Google Forces move to SSL
So the long and short of it is as of October 24, 2017, Google will be releasing updates to Google Chrome that will mark non-SSL pages with a warning about insecure information.Specifically, any contact forms, order forms, or information being submitted from a page will alert the user as being insecure.
This will significantly impact your website, contact, and sales traffic.
Usage statistics indicate up 64% of people are now using Chrome as their preferred browsers.
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
Your website will be impacted by these Google changes. To make sure you aren't you will need to add an SSL certificate to your site if you haven't already done so.
To help with this Hosting Australia are offering a global discount on all SSL of 10%
Simply order the SSL via the client area and use the code 'CHROME2017' to gain the discount.
If you have a single domain name that you run your website under we would recommend either:
Click on either of the above to order your SSL. Your CPANEL account also offers automatic install under the 'AUTOSSL' option.
If you have more than one domain or multiple subdomains please contact us for free advice on what SSL certificate you will need (discount still applies)
If you want to know more about why Google has made these changes:
Read this article from Malware Bytes
Read this article from Gizmodo
This article indicates that Website Owners who use fulltime SSL will also get a slight boost in SEO ranking.
Read this article from SearchEngineland
