• Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Google preferring https sites was the motivator I saw for client demands.

    SEO scores feed into the PPC cost in AdWords so all of a sudden people were crying out for their sites to “have the padlock icon” because what’s 20 bucks for a cert when you’re spending thousands of dollars a month

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      1 year ago

      And now it’s free with stuff like Let’s Encrypt.