An SSL certificate is getting much closer to becoming a “necessity” for your website.  An SSL certificate is the little green “lock” icon that you see on many websites, and is an added layer of security for your site – making it more secure and encrypted.  In these times, with so much attempted hacking going on from foreign countries (ie China, Africa, Saudi Arabia, and the European Union), it is important to secure your website as much as is possible.  (Of course, there are “no” absolute guarantees against the possibility of being hacked, which is why a backup of your website on a regular basis is a good idea.  (When you host with Dynamic Graphics, we include that service for you.)

Also, the SSL certificate gives you higher ranking in the Google (and other) search engines.  Google Chrome has been, over the past couple of years, moving to help make the internet more secure.  Over the past year, they have marked all websites that have forms (like contact forms)  on the site without the SSL certificate as “insecure”.  Mozilla Firefox has also begun marking forms on websites as “insecure”, and they warn users that any login information could become compromised.

Google Chrome has announced that with the launch of its next update in July, a big, new Not Secure warning will show next to your domain name in the address bar if you don’t have an SSL Certificate installed.

SSLs also unlock a significant performance boost to your website which should help it to load more quickly.  In addition, visitors feel more protected with an SSL on a website.

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