusion

Google is bringing a subtle yet controversial change to its Chrome web browser. Beginning with Chrome 117, secure HTTPS connections will no longer have a padlock icon next to the URL. Instead, users ...
Search Engine Land

Google To Begin To Index HTTPS Pages First, Before HTTP Pages When Possible

If your pages work on HTTPS, Google will likely show the HTTPS version over the HTTP version, starting today. Google’s Zineb Ait Bahajji announced that going forward, Google will try to index HTTPS ...