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Originally Posted by Colmike9
Although the ranking signal that https itself gives will affect SEO minimally, it's the interactions from surfers that can affect SEO more. Like, if someone clicks on the site and is using a browser that will give a warning, that will cause most to click back unless they really want to go to that site. Same with submitting anything or buying anything, not being secure causes more surfers to not use the site.
And it's been long enough that they've increased that signal by now.  |
And ranking algorithms likely go beyond whether pages are merely http:// or https:// . How many elements in an https:// page are not https:// , such as images, videos, scripts, iframes, style sheets, etc.?