Do I need an SSL Certificate for my website?
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Last Update 3 years ago
Yes. Every website should have an SSL Certificate now. As of 2018, Google started (publicly) penalizing websites that do not have SSL Certificates. They did so by putting a warning in their browser that your site is insecure. Other browsers quickly followed suit. The other area where you are penalized is in search rankings. The dirty secret is that they've done this for much longer. So if you spend any time doing SEO, and you don't have an SSL Certificate, it's partly wasted effort
Just get a cert! For your average blog or other site where you are not taking personal information, you can just get a free Certificate from LetsEncrypt or CloudFlare. If you're taking any sort of personal information or credit cards, you absolutely should get a validated cert from a trusted CA.