SSL-Certificate

Most people whenever visiting any new site would check for the HTTPS URL just a sure way of knowing that they are accessing a secure website. WordPress.com becomes among the many companies to support the HTTPS connection for their subdomains. For those people who have a custom domain or any blog under WordPress.com such as gethired.wordpress.com will get to enjoy all the benefits of having such a feature turned on.

Other top social sites such as Facebook and Twitter have been using the HTTPS connection for a while now, and it seems WordPress is choosing the same path. There had been fears that the company would only offer the HTTPS service available to WordPress subdomains. With the custom domains being included in the whole change to secure connection, it is a huge step for most people who run WordPress blogs.

The custom domains had not been supported because it had been hard to source for certificates for all the domains under the platform.

The emergence of the Let’s Encrypt project has made the HTTPS implementation cheaper and easier to implement. This has not just affected WordPress.com, but many other platforms that had always desired to get themselves an SSL certificate. WordPress.com has taken the initiative to use this opportunity and make it their blogs secure. Expect to see that HTTPS URL and the green lock on the address bar.

It comes as good news for people who would love to rank higher on Google search engine. It has been noticed that the Google algorithm tends to support the HTTPS websites more than those that only have the HTTP only connection. If you have a new WordPress.com blog with the SSL certificate, ranking better should be happening very soon. Just ensure that you do have enough quality content as it is not just about HTTPS that will get you ranking better in Google search index.

Most people owning WordPress.com websites are likely to ask themselves how they will turn on HTTPS. Do not worry much about that, as WordPress.com will do that for you. It is like flipping a switch and all the websites associated with the platform get the certificate.