Dale H. Cook wrote: >At 10:48 AM 8/16/2018, Mark Roberts wrote: > >>That just means they're using the standard http protocol instead of https >>(encrypted). I wouldn't worry too much about it unless you're giving the site >>private personal information or credit card numbers. > >This is a phenomenon that has become common. Even though neither of my domains >is engaged in commerce, and there isn't anything in either domain that >requires a login through http, I have converted both to https just to avoid >emails from folks who think that a site is broken if they get the "has >configured their website improperly" message.
Same here. I converted my site over because search engines are now penalizing sites that aren't https, even if they don't do e-commerce or anything else that requires security. The net effect is to penalize small, independent web sites compared to big, corporate sites. (Which is probably one of the goals, anyway.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
