To change or not to change. DO we update our HTTP page to HTTPS? especially those with basic forms (phone, email, name)??
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I recently went to a conference where a speaker strongly urged us to migrate to HTTPS before January 2017. I don't see any other sites referencing to make the switch before January 2017. whats the deal?
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Thanks Rob! I appreciate your response!
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Hey there,
Other than the general move towards HTTPS which has been going on for over a year now, there is no strict need to move to HTTPS by January 2017. That is to say, there are no additional reasons.
Obviously there is a small positive correlation between HTTPS and slight benefits to ranking potential from Google, but that just about does it.
I don't know what the speaker's push for HTTPS by January 2017 was all about, but I haven't seen anything that indicates it has any merit.
Cheers,
Rob
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