# SSL and Google SEO?

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**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [June 10, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/ssl-and-google-seo/7763 "2016-06-10T15:29:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidfreels](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/davidfreels/32/5807_2.png) [@davidfreels](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/davidfreels)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/ssl-and-google-seo/7763/1 "2016-06-10T15:29:00Z")

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SSL apparently boosts SEO with Google.

I’m going to add SSL to a site, but I’m not sure _which_ SSL to add.

I found an SSL source called DigiCert that claims there are different levels and/or quality of SSL, but I can’t tell if this is true or just DigiCert hype. See [https://www.digicert.com/which-ssl-cert-for-seo-ranking-boost.htm](https://www.digicert.com/which-ssl-cert-for-seo-ranking-boost.htm)

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**Author:** ![ashleykaryl](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ashleykaryl/32/4202_2.png) [@ashleykaryl](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ashleykaryl)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/ssl-and-google-seo/7763/2 "2016-06-10T15:48:37Z")

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SSL does affect SEO to a small degree and there are different levels of SSL, however it is unclear whether one version of SSL would achieve a higher ranking than another. It’s a relatively small signal in any case so you shouldn’t expect to leap up the rankings simply because you add SSL.

I added SSL for free via CloudFlare that took just a few minutes to set up and at the time I think my site jumped about three places within a couple of days. Since then it has gone up and down though for other normal reasons. I don’t know what your site is like but if you are selling online or handling visitor information SSL is obviously good practice but also helps with conversions.

EDIT: I’ve just looked at those prices and don’t think you need to spend anything like that. If you don’t want to go the CloudFlare route check out [https://letsencrypt.org](https://letsencrypt.org)

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**Author:** ![chet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/chet/32/35396_2.png) [@chet](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/chet)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/ssl-and-google-seo/7763/3 "2016-06-11T01:59:50Z")

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Google has noted that security is important, and may play a bigger role in SEO in the future, but yes, it’s small now.

I also use CloudFlare, as do many of the RW add-on developers.

If you do want to go full encryption (which CloudFlare can also handle), here’s another option: [https://www.namecheap.com/security/ssl-certificates.aspx](https://www.namecheap.com/security/ssl-certificates.aspx)

A caution: those certs are less widely accepted, I think someone mentioned it was like 99.2% of sites as opposed to 99.6%, or something small like that.