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This program consists of monthly videos which cover many topics of interest to online publishers (we recommend you sign up if you use Google AdSense). The November 2018 version was dedicated to HTTPS migrations.<br /> <br /> You can find the whole session, about one hour long, in this video:<br /> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-5SYYwvhvyA" width="560"></iframe><br /></div> </div> <div> <br /> <br /></div> <div> <div> <br /> The video covers the following topics:</div> </div> <div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>What HTTPS encryption is, and why it is important to protect your visitors and yourself,</li> <li>How HTTPS enables a more modern web,</li> <li>What are the usual complaints about HTTPS, and are they still true today?</li> <ul> <li><i>“But HTTPS certificates cost so much money!”</i></li> <li><i>“But switching to HTTPS will destroy my SEO!”</i></li> <li><i>“But “mixed content” is such a headache!”</i></li> <li><i>“But my ad revenue will get destroyed!”</i></li> <li><i>“But HTTPS is sooooo sloooow!"</i></li> </ul> <li>Some practical advice to run the migration. Those are an aggregation of:</li> <ul> <li>The “<a href="http://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6033049" target="_blank">site move with URL changes</a>” documentation</li> <li>General level advice on <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6073543" target="_blank">which HTTPS specifications to choose</a> (HSTS, encryption key strength, etc...)</li> </ul> </ul> </div> <div> <div> <br /> We hope that this sort of content is useful. Don’t hesitate to let us know if you like it and if we should do more! You can reach out to us directly on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/VincentCourson" target="_blank">Vincent</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/fozkosemen" target="_blank">Fatih</a>). Let us know which topics are of interest to you by commenting here or on the YouTube page. If you have questions when you plan your own HTTPS migration, don’t hesitate to ask in our <a href="https://g.co/webmasterhelpforum" target="_blank">Webmaster Help Forums</a>.</div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <span style="color: #666666;">Posted by Vincent Courson, Search Outreach Specialist</span></div> </div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> A few days ago, Fatih Ozkosemen and I led an episode of the <a href="https://events.withgoogle.com/google-adsense-livestream/#content" target="_blank">AdSense On Air series</a>. This program consists of monthly videos which cover many topics of interest to online publishers (we recommend you sign up if you use Google AdSense). The November 2018 version was dedicated to HTTPS migrations.<br /> <br /> You can find the whole session, about one hour long, in this video:<br /> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-5SYYwvhvyA" width="560"></iframe><br /></div> </div> <div> <br /> <br /></div> <div> <div> <br /> The video covers the following topics:</div> </div> <div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>What HTTPS encryption is, and why it is important to protect your visitors and yourself,</li> <li>How HTTPS enables a more modern web,</li> <li>What are the usual complaints about HTTPS, and are they still true today?</li> <ul> <li><i>“But HTTPS certificates cost so much money!”</i></li> <li><i>“But switching to HTTPS will destroy my SEO!”</i></li> <li><i>“But “mixed content” is such a headache!”</i></li> <li><i>“But my ad revenue will get destroyed!”</i></li> <li><i>“But HTTPS is sooooo sloooow!"</i></li> </ul> <li>Some practical advice to run the migration. Those are an aggregation of:</li> <ul> <li>The “<a href="http://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6033049" target="_blank">site move with URL changes</a>” documentation</li> <li>General level advice on <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6073543" target="_blank">which HTTPS specifications to choose</a> (HSTS, encryption key strength, etc...)</li> </ul> </ul> </div> <div> <div> <br /> We hope that this sort of content is useful. Don’t hesitate to let us know if you like it and if we should do more! You can reach out to us directly on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/VincentCourson" target="_blank">Vincent</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/fozkosemen" target="_blank">Fatih</a>). Let us know which topics are of interest to you by commenting here or on the YouTube page. If you have questions when you plan your own HTTPS migration, don’t hesitate to ask in our <a href="https://g.co/webmasterhelpforum" target="_blank">Webmaster Help Forums</a>.</div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <span style="color: #666666;">Posted by Vincent Courson, Search Outreach Specialist</span></div> </div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:Why & how to secure your website with the HTTPS protocol&url=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/12/why-how-to-secure-your-website-https.html&via=googlewmc'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/12/why-how-to-secure-your-website-https.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/12/why-how-to-secure-your-website-https.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/https' rel='tag'> https </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/security' rel='tag'> security </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='3154400653599979123' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/10/introducing-recaptcha-v3-new-way-to.html' itemprop='url' title='Introducing reCAPTCHA v3: the new way to stop bots'> Introducing reCAPTCHA v3: the new way to stop bots </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Monday, October 29, 2018 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Today, we’re excited to introduce reCAPTCHA v3, our newest API that helps you detect abusive traffic on your website without user interaction. Instead of showing a CAPTCHA challenge, <a href="https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/v3">reCAPTCHA v3</a> returns a score so you can choose the most appropriate action for your website.<br /> <br /> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> A Frictionless User Experience</h2> Over the last decade, reCAPTCHA has continuously evolved its technology. In reCAPTCHA v1, every user was asked to pass a challenge by reading distorted text and typing into a box. To improve both user experience and security, we introduced reCAPTCHA v2 and began to use many other signals to determine whether a request came from a human or bot. This enabled reCAPTCHA challenges to move from a dominant to a secondary role in detecting abuse, letting about half of users pass with a single click. Now with reCAPTCHA v3, we are fundamentally changing how sites can test for human vs. bot activities by returning a score to tell you how suspicious an interaction is and eliminating the need to interrupt users with challenges at all. reCAPTCHA v3 runs adaptive risk analysis in the background to alert you of suspicious traffic while letting your human users enjoy a frictionless experience on your site. <br /> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> More Accurate Bot Detection with "Actions"</h2> In reCAPTCHA v3, we are introducing a new concept called “Action”—a tag that you can use to define the key steps of your user journey and enable reCAPTCHA to run its risk analysis in context. Since reCAPTCHA v3 doesn't interrupt users, we recommend adding reCAPTCHA v3 to multiple pages. In this way, the reCAPTCHA adaptive risk analysis engine can identify the pattern of attackers more accurately by looking at the activities across different pages on your website. In the reCAPTCHA admin console, you can get a full overview of reCAPTCHA score distribution and a breakdown for the stats of the top 10 actions on your site, to help you identify which exact pages are being targeted by bots and how suspicious the traffic was on those pages. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_g_-9_nCWuBID9mOJKJPzHeIhJUwQ-ZKQtYdFC6ByA0jUvrRP0c5igZjx8LbdQTJbixbU3etqCKNWm6SfvwNHSCd_3cu2zss7gq-SBJs-jwgAOkehd4CDc5_oDtu_dQUV6fXp/s1600/reCAPTCHA-admin-console-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="991" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_g_-9_nCWuBID9mOJKJPzHeIhJUwQ-ZKQtYdFC6ByA0jUvrRP0c5igZjx8LbdQTJbixbU3etqCKNWm6SfvwNHSCd_3cu2zss7gq-SBJs-jwgAOkehd4CDc5_oDtu_dQUV6fXp/s640/reCAPTCHA-admin-console-1.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0eYqpn5_Hn39fWyeXaOy_A-XQgZe_A0v-anMbbJ2seNxTFMZAByvrPbGXbDrn3XWKstPlev1_WniJsjlw8qjjpxQ1wvQn7EofkNJDKc44aHI1xXCRvHDKqjckUhmeMwKPGc-/s1600/reCAPTCHA-admin-console-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1600" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0eYqpn5_Hn39fWyeXaOy_A-XQgZe_A0v-anMbbJ2seNxTFMZAByvrPbGXbDrn3XWKstPlev1_WniJsjlw8qjjpxQ1wvQn7EofkNJDKc44aHI1xXCRvHDKqjckUhmeMwKPGc-/s640/reCAPTCHA-admin-console-2.png" width="640" /></a></div> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> Fighting Bots Your Way</h2> Another big benefit that you’ll get from reCAPTCHA v3 is the flexibility to prevent spam and abuse in the way that best fits your website. Previously, the reCAPTCHA system mostly decided when and what CAPTCHAs to serve to users, leaving you with limited influence over your website’s user experience. Now, reCAPTCHA v3 will provide you with a score that tells you how suspicious an interaction is. There are three potential ways you can use the score. First, you can set a threshold that determines when a user is let through or when further verification needs to be done, for example, using two-factor authentication and phone verification. Second, you can combine the score with your own signals that reCAPTCHA can’t access—such as user profiles or transaction histories. Third, you can use the reCAPTCHA score as one of the signals to train your machine learning model to fight abuse. By providing you with these new ways to customize the actions that occur for different types of traffic, this new version lets you protect your site against bots and improve your user experience based on your website’s specific needs. <br /> In short, reCAPTCHA v3 helps to protect your sites without user friction and gives you more power to decide what to do in risky situations. As always, we are working every day to stay ahead of attackers and keep the Internet easy and safe to use (except for bots). <br /> Ready to get started with reCAPTCHA v3? Visit our <a href="https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/v3">developer site</a> for more details. <span class="byline-author">Posted by Wei Liu, Google Product Manager</span></div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Today, we’re excited to introduce reCAPTCHA v3, our newest API that helps you detect abusive traffic on your website without user interaction. Instead of showing a CAPTCHA challenge, <a href="https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/v3">reCAPTCHA v3</a> returns a score so you can choose the most appropriate action for your website.<br /> <br /> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> A Frictionless User Experience</h2> Over the last decade, reCAPTCHA has continuously evolved its technology. In reCAPTCHA v1, every user was asked to pass a challenge by reading distorted text and typing into a box. To improve both user experience and security, we introduced reCAPTCHA v2 and began to use many other signals to determine whether a request came from a human or bot. This enabled reCAPTCHA challenges to move from a dominant to a secondary role in detecting abuse, letting about half of users pass with a single click. Now with reCAPTCHA v3, we are fundamentally changing how sites can test for human vs. bot activities by returning a score to tell you how suspicious an interaction is and eliminating the need to interrupt users with challenges at all. reCAPTCHA v3 runs adaptive risk analysis in the background to alert you of suspicious traffic while letting your human users enjoy a frictionless experience on your site. <br /> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> More Accurate Bot Detection with "Actions"</h2> In reCAPTCHA v3, we are introducing a new concept called “Action”—a tag that you can use to define the key steps of your user journey and enable reCAPTCHA to run its risk analysis in context. Since reCAPTCHA v3 doesn't interrupt users, we recommend adding reCAPTCHA v3 to multiple pages. In this way, the reCAPTCHA adaptive risk analysis engine can identify the pattern of attackers more accurately by looking at the activities across different pages on your website. In the reCAPTCHA admin console, you can get a full overview of reCAPTCHA score distribution and a breakdown for the stats of the top 10 actions on your site, to help you identify which exact pages are being targeted by bots and how suspicious the traffic was on those pages. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_g_-9_nCWuBID9mOJKJPzHeIhJUwQ-ZKQtYdFC6ByA0jUvrRP0c5igZjx8LbdQTJbixbU3etqCKNWm6SfvwNHSCd_3cu2zss7gq-SBJs-jwgAOkehd4CDc5_oDtu_dQUV6fXp/s1600/reCAPTCHA-admin-console-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="991" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_g_-9_nCWuBID9mOJKJPzHeIhJUwQ-ZKQtYdFC6ByA0jUvrRP0c5igZjx8LbdQTJbixbU3etqCKNWm6SfvwNHSCd_3cu2zss7gq-SBJs-jwgAOkehd4CDc5_oDtu_dQUV6fXp/s640/reCAPTCHA-admin-console-1.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0eYqpn5_Hn39fWyeXaOy_A-XQgZe_A0v-anMbbJ2seNxTFMZAByvrPbGXbDrn3XWKstPlev1_WniJsjlw8qjjpxQ1wvQn7EofkNJDKc44aHI1xXCRvHDKqjckUhmeMwKPGc-/s1600/reCAPTCHA-admin-console-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1600" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0eYqpn5_Hn39fWyeXaOy_A-XQgZe_A0v-anMbbJ2seNxTFMZAByvrPbGXbDrn3XWKstPlev1_WniJsjlw8qjjpxQ1wvQn7EofkNJDKc44aHI1xXCRvHDKqjckUhmeMwKPGc-/s640/reCAPTCHA-admin-console-2.png" width="640" /></a></div> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> Fighting Bots Your Way</h2> Another big benefit that you’ll get from reCAPTCHA v3 is the flexibility to prevent spam and abuse in the way that best fits your website. Previously, the reCAPTCHA system mostly decided when and what CAPTCHAs to serve to users, leaving you with limited influence over your website’s user experience. Now, reCAPTCHA v3 will provide you with a score that tells you how suspicious an interaction is. There are three potential ways you can use the score. First, you can set a threshold that determines when a user is let through or when further verification needs to be done, for example, using two-factor authentication and phone verification. Second, you can combine the score with your own signals that reCAPTCHA can’t access—such as user profiles or transaction histories. Third, you can use the reCAPTCHA score as one of the signals to train your machine learning model to fight abuse. By providing you with these new ways to customize the actions that occur for different types of traffic, this new version lets you protect your site against bots and improve your user experience based on your website’s specific needs. <br /> In short, reCAPTCHA v3 helps to protect your sites without user friction and gives you more power to decide what to do in risky situations. As always, we are working every day to stay ahead of attackers and keep the Internet easy and safe to use (except for bots). <br /> Ready to get started with reCAPTCHA v3? Visit our <a href="https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/v3">developer site</a> for more details. <span class="byline-author">Posted by Wei Liu, Google Product Manager</span></div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:Introducing reCAPTCHA v3: the new way to stop bots&url=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/10/introducing-recaptcha-v3-new-way-to.html&via=googlewmc'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/10/introducing-recaptcha-v3-new-way-to.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/10/introducing-recaptcha-v3-new-way-to.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/CAPTCHA' rel='tag'> CAPTCHA </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/security' rel='tag'> security </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='5043170892468867247' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/05/google-io-2018-sessions-SEOs.html' itemprop='url' title='Google I/O 2018 - What sessions should SEOs and Webmasters watch live ?'> Google I/O 2018 - What sessions should SEOs and Webmasters watch live ? </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Tuesday, May 08, 2018 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <a href="https://events.google.com/io/" target="_blank">Google I/O 2018</a> is starting today in California, to an international audience of 7,000+ developers. It will run until Thursday night. It is our annual developers festival, where product announcements are made, new APIs and frameworks are introduced, and Product Managers present the latest from Google.<br /> <br /> However, you don't have to physically attend the event to take advantage of this once-a-year opportunity: many conferences and talks are live streamed on YouTube for anyone to watch. You will find the full-event schedule <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> Dozens upon dozens of talks will take place over the next 3 days. We have hand picked the talks that we think will be the most interesting for webmasters and SEO professionals. Each link shared will bring you to pages with more details about each talk, and you will find out how to tune in to the live stream. All times are California time (PCT). We might add other sessions to this list.</div> <div> <br /></div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> <b>Tuesday, May 8th</b></div> <div> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><b>3pm</b> - Web Security post Spectre/Meltdown, with Emily Schechter and Chris Palmer - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=cc6ef17f-243c-451b-9e18-a50bdf959158&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>5pm</b> - Dru Knox and Stephan Somogyi talk about building a seamless web with Chrome - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=f4839672-8ab3-49be-ba2b-df5be6ff908f&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> </ul> </div> <div> <br /></div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> <b>Wednesday, May 9th</b></div> <div> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><b>9.30am</b> - Ewa Gasperowicz and Addy Osmani talk about Web Performance and increasing control over the loading experience - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=5ca0e495-8409-4279-a4d9-8b5306e75e62&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>10.30am</b> - Alberto Medina and Thierry Muller will explain how to make a WordPress site progressive - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=8735be7c-d42d-4fab-abfe-69e48a624261&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>11.30am</b> - Rob Dodson and Dominic Mazzoni will cover "What's new in web accessibility" - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=851d5519-9bd8-4431-aa2e-fca6c1e41dd3&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>3.30pm</b> - Michael Bleigh will introduce how to leverage AMP in Firebase for a blazing fast website - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=d93e965b-3896-4923-8e57-84914fcee763&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>4.30pm</b> - Rick Viscomi and Vinamrata Singal will introduce the latest with Lighthouse and Chrome UX Report for Web Performance - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=2524b9ad-2777-4b3c-951d-4b8accedfd53&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> </ul> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> <b>Thursday, May 10th</b></div> <div> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><b>8.30am</b> - John Mueller and Tom Greenaway will talk about building Search-friendly JavaScript websites - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-10&sid=e8a0d2f7-1eb2-4dc9-a69c-3f28d460b61f" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>9.30am</b> - Build e-commerce sites for the modern web with AMP, PWA, and more, with Adam Greenberg and Rowan Merewood - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=90159532-d4bd-4a46-97c5-77ecac04b246&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>12.30pm</b> - Session on "Building a successful web presence with Google Search" by John Mueller and Mariya Moeva - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=844d803c-ce5b-4dd6-a918-c8fbd95611ac&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> </ul> </div> <div> <br /> <br /></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> This list is only a sample of the content at this year's Google I/O, and there might be many more that are interesting to you! To find out about those other talks, check out the <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule?section=may-8&topic=web&type=sessions" target="_blank">full list of web sessions</a>, but also the <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule?section=may-8&topic=design" target="_blank">sessions about Design</a>, the <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule?section=may-8&topic=cloud" target="_blank">Cloud sessions</a>, the <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule?section=may-8&topic=machinelearning%26ai&type=sessions" target="_blank">machine learning sessions</a>, and more… </div> <div> <br /></div> </div> <div> <div> We hope you can make the time to watch the talks online, and participate in the excitement of I/O ! The videos will also be available on Youtube after the event, in case you can't tune in live.</div> <div> <br /></div> </div> <div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <span style="color: #666666;">Posted by <a href="https://twitter.com/VincentCourson" target="_blank">Vincent Courson</a>, Search Outreach Specialist, and the Google Webmasters team</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <a href="https://events.google.com/io/" target="_blank">Google I/O 2018</a> is starting today in California, to an international audience of 7,000+ developers. It will run until Thursday night. It is our annual developers festival, where product announcements are made, new APIs and frameworks are introduced, and Product Managers present the latest from Google.<br /> <br /> However, you don't have to physically attend the event to take advantage of this once-a-year opportunity: many conferences and talks are live streamed on YouTube for anyone to watch. You will find the full-event schedule <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> Dozens upon dozens of talks will take place over the next 3 days. We have hand picked the talks that we think will be the most interesting for webmasters and SEO professionals. Each link shared will bring you to pages with more details about each talk, and you will find out how to tune in to the live stream. All times are California time (PCT). We might add other sessions to this list.</div> <div> <br /></div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> <b>Tuesday, May 8th</b></div> <div> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><b>3pm</b> - Web Security post Spectre/Meltdown, with Emily Schechter and Chris Palmer - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=cc6ef17f-243c-451b-9e18-a50bdf959158&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>5pm</b> - Dru Knox and Stephan Somogyi talk about building a seamless web with Chrome - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=f4839672-8ab3-49be-ba2b-df5be6ff908f&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> </ul> </div> <div> <br /></div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> <b>Wednesday, May 9th</b></div> <div> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><b>9.30am</b> - Ewa Gasperowicz and Addy Osmani talk about Web Performance and increasing control over the loading experience - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=5ca0e495-8409-4279-a4d9-8b5306e75e62&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>10.30am</b> - Alberto Medina and Thierry Muller will explain how to make a WordPress site progressive - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=8735be7c-d42d-4fab-abfe-69e48a624261&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>11.30am</b> - Rob Dodson and Dominic Mazzoni will cover "What's new in web accessibility" - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=851d5519-9bd8-4431-aa2e-fca6c1e41dd3&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>3.30pm</b> - Michael Bleigh will introduce how to leverage AMP in Firebase for a blazing fast website - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=d93e965b-3896-4923-8e57-84914fcee763&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>4.30pm</b> - Rick Viscomi and Vinamrata Singal will introduce the latest with Lighthouse and Chrome UX Report for Web Performance - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=2524b9ad-2777-4b3c-951d-4b8accedfd53&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> </ul> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> <b>Thursday, May 10th</b></div> <div> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><b>8.30am</b> - John Mueller and Tom Greenaway will talk about building Search-friendly JavaScript websites - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-10&sid=e8a0d2f7-1eb2-4dc9-a69c-3f28d460b61f" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>9.30am</b> - Build e-commerce sites for the modern web with AMP, PWA, and more, with Adam Greenberg and Rowan Merewood - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=90159532-d4bd-4a46-97c5-77ecac04b246&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> <li><b>12.30pm</b> - Session on "Building a successful web presence with Google Search" by John Mueller and Mariya Moeva - <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=844d803c-ce5b-4dd6-a918-c8fbd95611ac&topic=web" target="_blank">more info</a>.</li> </ul> </div> <div> <br /> <br /></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> This list is only a sample of the content at this year's Google I/O, and there might be many more that are interesting to you! To find out about those other talks, check out the <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule?section=may-8&topic=web&type=sessions" target="_blank">full list of web sessions</a>, but also the <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule?section=may-8&topic=design" target="_blank">sessions about Design</a>, the <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule?section=may-8&topic=cloud" target="_blank">Cloud sessions</a>, the <a href="https://events.google.com/io/schedule?section=may-8&topic=machinelearning%26ai&type=sessions" target="_blank">machine learning sessions</a>, and more… </div> <div> <br /></div> </div> <div> <div> We hope you can make the time to watch the talks online, and participate in the excitement of I/O ! The videos will also be available on Youtube after the event, in case you can't tune in live.</div> <div> <br /></div> </div> <div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <span style="color: #666666;">Posted by <a href="https://twitter.com/VincentCourson" target="_blank">Vincent Courson</a>, Search Outreach Specialist, and the Google Webmasters team</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:Google I/O 2018 - What sessions should SEOs and Webmasters watch live ?&url=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/05/google-io-2018-sessions-SEOs.html&via=googlewmc'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/05/google-io-2018-sessions-SEOs.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/05/google-io-2018-sessions-SEOs.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/AMP' rel='tag'> AMP </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/crawling%20and%20indexing' rel='tag'> crawling and indexing </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/events' rel='tag'> events </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/javascript' rel='tag'> javascript </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/mobile' rel='tag'> mobile </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/performance' rel='tag'> performance </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/security' rel='tag'> security </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='8705303066969758002' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/04/distrust-of-symantec-pki-immediate.html' itemprop='url' title='Distrust of the Symantec PKI: Immediate action needed by site operators'> Distrust of the Symantec PKI: Immediate action needed by site operators </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Wednesday, April 04, 2018 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Cross-posted from the <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2018/03/distrust-of-symantec-pki-immediate.html">Google Security Blog</a>. <br /> <br /> We <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2017/09/chromes-plan-to-distrust-symantec.html">previously announced</a> plans to deprecate Chrome’s trust in the Symantec certificate authority (including Symantec-owned brands like Thawte, VeriSign, Equifax, GeoTrust, and RapidSSL). This post outlines how site operators can determine if they’re affected by this deprecation, and if so, what needs to be done and by when. Failure to replace these certificates will result in site breakage in upcoming versions of major browsers, including Chrome.<br /> <br /> <b>Chrome 66</b><br /> <br /> If your site is using a SSL/TLS certificate from Symantec that was issued before June 1, 2016, it will stop functioning in Chrome 66, which could already be impacting your users.<br /> <br /> If you are uncertain about whether your site is using such a certificate, you can preview these changes in <a href="https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/canary.html">Chrome Canary</a> to see if your site is affected. If connecting to your site displays a certificate error or a warning in DevTools as shown below, you’ll need to replace your certificate. You can get a new certificate from any <a href="https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/root-ca-policy">trusted CA</a>, including Digicert, which recently acquired Symantec’s CA business.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JghlnAyjNzEOOVhb10cpNigVSA1bMhueV7xo7PresMIsT9gt4GZ3AGQkIcC98lQ6xKdxIPXSkg4NeVO_Z2Px9FGrSJ4PxzuLD6PvN355q0Z6g6gg-rZVJ-iZjGj1yeatMHm78A/s1600/interstitial+-+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1398" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JghlnAyjNzEOOVhb10cpNigVSA1bMhueV7xo7PresMIsT9gt4GZ3AGQkIcC98lQ6xKdxIPXSkg4NeVO_Z2Px9FGrSJ4PxzuLD6PvN355q0Z6g6gg-rZVJ-iZjGj1yeatMHm78A/s640/interstitial+-+1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An example of a certificate error that Chrome 66 users might see if you are using a Legacy Symantec SSL/TLS certificate that was issued before June 1, 2016. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_yPAYu0YDjLBTJ2x0A76OUvmdZ8yMNor5Q7bC_B0G91lifSg9QhyphenhyphenFlEwYDUC6a_grc8BsKcCdwHSv2Tm8YozxaCd0coDvw1P_28-vr4NxplbnN7YpFgxupJ4uRb549sHaOE1jg/s1600/devtools+-+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="64" data-original-width="1246" height="32" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_yPAYu0YDjLBTJ2x0A76OUvmdZ8yMNor5Q7bC_B0G91lifSg9QhyphenhyphenFlEwYDUC6a_grc8BsKcCdwHSv2Tm8YozxaCd0coDvw1P_28-vr4NxplbnN7YpFgxupJ4uRb549sHaOE1jg/s640/devtools+-+2.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 0.8em;">The DevTools message you will see if you need to replace your certificate before Chrome 66.</td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> </tbody></table> Chrome 66 has already been released to the Canary and Dev channels, meaning affected sites are already impacting users of these Chrome channels. If affected sites do not replace their certificates by <b>March 15, 2018</b>, Chrome Beta users will begin experiencing the failures as well. You are strongly encouraged to replace your certificate as soon as possible if your site is currently showing an error in Chrome Canary.<br /> <br /> <b>Chrome 70</b><br /> <br /> Starting in Chrome 70, all remaining Symantec SSL/TLS certificates will stop working, resulting in a certificate error like the one shown above. To check if your certificate will be affected, visit your site in Chrome today and open up DevTools. You’ll see a message in the console telling you if you need to replace your certificate.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9VMwALSSEZh274MrmpEA1HkkYSztWE3dOb5keX_8fAr5AD40fayAq7eexo_CmsgEzzchy3TGjxd2KuUuDyqdksopj9WQcydL0wdyn7k8G2dnqM8wDte6BtLDiZEdjj9dDGag3Lw/s1600/devtools+-+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="94" data-original-width="1250" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9VMwALSSEZh274MrmpEA1HkkYSztWE3dOb5keX_8fAr5AD40fayAq7eexo_CmsgEzzchy3TGjxd2KuUuDyqdksopj9WQcydL0wdyn7k8G2dnqM8wDte6BtLDiZEdjj9dDGag3Lw/s640/devtools+-+3.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The DevTools message you will see if you need to replace your certificate before Chrome 70.</td></tr> </tbody></table> If you see this message in DevTools, you’ll want to replace your certificate as soon as possible. If the certificates are not replaced, users will begin seeing certificate errors on your site as early as <b>July 20, 2018</b>. The first Chrome 70 Beta release will be around September 13, 2018.<br /> <br /> <b>Expected Chrome Release Timeline</b><br /> <br /> The table below shows the First Canary, First Beta and Stable Release for Chrome 66 and 70. The first impact from a given release will coincide with the First Canary, reaching a steadily widening audience as the release hits Beta and then ultimately Stable. Site operators are strongly encouraged to make the necessary changes to their sites before the First Canary release for Chrome 66 and 70, and no later than the corresponding Beta release dates.<br /> <br /> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; text-align: center;"><colgroup><col width="105"></col><col width="160"></col><col width="185"></col><col width="174"></col></colgroup><tbody> <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="background-color: #cfe2f3; border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">Release</span></div> </td><td style="background-color: #cfe2f3; border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">First Canary</span></div> </td><td style="background-color: #cfe2f3; border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">First Beta</span></div> </td><td style="background-color: #cfe2f3; border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">Stable Release</span></div> </td></tr> <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="background-color: #cfe2f3; border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">Chrome 66</span></div> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">January 20, 2018</span></div> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">~ March 15, 2018</span></div> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">~ April 17, 2018</span></div> </td></tr> <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="background-color: #cfe2f3; border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">Chrome 70</span></div> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">~ July 20, 2018</span></div> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">~ September 13, 2018</span></div> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">~ October 16, 2018</span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> For information about the release timeline for a particular version of Chrome, you can also refer to the <a href="https://www.chromium.org/developers/calendar">Chromium Development Calendar</a> which will be updated should release schedules change.<br /> In order to address the needs of certain enterprise users, Chrome will also implement an Enterprise Policy that allows disabling the Legacy Symantec PKI distrust starting with Chrome 66. As of January 1, 2019, this policy will no longer be available and the Legacy Symantec PKI will be distrusted for all users.<br /> <br /> <b>Special Mention: Chrome 65</b><br /> <br /> As noted in the <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2017/09/chromes-plan-to-distrust-symantec.html">previous announcement</a>, SSL/TLS certificates from the Legacy Symantec PKI issued after December 1, 2017 are no longer trusted. This should not affect most site operators, as it requires entering in to special agreement with DigiCert to obtain such certificates. Accessing a site serving such a certificate will fail and the request will be blocked as of Chrome 65. To avoid such errors, ensure that such certificates are only served to legacy devices and not to browsers such as Chrome.<br /> <br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Devon O’Brien, Ryan Sleevi, Emily Stark, Chrome security team</span> </div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Cross-posted from the <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2018/03/distrust-of-symantec-pki-immediate.html">Google Security Blog</a>. <br /> <br /> We <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2017/09/chromes-plan-to-distrust-symantec.html">previously announced</a> plans to deprecate Chrome’s trust in the Symantec certificate authority (including Symantec-owned brands like Thawte, VeriSign, Equifax, GeoTrust, and RapidSSL). This post outlines how site operators can determine if they’re affected by this deprecation, and if so, what needs to be done and by when. Failure to replace these certificates will result in site breakage in upcoming versions of major browsers, including Chrome.<br /> <br /> <b>Chrome 66</b><br /> <br /> If your site is using a SSL/TLS certificate from Symantec that was issued before June 1, 2016, it will stop functioning in Chrome 66, which could already be impacting your users.<br /> <br /> If you are uncertain about whether your site is using such a certificate, you can preview these changes in <a href="https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/canary.html">Chrome Canary</a> to see if your site is affected. If connecting to your site displays a certificate error or a warning in DevTools as shown below, you’ll need to replace your certificate. You can get a new certificate from any <a href="https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/root-ca-policy">trusted CA</a>, including Digicert, which recently acquired Symantec’s CA business.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JghlnAyjNzEOOVhb10cpNigVSA1bMhueV7xo7PresMIsT9gt4GZ3AGQkIcC98lQ6xKdxIPXSkg4NeVO_Z2Px9FGrSJ4PxzuLD6PvN355q0Z6g6gg-rZVJ-iZjGj1yeatMHm78A/s1600/interstitial+-+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1398" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JghlnAyjNzEOOVhb10cpNigVSA1bMhueV7xo7PresMIsT9gt4GZ3AGQkIcC98lQ6xKdxIPXSkg4NeVO_Z2Px9FGrSJ4PxzuLD6PvN355q0Z6g6gg-rZVJ-iZjGj1yeatMHm78A/s640/interstitial+-+1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An example of a certificate error that Chrome 66 users might see if you are using a Legacy Symantec SSL/TLS certificate that was issued before June 1, 2016. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_yPAYu0YDjLBTJ2x0A76OUvmdZ8yMNor5Q7bC_B0G91lifSg9QhyphenhyphenFlEwYDUC6a_grc8BsKcCdwHSv2Tm8YozxaCd0coDvw1P_28-vr4NxplbnN7YpFgxupJ4uRb549sHaOE1jg/s1600/devtools+-+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="64" data-original-width="1246" height="32" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_yPAYu0YDjLBTJ2x0A76OUvmdZ8yMNor5Q7bC_B0G91lifSg9QhyphenhyphenFlEwYDUC6a_grc8BsKcCdwHSv2Tm8YozxaCd0coDvw1P_28-vr4NxplbnN7YpFgxupJ4uRb549sHaOE1jg/s640/devtools+-+2.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 0.8em;">The DevTools message you will see if you need to replace your certificate before Chrome 66.</td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> </tbody></table> Chrome 66 has already been released to the Canary and Dev channels, meaning affected sites are already impacting users of these Chrome channels. If affected sites do not replace their certificates by <b>March 15, 2018</b>, Chrome Beta users will begin experiencing the failures as well. You are strongly encouraged to replace your certificate as soon as possible if your site is currently showing an error in Chrome Canary.<br /> <br /> <b>Chrome 70</b><br /> <br /> Starting in Chrome 70, all remaining Symantec SSL/TLS certificates will stop working, resulting in a certificate error like the one shown above. To check if your certificate will be affected, visit your site in Chrome today and open up DevTools. You’ll see a message in the console telling you if you need to replace your certificate.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9VMwALSSEZh274MrmpEA1HkkYSztWE3dOb5keX_8fAr5AD40fayAq7eexo_CmsgEzzchy3TGjxd2KuUuDyqdksopj9WQcydL0wdyn7k8G2dnqM8wDte6BtLDiZEdjj9dDGag3Lw/s1600/devtools+-+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="94" data-original-width="1250" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9VMwALSSEZh274MrmpEA1HkkYSztWE3dOb5keX_8fAr5AD40fayAq7eexo_CmsgEzzchy3TGjxd2KuUuDyqdksopj9WQcydL0wdyn7k8G2dnqM8wDte6BtLDiZEdjj9dDGag3Lw/s640/devtools+-+3.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The DevTools message you will see if you need to replace your certificate before Chrome 70.</td></tr> </tbody></table> If you see this message in DevTools, you’ll want to replace your certificate as soon as possible. If the certificates are not replaced, users will begin seeing certificate errors on your site as early as <b>July 20, 2018</b>. The first Chrome 70 Beta release will be around September 13, 2018.<br /> <br /> <b>Expected Chrome Release Timeline</b><br /> <br /> The table below shows the First Canary, First Beta and Stable Release for Chrome 66 and 70. The first impact from a given release will coincide with the First Canary, reaching a steadily widening audience as the release hits Beta and then ultimately Stable. Site operators are strongly encouraged to make the necessary changes to their sites before the First Canary release for Chrome 66 and 70, and no later than the corresponding Beta release dates.<br /> <br /> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; text-align: center;"><colgroup><col width="105"></col><col width="160"></col><col width="185"></col><col width="174"></col></colgroup><tbody> <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="background-color: #cfe2f3; border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">Release</span></div> </td><td style="background-color: #cfe2f3; border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">First Canary</span></div> </td><td style="background-color: #cfe2f3; border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">First Beta</span></div> </td><td style="background-color: #cfe2f3; border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">Stable Release</span></div> </td></tr> <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="background-color: #cfe2f3; border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">Chrome 66</span></div> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">January 20, 2018</span></div> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">~ March 15, 2018</span></div> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">~ April 17, 2018</span></div> </td></tr> <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="background-color: #cfe2f3; border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">Chrome 70</span></div> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">~ July 20, 2018</span></div> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">~ September 13, 2018</span></div> </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="white-space: pre;">~ October 16, 2018</span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> For information about the release timeline for a particular version of Chrome, you can also refer to the <a href="https://www.chromium.org/developers/calendar">Chromium Development Calendar</a> which will be updated should release schedules change.<br /> In order to address the needs of certain enterprise users, Chrome will also implement an Enterprise Policy that allows disabling the Legacy Symantec PKI distrust starting with Chrome 66. As of January 1, 2019, this policy will no longer be available and the Legacy Symantec PKI will be distrusted for all users.<br /> <br /> <b>Special Mention: Chrome 65</b><br /> <br /> As noted in the <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2017/09/chromes-plan-to-distrust-symantec.html">previous announcement</a>, SSL/TLS certificates from the Legacy Symantec PKI issued after December 1, 2017 are no longer trusted. This should not affect most site operators, as it requires entering in to special agreement with DigiCert to obtain such certificates. Accessing a site serving such a certificate will fail and the request will be blocked as of Chrome 65. To avoid such errors, ensure that such certificates are only served to legacy devices and not to browsers such as Chrome.<br /> <br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Devon O’Brien, Ryan Sleevi, Emily Stark, Chrome security team</span> </div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:Distrust of the Symantec PKI: Immediate action needed by site operators&url=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/04/distrust-of-symantec-pki-immediate.html&via=googlewmc'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/04/distrust-of-symantec-pki-immediate.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2018/04/distrust-of-symantec-pki-immediate.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/encryption' rel='tag'> encryption </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/general%20tips' rel='tag'> general tips </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/https' rel='tag'> https </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/security' rel='tag'> security </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='2926565279364950621' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2017/01/protect-your-site-from-user-generated.html' itemprop='url' title='Protect your site from user generated spam'> Protect your site from user generated spam </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Friday, January 27, 2017 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <p>As a website owner, you might have come across some auto-generated content in comments sections or forum threads. When such content is created on your pages, not only does it disrupt those visiting your site, but it also shows some content that you may not want to be associated with your site to Google and other search engines.</p> <br><p>In this blog post, we will give you tips to help you deal with this type of spam in your site and forum. </p> <br><p>Some spammers abuse sites owned by others by posting deceiving content and links, in an attempt to get more traffic to their sites. Here are a few examples:</p> <img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3Mm9wyY6qsWKILNes633IS2BoPtguQY8Aj1b0KuKuvx5A-GhV16hlSsG3lEHXBdggbCOPoU8PHmdAiKmWS7GhZip2bcNuIIpwXtvK2LhbOYJDAOVRav9kbYIfXwmovXerMEe/s400/img1.png" width="400" /> <br> <img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5FPeeajc_OGWN_ed45B_JirBfxUIgWjchfmvgJmdWfAbMKgYW6jvniIfmlV-dqTsHD_Sxd8Ww99bi3e_pZZ977MIl7yng-k5EgA1rJJTzWrIP_6e8oiyPeigud8IN7cXRpVh/s400/img2.png" width="400" /> <p>Comments and forum threads can be a really good source of information and an efficient way of engaging a site's users in discussions. This valuable content should not be buried by auto-generated keywords and links placed there by spammers. </p> <br><p>There are many ways of securing your site’s forums and comment threads and making them unattractive to spammers:</p> <br><ul><li><b>Keep your forum software updated and patched.</b> Take the time to keep your software up-to-date and pay special attention to important security updates. Spammers take advantage of security issues in older versions of blogs, bulletin boards, and other content management systems. </li></ul> <br><ul><li><b>Add a CAPTCHA.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA">CAPTCHAs</a> require users to confirm that they are not robots in order to prove they're a human being and not an automated script. One way to do this is to use a service like <a href="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html">reCAPTCHA</a>, <a href="http://www.phpcaptcha.org/">Securimage</a> and  <a href="http://jcaptcha.sourceforge.net/">Jcaptcha</a> . <br> </li> <li><b>Block suspicious behavior.</b> Many forums allow you to set time limits between posts, and you can often find plugins to look for excessive traffic from individual IP addresses or proxies and other activity more common to bots than human beings. For example, <a href="https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/limit_post_as_count_per_forum/">phpBB</a>, <a href="http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1327">Simple Machines</a>, <a href="https://mods.mybb.com/view/limit-number-of-posts">myBB</a>, and many other forum platforms enable such configurations.<br><br></li> <li><b>Check your forum’s top posters on a daily basis.</b> If a user joined recently and has an excessive amount of posts, then you probably should review their profile and make sure that their posts and threads are not spammy.<br><br></li> <li><b>Consider disabling some types of comments.</b> For example, It’s a good practice to close some very old forum threads that are unlikely to get legitimate replies.<br>If you plan on not monitoring your forum going forward and users are no longer interacting with it, turning off posting completely may prevent spammers from abusing it.<br><br></li> <li><b>Make good use of moderation capabilities.</b> Consider enabling features in moderation that require users to have a certain reputation before links can be posted or where comments with links require moderation.<br>If possible, change your settings so that you disallow anonymous posting and make posts from new users require approval before they're publicly visible.<br>Moderators, together with your friends/colleagues and some other trusted users can help you review and approve posts while spreading the workload. Keep an eye on your forum's new users by looking on their posts and activities on your forum.  <br><br></li> <li><b>Consider blacklisting obviously spammy terms.</b> Block obviously inappropriate comments with a blacklist of spammy terms (e.g. Illegal streaming or pharma related terms) . Add inappropriate and off-topic terms that are only used by spammers, learn from the spam posts that you often see on your forum or other forums. Built-in features or plugins can delete or mark comments as spam for you. <br><br></li> <li><b>Use the "nofollow" attribute for links in the comment field.</b> This will deter spammers from targeting your site. By default, many blogging sites (such as Blogger) automatically add this attribute to any posted comments.<br><br></li> <li><b>Use automated systems to defend your site.</b>  Comprehensive systems like <a href="http://akismet.com/development/">Akismet, which has plugins for many blogs and forum systems</a> are easy to install and do most of the work for you. </li></ul> <p><br><br></p> <br><p>For detailed information about these topics, check out our Help Center document on <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2721437">User Generated Spam</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=81749">comment spam</a>. You can also visit our <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/go/community">Webmaster Central Help Forum</a> if you need any help. </p> <br><br> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Anouar Bendahou, Search Quality Strategist, Google Ireland</span></div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <p>As a website owner, you might have come across some auto-generated content in comments sections or forum threads. When such content is created on your pages, not only does it disrupt those visiting your site, but it also shows some content that you may not want to be associated with your site to Google and other search engines.</p> <br><p>In this blog post, we will give you tips to help you deal with this type of spam in your site and forum. </p> <br><p>Some spammers abuse sites owned by others by posting deceiving content and links, in an attempt to get more traffic to their sites. Here are a few examples:</p> <img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3Mm9wyY6qsWKILNes633IS2BoPtguQY8Aj1b0KuKuvx5A-GhV16hlSsG3lEHXBdggbCOPoU8PHmdAiKmWS7GhZip2bcNuIIpwXtvK2LhbOYJDAOVRav9kbYIfXwmovXerMEe/s400/img1.png" width="400" /> <br> <img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5FPeeajc_OGWN_ed45B_JirBfxUIgWjchfmvgJmdWfAbMKgYW6jvniIfmlV-dqTsHD_Sxd8Ww99bi3e_pZZ977MIl7yng-k5EgA1rJJTzWrIP_6e8oiyPeigud8IN7cXRpVh/s400/img2.png" width="400" /> <p>Comments and forum threads can be a really good source of information and an efficient way of engaging a site's users in discussions. This valuable content should not be buried by auto-generated keywords and links placed there by spammers. </p> <br><p>There are many ways of securing your site’s forums and comment threads and making them unattractive to spammers:</p> <br><ul><li><b>Keep your forum software updated and patched.</b> Take the time to keep your software up-to-date and pay special attention to important security updates. Spammers take advantage of security issues in older versions of blogs, bulletin boards, and other content management systems. </li></ul> <br><ul><li><b>Add a CAPTCHA.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA">CAPTCHAs</a> require users to confirm that they are not robots in order to prove they're a human being and not an automated script. One way to do this is to use a service like <a href="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html">reCAPTCHA</a>, <a href="http://www.phpcaptcha.org/">Securimage</a> and  <a href="http://jcaptcha.sourceforge.net/">Jcaptcha</a> . <br> </li> <li><b>Block suspicious behavior.</b> Many forums allow you to set time limits between posts, and you can often find plugins to look for excessive traffic from individual IP addresses or proxies and other activity more common to bots than human beings. For example, <a href="https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/limit_post_as_count_per_forum/">phpBB</a>, <a href="http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1327">Simple Machines</a>, <a href="https://mods.mybb.com/view/limit-number-of-posts">myBB</a>, and many other forum platforms enable such configurations.<br><br></li> <li><b>Check your forum’s top posters on a daily basis.</b> If a user joined recently and has an excessive amount of posts, then you probably should review their profile and make sure that their posts and threads are not spammy.<br><br></li> <li><b>Consider disabling some types of comments.</b> For example, It’s a good practice to close some very old forum threads that are unlikely to get legitimate replies.<br>If you plan on not monitoring your forum going forward and users are no longer interacting with it, turning off posting completely may prevent spammers from abusing it.<br><br></li> <li><b>Make good use of moderation capabilities.</b> Consider enabling features in moderation that require users to have a certain reputation before links can be posted or where comments with links require moderation.<br>If possible, change your settings so that you disallow anonymous posting and make posts from new users require approval before they're publicly visible.<br>Moderators, together with your friends/colleagues and some other trusted users can help you review and approve posts while spreading the workload. Keep an eye on your forum's new users by looking on their posts and activities on your forum.  <br><br></li> <li><b>Consider blacklisting obviously spammy terms.</b> Block obviously inappropriate comments with a blacklist of spammy terms (e.g. Illegal streaming or pharma related terms) . Add inappropriate and off-topic terms that are only used by spammers, learn from the spam posts that you often see on your forum or other forums. Built-in features or plugins can delete or mark comments as spam for you. <br><br></li> <li><b>Use the "nofollow" attribute for links in the comment field.</b> This will deter spammers from targeting your site. By default, many blogging sites (such as Blogger) automatically add this attribute to any posted comments.<br><br></li> <li><b>Use automated systems to defend your site.</b>  Comprehensive systems like <a href="http://akismet.com/development/">Akismet, which has plugins for many blogs and forum systems</a> are easy to install and do most of the work for you. </li></ul> <p><br><br></p> <br><p>For detailed information about these topics, check out our Help Center document on <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2721437">User Generated Spam</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=81749">comment spam</a>. You can also visit our <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/go/community">Webmaster Central Help Forum</a> if you need any help. </p> <br><br> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Anouar Bendahou, Search Quality Strategist, Google Ireland</span></div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:Protect your site from user generated spam&url=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2017/01/protect-your-site-from-user-generated.html&via=googlewmc'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2017/01/protect-your-site-from-user-generated.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2017/01/protect-your-site-from-user-generated.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/general%20tips' rel='tag'> general tips </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/security' rel='tag'> security </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/webmaster%20guidelines' rel='tag'> webmaster guidelines </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='2085203645066083301' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/11/heres-to-more-https-on-web.html' itemprop='url' title='Here’s to more HTTPS on the web!'> Here’s to more HTTPS on the web! </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Friday, November 04, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Cross-posted from the <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2016/11/heres-to-more-https-on-web.html">Google Security Blog</a>.<br /><br /> Security has always been critical to the web, but challenges involved in site migration have inhibited HTTPS adoption for several years. In the interest of a safer web for all, at Google we’ve worked alongside many others across the online ecosystem to better understand and address these challenges, resulting in real change. A web with ubiquitous HTTPS is not the distant future. It’s happening now, with secure browsing becoming standard for users of Chrome.<br /> <br /> Today, we’re adding a <a href="https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/https/metrics/?hl=en">new section to the HTTPS Report Card in our Transparency Report</a> that includes data about how HTTPS usage has been increasing over time. More than half of pages loaded and two-thirds of total time spent by Chrome desktop users occur via HTTPS, and we expect these metrics to continue their strong upward trajectory.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdGbAU_gF-Lyn6xsLriLQROOnH-puq-TcgBW55OfvcA419x2RRAGGBG8nhKHNVY3u_fzdqgglmgof8_wnuamDtnVuaSqi0ABInFaMHGwqNe2oMlclbvTEG4a0_MgB5WhyphenhyphennOaZ4w/s1600/chart.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdGbAU_gF-Lyn6xsLriLQROOnH-puq-TcgBW55OfvcA419x2RRAGGBG8nhKHNVY3u_fzdqgglmgof8_wnuamDtnVuaSqi0ABInFaMHGwqNe2oMlclbvTEG4a0_MgB5WhyphenhyphennOaZ4w/s640/chart.png" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Percentage of pages loaded over HTTPS in Chrome</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> As the remainder of the web transitions to HTTPS, we’ll continue working to ensure that migrating to HTTPS is a no-brainer, providing business benefit beyond increased security. HTTPS currently enables the <a href="https://istlsfastyet.com/">best</a> <a href="https://blog.chromium.org/2013/11/making-web-faster-with-spdy-and-http2.html">performance</a> the web offers and powerful features that <a href="https://developers.google.com/web/showcase/">benefit</a> site conversions, including both new features such as <a href="https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/getting-started/primers/service-workers">service workers</a> for offline support and <a href="https://www.mobify.com/insights/google-web-push-notifications-case-study/">web push notifications</a>, and existing features such as <a href="https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/06/checkout-faster-with-autofill">credit card autofill</a> and the <a href="https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/04/geolocation-on-secure-contexts-only">HTML5 geolocation API</a> that are <a href="https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/deprecating-powerful-features-on-insecure-origins">too powerful to be used</a> over non-secure HTTP. As with all major site migrations, there are certain steps webmasters should take to ensure that search ranking transitions are smooth when moving to HTTPS. To help with this, we’ve posted <a href="https://plus.google.com/+JohnMueller/posts/PY1xCWbeDVC">two</a> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/eYmUYvNNT5J">FAQs</a> to help sites transition correctly, and will continue to improve our <a href="https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/encrypt-in-transit/why-https">web fundamentals guidance</a>.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> We’ve seen many sites successfully transition with negligible effect on their search ranking and traffic. Brian Wood, Director of Marketing SEO at Wayfair, a large retail site, commented: “We were able to migrate Wayfair.com to HTTPS with no meaningful impact to Google rankings or Google organic search traffic. We are very pleased to say that all Wayfair sites are now fully HTTPS.” CNET, a large tech news site, had a similar experience: “We successfully completed our move of CNET.com to HTTPS last month,” said John Sherwood, Vice President of Engineering & Technology at CNET. “Since then, there has been no change in our Google rankings or Google organic search traffic.”</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Webmasters that include ads on their sites also should carefully monitor ad performance and revenue during large site migrations. The portion of Google ad traffic served over HTTPS has <a href="https://g.co/https">increased dramatically</a> over the past 3 years. All ads that come from any Google source always support HTTPS, including AdWords, AdSense, or DoubleClick Ad Exchange; ads sold directly, such as those through DoubleClick for Publishers, still need to be designed to be HTTPS-friendly. This means there will be no change to the Google-sourced ads that appear on a site after migrating to HTTPS. Many publishing partners have seen this in practice after a successful HTTPS transition. Jason Tollestrup, Director of Programmatic Advertising for the <a href="https://developer.washingtonpost.com/pb/blog/post/2015/12/10/moving-the-washington-post-to-https/">Washington Post</a>, “saw no material impact to AdX revenue with the transition to SSL.”</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> As migrating to HTTPS becomes even easier, <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2016/09/moving-towards-more-secure-web.html">we’ll continue</a> working towards a web that’s secure by default. Don’t hesitate to start planning your HTTPS migration today!</div> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Adrienne Porter Felt and Emily Schechter, Chrome Security Team</span><br /> </div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Cross-posted from the <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2016/11/heres-to-more-https-on-web.html">Google Security Blog</a>.<br /><br /> Security has always been critical to the web, but challenges involved in site migration have inhibited HTTPS adoption for several years. In the interest of a safer web for all, at Google we’ve worked alongside many others across the online ecosystem to better understand and address these challenges, resulting in real change. A web with ubiquitous HTTPS is not the distant future. It’s happening now, with secure browsing becoming standard for users of Chrome.<br /> <br /> Today, we’re adding a <a href="https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/https/metrics/?hl=en">new section to the HTTPS Report Card in our Transparency Report</a> that includes data about how HTTPS usage has been increasing over time. More than half of pages loaded and two-thirds of total time spent by Chrome desktop users occur via HTTPS, and we expect these metrics to continue their strong upward trajectory.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdGbAU_gF-Lyn6xsLriLQROOnH-puq-TcgBW55OfvcA419x2RRAGGBG8nhKHNVY3u_fzdqgglmgof8_wnuamDtnVuaSqi0ABInFaMHGwqNe2oMlclbvTEG4a0_MgB5WhyphenhyphennOaZ4w/s1600/chart.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdGbAU_gF-Lyn6xsLriLQROOnH-puq-TcgBW55OfvcA419x2RRAGGBG8nhKHNVY3u_fzdqgglmgof8_wnuamDtnVuaSqi0ABInFaMHGwqNe2oMlclbvTEG4a0_MgB5WhyphenhyphennOaZ4w/s640/chart.png" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Percentage of pages loaded over HTTPS in Chrome</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> As the remainder of the web transitions to HTTPS, we’ll continue working to ensure that migrating to HTTPS is a no-brainer, providing business benefit beyond increased security. HTTPS currently enables the <a href="https://istlsfastyet.com/">best</a> <a href="https://blog.chromium.org/2013/11/making-web-faster-with-spdy-and-http2.html">performance</a> the web offers and powerful features that <a href="https://developers.google.com/web/showcase/">benefit</a> site conversions, including both new features such as <a href="https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/getting-started/primers/service-workers">service workers</a> for offline support and <a href="https://www.mobify.com/insights/google-web-push-notifications-case-study/">web push notifications</a>, and existing features such as <a href="https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/06/checkout-faster-with-autofill">credit card autofill</a> and the <a href="https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/04/geolocation-on-secure-contexts-only">HTML5 geolocation API</a> that are <a href="https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/deprecating-powerful-features-on-insecure-origins">too powerful to be used</a> over non-secure HTTP. As with all major site migrations, there are certain steps webmasters should take to ensure that search ranking transitions are smooth when moving to HTTPS. To help with this, we’ve posted <a href="https://plus.google.com/+JohnMueller/posts/PY1xCWbeDVC">two</a> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/eYmUYvNNT5J">FAQs</a> to help sites transition correctly, and will continue to improve our <a href="https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/encrypt-in-transit/why-https">web fundamentals guidance</a>.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> We’ve seen many sites successfully transition with negligible effect on their search ranking and traffic. Brian Wood, Director of Marketing SEO at Wayfair, a large retail site, commented: “We were able to migrate Wayfair.com to HTTPS with no meaningful impact to Google rankings or Google organic search traffic. We are very pleased to say that all Wayfair sites are now fully HTTPS.” CNET, a large tech news site, had a similar experience: “We successfully completed our move of CNET.com to HTTPS last month,” said John Sherwood, Vice President of Engineering & Technology at CNET. “Since then, there has been no change in our Google rankings or Google organic search traffic.”</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Webmasters that include ads on their sites also should carefully monitor ad performance and revenue during large site migrations. The portion of Google ad traffic served over HTTPS has <a href="https://g.co/https">increased dramatically</a> over the past 3 years. All ads that come from any Google source always support HTTPS, including AdWords, AdSense, or DoubleClick Ad Exchange; ads sold directly, such as those through DoubleClick for Publishers, still need to be designed to be HTTPS-friendly. This means there will be no change to the Google-sourced ads that appear on a site after migrating to HTTPS. Many publishing partners have seen this in practice after a successful HTTPS transition. Jason Tollestrup, Director of Programmatic Advertising for the <a href="https://developer.washingtonpost.com/pb/blog/post/2015/12/10/moving-the-washington-post-to-https/">Washington Post</a>, “saw no material impact to AdX revenue with the transition to SSL.”</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> As migrating to HTTPS becomes even easier, <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2016/09/moving-towards-more-secure-web.html">we’ll continue</a> working towards a web that’s secure by default. Don’t hesitate to start planning your HTTPS migration today!</div> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Adrienne Porter Felt and Emily Schechter, Chrome Security Team</span><br /> </div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:Here’s to more HTTPS on the web!&url=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/11/heres-to-more-https-on-web.html&via=googlewmc'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/11/heres-to-more-https-on-web.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/11/heres-to-more-https-on-web.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/security' rel='tag'> security </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='4567342074701691164' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/09/more-safe-browsing-help-for-webmasters.html' itemprop='url' title='More Safe Browsing Help for Webmasters'> More Safe Browsing Help for Webmasters </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Wednesday, September 07, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> (Crossposted from the <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2016/09/more-safe-browsing-help-for-webmasters.html">Google Security Blog</a>.) <br /> For more than <a href="https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2007/08/malware-reviews-via-webmaster-tools.html">nine years</a>, Safe Browsing has helped webmasters via Search Console with information about how to fix security issues with their sites. This includes relevant Help Center articles, example URLs to assist in diagnosing the presence of harmful content, and a process for webmasters to request reviews of their site after security issues are addressed. Over time, Safe Browsing has expanded its protection to cover additional threats to user safety such as <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2015/11/safe-browsing-protection-from-even-more.html">Deceptive Sites</a> and <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2015/02/more-protection-from-unwanted-software.html">Unwanted Software</a>.<br /> <br /> To help webmasters be even more successful in resolving issues, we’re happy to announce that we’ve updated the information available in Search Console in the Security Issues report.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1F0SR3iTk-xx04A-hptdaXos48AMMHl13dxL2iTBkpuJyVHnuQ4hhmPpEUg4A-3men87Yb4cFSsCcvawoHjjCEWRv2NnkLLJjhoWhZ6jNRmaTVHqEHZs8tM6l6mH-SBCHA7e/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-08-26+at+1.04.29+PM.png" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1F0SR3iTk-xx04A-hptdaXos48AMMHl13dxL2iTBkpuJyVHnuQ4hhmPpEUg4A-3men87Yb4cFSsCcvawoHjjCEWRv2NnkLLJjhoWhZ6jNRmaTVHqEHZs8tM6l6mH-SBCHA7e/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-08-26+at+1.04.29+PM.png" width="640" /></a> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> The updated information provides more specific explanations of six different security issues detected by Safe Browsing, including <a href="https://developers.google.com/webmasters/hacked/">malware</a>, <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6350487">deceptive pages</a>, <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/3258249">harmful downloads</a>, and <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/3258249#if_uncommon">uncommon downloads</a>. These explanations give webmasters more context and detail about what Safe Browsing found. We also offer tailored recommendations for each type of issue, including sample URLs that webmasters can check to identify the source of the issue, as well as specific remediation actions webmasters can take to resolve the issue.<br /> <br /> We on the Safe Browsing team definitely recommend <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/topic/4564315">registering</a> your site in Search Console even if it is not currently experiencing a security issue. We send notifications through Search Console so webmasters can address any issues that appear <a href="http://research.google.com/pubs/pub44924.html">as quickly as possible</a>.<br /> <br /> Our goal is to help webmasters provide a safe and secure browsing experience for their users. We welcome any questions or feedback about the new features on the <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/go/community">Google Webmaster Help Forum</a>, where <a href="https://topcontributor.withgoogle.com/">Top Contributors</a> and Google employees are available to help.<br /> <br /> For more information about Safe Browsing’s ongoing work to shine light on the state of web security and encourage safer web security practices, check out our summary of trends and findings on the <a href="https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/safebrowsing/">Safe Browsing Transparency Report</a>. If you’re interested in the tools Google provides for webmasters and developers dealing with hacked sites, this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbJvL61DOZg">video</a> provides a great overview. <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Kelly Hope Harrington, Safe Browsing Team</span></div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> (Crossposted from the <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2016/09/more-safe-browsing-help-for-webmasters.html">Google Security Blog</a>.) <br /> For more than <a href="https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2007/08/malware-reviews-via-webmaster-tools.html">nine years</a>, Safe Browsing has helped webmasters via Search Console with information about how to fix security issues with their sites. This includes relevant Help Center articles, example URLs to assist in diagnosing the presence of harmful content, and a process for webmasters to request reviews of their site after security issues are addressed. Over time, Safe Browsing has expanded its protection to cover additional threats to user safety such as <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2015/11/safe-browsing-protection-from-even-more.html">Deceptive Sites</a> and <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2015/02/more-protection-from-unwanted-software.html">Unwanted Software</a>.<br /> <br /> To help webmasters be even more successful in resolving issues, we’re happy to announce that we’ve updated the information available in Search Console in the Security Issues report.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1F0SR3iTk-xx04A-hptdaXos48AMMHl13dxL2iTBkpuJyVHnuQ4hhmPpEUg4A-3men87Yb4cFSsCcvawoHjjCEWRv2NnkLLJjhoWhZ6jNRmaTVHqEHZs8tM6l6mH-SBCHA7e/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-08-26+at+1.04.29+PM.png" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1F0SR3iTk-xx04A-hptdaXos48AMMHl13dxL2iTBkpuJyVHnuQ4hhmPpEUg4A-3men87Yb4cFSsCcvawoHjjCEWRv2NnkLLJjhoWhZ6jNRmaTVHqEHZs8tM6l6mH-SBCHA7e/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-08-26+at+1.04.29+PM.png" width="640" /></a> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> The updated information provides more specific explanations of six different security issues detected by Safe Browsing, including <a href="https://developers.google.com/webmasters/hacked/">malware</a>, <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6350487">deceptive pages</a>, <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/3258249">harmful downloads</a>, and <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/3258249#if_uncommon">uncommon downloads</a>. These explanations give webmasters more context and detail about what Safe Browsing found. We also offer tailored recommendations for each type of issue, including sample URLs that webmasters can check to identify the source of the issue, as well as specific remediation actions webmasters can take to resolve the issue.<br /> <br /> We on the Safe Browsing team definitely recommend <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/topic/4564315">registering</a> your site in Search Console even if it is not currently experiencing a security issue. We send notifications through Search Console so webmasters can address any issues that appear <a href="http://research.google.com/pubs/pub44924.html">as quickly as possible</a>.<br /> <br /> Our goal is to help webmasters provide a safe and secure browsing experience for their users. We welcome any questions or feedback about the new features on the <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/go/community">Google Webmaster Help Forum</a>, where <a href="https://topcontributor.withgoogle.com/">Top Contributors</a> and Google employees are available to help.<br /> <br /> For more information about Safe Browsing’s ongoing work to shine light on the state of web security and encourage safer web security practices, check out our summary of trends and findings on the <a href="https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/safebrowsing/">Safe Browsing Transparency Report</a>. If you’re interested in the tools Google provides for webmasters and developers dealing with hacked sites, this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbJvL61DOZg">video</a> provides a great overview. <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Kelly Hope Harrington, Safe Browsing Team</span></div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:More Safe Browsing Help for Webmasters&url=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/09/more-safe-browsing-help-for-webmasters.html&via=googlewmc'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/09/more-safe-browsing-help-for-webmasters.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/09/more-safe-browsing-help-for-webmasters.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/hacked%20sites' rel='tag'> hacked sites </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/malware' rel='tag'> malware </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/search%20console' rel='tag'> search console </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/security' rel='tag'> security </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='6467037657628848276' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/04/no-more-deceptive-download-buttons.html' itemprop='url' title='No More Deceptive Download Buttons'> No More Deceptive Download Buttons </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Tuesday, April 12, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> (Cross-posted from the <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2016/02/no-more-deceptive-download-buttons.html">Google Security Blog</a>.) <br> In <a href="https://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2015/11/safe-browsing-protection-from-even-more.html">November</a>, we announced that Safe Browsing would protect you from social engineering attacks - deceptive tactics that try to trick you into doing something dangerous, like installing <a href="https://www.google.com/about/company/unwanted-software-policy.html">unwanted software</a> or <a href="https://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2010/03/phishing-phree.html">revealing your personal information</a> (for example, passwords, phone numbers, or credit cards). You may have encountered social engineering in a deceptive download button, or an image ad that falsely claims your system is out of date. Today, we’re expanding Safe Browsing protection to protect you from such deceptive embedded content, like social engineering ads.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGs528raBLmmdw3nr4fFzco6l8intyBArfW9UP8RC6qHKqXK9kkfx9JtnqqIEqu1rypsutWv-mkNWegZxf2Ik4uMykDvfHwQoMrm8i5BX1tOlGFk4daBVlhTEgmqvVNRtzd2QDw/s1600/SBWarnBlur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGs528raBLmmdw3nr4fFzco6l8intyBArfW9UP8RC6qHKqXK9kkfx9JtnqqIEqu1rypsutWv-mkNWegZxf2Ik4uMykDvfHwQoMrm8i5BX1tOlGFk4daBVlhTEgmqvVNRtzd2QDw/s400/SBWarnBlur.jpg" width="400"></a></div> Consistent with the social engineering policy we announced in November, embedded content (like ads) on a web page will be considered social engineering when they either:<br /> <br /> <ul> <li>Pretend to act, or look and feel, like a trusted entity — like your own device or browser, or the website itself. </li> <li>Try to trick you into doing something you’d only do for a trusted entity — like sharing a password or calling tech support.</li> </ul> <div> <br /></div> <div> Below are some examples of deceptive content, shown via ads:</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VBYxQm-1LXIadR-TrkdSNfnnnN2YJ-GvwpyYbB_yyZHtVym8KbIq0dgNkzalO02wbZGO73ZncPcE0rOZeemLdPuiA1lZJryphXuKYRpt2lg0Puqk_8fpnCSnVIOpgEqQhyphenhyphenCQDw/s1600/pasted+image+0+%25284%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VBYxQm-1LXIadR-TrkdSNfnnnN2YJ-GvwpyYbB_yyZHtVym8KbIq0dgNkzalO02wbZGO73ZncPcE0rOZeemLdPuiA1lZJryphXuKYRpt2lg0Puqk_8fpnCSnVIOpgEqQhyphenhyphenCQDw/s320/pasted+image+0+%25284%2529.png" width="320"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> This image claims that your software is out-of-date to trick you into clicking “update”. </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KaAqqhEsrFqLlKs1cs1taOzSZj0Zvyqzgy5HH_B_YepA8ETaYjuS0F_5IXwjl-tdRaajboFI4H8Es6Ywanr-7Cp8KKT2HoE0thL8zlnfjfWPUs5J2tn6Sg6zZIzWqYGc-PVC1A/s1600/pasted+image+0+%25285%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KaAqqhEsrFqLlKs1cs1taOzSZj0Zvyqzgy5HH_B_YepA8ETaYjuS0F_5IXwjl-tdRaajboFI4H8Es6Ywanr-7Cp8KKT2HoE0thL8zlnfjfWPUs5J2tn6Sg6zZIzWqYGc-PVC1A/s320/pasted+image+0+%25285%2529.png" width="320"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> This image mimics a dialogue from the FLV software developer -- but it does not actually originate from this developer.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5m5KLgoEIjLpPfxEOyYDHyGbO9gZ2_gIfZN9t17WxO9R42WLbzDySi52rRm57NEWVj5NXL4-E9A50PS9KagOaefUqcnbdpNoKqoztpBvqcRJ67siJmV1Bcub_7wpwmD17tJAp3w/s1600/pasted+image+0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5m5KLgoEIjLpPfxEOyYDHyGbO9gZ2_gIfZN9t17WxO9R42WLbzDySi52rRm57NEWVj5NXL4-E9A50PS9KagOaefUqcnbdpNoKqoztpBvqcRJ67siJmV1Bcub_7wpwmD17tJAp3w/s320/pasted+image+0.png" width="320"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> These buttons seem like they will produce content that relate to the site (like a TV show or sports video stream) by mimicking the site’s look and feel. They are often not distinguishable from the rest of the page.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Our fight against unwanted software and social engineering is still just beginning. We'll continue to improve Google's <a href="https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/safebrowsing/">Safe Browsing</a> protection to help more people stay safe online.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <b>Will my site be affected?</b></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> If visitors to your web site consistently see social engineering content, Google Safe Browsing may warn users when they visit the site. If your site is flagged for containing social engineering content, you should troubleshoot with Search Console. Check out our <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6350487">social engineering help for webmasters</a>.</div> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Lucas Ballard, Safe Browsing Team</span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> (Cross-posted from the <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2016/02/no-more-deceptive-download-buttons.html">Google Security Blog</a>.) <br> In <a href="https://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2015/11/safe-browsing-protection-from-even-more.html">November</a>, we announced that Safe Browsing would protect you from social engineering attacks - deceptive tactics that try to trick you into doing something dangerous, like installing <a href="https://www.google.com/about/company/unwanted-software-policy.html">unwanted software</a> or <a href="https://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2010/03/phishing-phree.html">revealing your personal information</a> (for example, passwords, phone numbers, or credit cards). You may have encountered social engineering in a deceptive download button, or an image ad that falsely claims your system is out of date. Today, we’re expanding Safe Browsing protection to protect you from such deceptive embedded content, like social engineering ads.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGs528raBLmmdw3nr4fFzco6l8intyBArfW9UP8RC6qHKqXK9kkfx9JtnqqIEqu1rypsutWv-mkNWegZxf2Ik4uMykDvfHwQoMrm8i5BX1tOlGFk4daBVlhTEgmqvVNRtzd2QDw/s1600/SBWarnBlur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGs528raBLmmdw3nr4fFzco6l8intyBArfW9UP8RC6qHKqXK9kkfx9JtnqqIEqu1rypsutWv-mkNWegZxf2Ik4uMykDvfHwQoMrm8i5BX1tOlGFk4daBVlhTEgmqvVNRtzd2QDw/s400/SBWarnBlur.jpg" width="400"></a></div> Consistent with the social engineering policy we announced in November, embedded content (like ads) on a web page will be considered social engineering when they either:<br /> <br /> <ul> <li>Pretend to act, or look and feel, like a trusted entity — like your own device or browser, or the website itself. </li> <li>Try to trick you into doing something you’d only do for a trusted entity — like sharing a password or calling tech support.</li> </ul> <div> <br /></div> <div> Below are some examples of deceptive content, shown via ads:</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VBYxQm-1LXIadR-TrkdSNfnnnN2YJ-GvwpyYbB_yyZHtVym8KbIq0dgNkzalO02wbZGO73ZncPcE0rOZeemLdPuiA1lZJryphXuKYRpt2lg0Puqk_8fpnCSnVIOpgEqQhyphenhyphenCQDw/s1600/pasted+image+0+%25284%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VBYxQm-1LXIadR-TrkdSNfnnnN2YJ-GvwpyYbB_yyZHtVym8KbIq0dgNkzalO02wbZGO73ZncPcE0rOZeemLdPuiA1lZJryphXuKYRpt2lg0Puqk_8fpnCSnVIOpgEqQhyphenhyphenCQDw/s320/pasted+image+0+%25284%2529.png" width="320"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> This image claims that your software is out-of-date to trick you into clicking “update”. </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KaAqqhEsrFqLlKs1cs1taOzSZj0Zvyqzgy5HH_B_YepA8ETaYjuS0F_5IXwjl-tdRaajboFI4H8Es6Ywanr-7Cp8KKT2HoE0thL8zlnfjfWPUs5J2tn6Sg6zZIzWqYGc-PVC1A/s1600/pasted+image+0+%25285%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KaAqqhEsrFqLlKs1cs1taOzSZj0Zvyqzgy5HH_B_YepA8ETaYjuS0F_5IXwjl-tdRaajboFI4H8Es6Ywanr-7Cp8KKT2HoE0thL8zlnfjfWPUs5J2tn6Sg6zZIzWqYGc-PVC1A/s320/pasted+image+0+%25285%2529.png" width="320"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> This image mimics a dialogue from the FLV software developer -- but it does not actually originate from this developer.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5m5KLgoEIjLpPfxEOyYDHyGbO9gZ2_gIfZN9t17WxO9R42WLbzDySi52rRm57NEWVj5NXL4-E9A50PS9KagOaefUqcnbdpNoKqoztpBvqcRJ67siJmV1Bcub_7wpwmD17tJAp3w/s1600/pasted+image+0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5m5KLgoEIjLpPfxEOyYDHyGbO9gZ2_gIfZN9t17WxO9R42WLbzDySi52rRm57NEWVj5NXL4-E9A50PS9KagOaefUqcnbdpNoKqoztpBvqcRJ67siJmV1Bcub_7wpwmD17tJAp3w/s320/pasted+image+0.png" width="320"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> These buttons seem like they will produce content that relate to the site (like a TV show or sports video stream) by mimicking the site’s look and feel. They are often not distinguishable from the rest of the page.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Our fight against unwanted software and social engineering is still just beginning. We'll continue to improve Google's <a href="https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/safebrowsing/">Safe Browsing</a> protection to help more people stay safe online.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <b>Will my site be affected?</b></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> If visitors to your web site consistently see social engineering content, Google Safe Browsing may warn users when they visit the site. If your site is flagged for containing social engineering content, you should troubleshoot with Search Console. Check out our <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6350487">social engineering help for webmasters</a>.</div> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Lucas Ballard, Safe Browsing Team</span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:No More Deceptive Download Buttons&url=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/04/no-more-deceptive-download-buttons.html&via=googlewmc'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/04/no-more-deceptive-download-buttons.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/04/no-more-deceptive-download-buttons.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/security' rel='tag'> security </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='3868202119178624329' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2015/12/indexing-https-pages-by-default.html' itemprop='url' title='Indexing HTTPS pages by default'> Indexing HTTPS pages by default </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Thursday, December 17, 2015 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> At Google, user security has always been a top priority. Over the years, we’ve worked hard to promote a more secure web and to provide a better browsing experience for users. <a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.ch/2014/03/staying-at-forefront-of-email-security.html" target="_blank">Gmail</a>, <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.ch/2011/10/making-search-more-secure.html" target="_blank">Google search</a>, and YouTube have had secure connections for some time, and we also started giving a slight <a href="http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.ch/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html" target="_blank">ranking boost to HTTPS URLs</a> in search results last year. Browsing the web should be a private experience between the user and the website, and must not be subject to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eavesdropping" target="_blank">eavesdropping</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack" target="_blank">man-in-the-middle attacks</a>, or data modification. This is why we’ve been strongly promoting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBhZ6S0PFCY" target="_blank">HTTPS everywhere</a>.<br /> <br /> As a natural continuation of this, today we'd like to announce that we're adjusting our indexing system to look for more HTTPS pages. Specifically, we’ll start crawling HTTPS equivalents of HTTP pages, even when the former are not linked to from any page. When two URLs from the same domain appear to have the same content but are served over different protocol schemes, we’ll typically choose to index the HTTPS URL if:<br /> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>It doesn’t contain insecure dependencies.</li> <li>It isn’t blocked from crawling by robots.txt.</li> <li>It doesn’t redirect users to or through an insecure HTTP page.</li> <li>It doesn’t have a rel="canonical" link to the HTTP page.</li> <li>It doesn’t contain a noindex robots meta tag.</li> <li>It doesn’t have on-host outlinks to HTTP URLs.</li> <li>The sitemaps lists the HTTPS URL, or doesn’t list the HTTP version of the URL</li> <li>The server has a valid TLS certificate.</li> </ul> <br /> <br /> Although our systems prefer the HTTPS version by default, you can also make this clearer for other search engines by redirecting your HTTP site to your HTTPS version and by implementing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security" target="_blank">HSTS header</a> on your server.<br /> <br /> We’re excited about taking another step forward in making the web more secure. By showing users HTTPS pages in our search results, we’re hoping to decrease the risk for users to browse a website over an insecure connection and making themselves vulnerable to content injection attacks. As usual, if you have any questions or comments, please let us know in the comments section below or in our <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/go/community" target="_blank">webmaster help forums</a>.<br /> <div> <br /></div> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by <a href="https://plus.google.com/+ZinebAitBahajji" target="_blank">Zineb Ait Bahajji</a>, WTA, and the Google Security and Indexing teams</span></div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> At Google, user security has always been a top priority. Over the years, we’ve worked hard to promote a more secure web and to provide a better browsing experience for users. <a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.ch/2014/03/staying-at-forefront-of-email-security.html" target="_blank">Gmail</a>, <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.ch/2011/10/making-search-more-secure.html" target="_blank">Google search</a>, and YouTube have had secure connections for some time, and we also started giving a slight <a href="http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.ch/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html" target="_blank">ranking boost to HTTPS URLs</a> in search results last year. Browsing the web should be a private experience between the user and the website, and must not be subject to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eavesdropping" target="_blank">eavesdropping</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack" target="_blank">man-in-the-middle attacks</a>, or data modification. This is why we’ve been strongly promoting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBhZ6S0PFCY" target="_blank">HTTPS everywhere</a>.<br /> <br /> As a natural continuation of this, today we'd like to announce that we're adjusting our indexing system to look for more HTTPS pages. Specifically, we’ll start crawling HTTPS equivalents of HTTP pages, even when the former are not linked to from any page. When two URLs from the same domain appear to have the same content but are served over different protocol schemes, we’ll typically choose to index the HTTPS URL if:<br /> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>It doesn’t contain insecure dependencies.</li> <li>It isn’t blocked from crawling by robots.txt.</li> <li>It doesn’t redirect users to or through an insecure HTTP page.</li> <li>It doesn’t have a rel="canonical" link to the HTTP page.</li> <li>It doesn’t contain a noindex robots meta tag.</li> <li>It doesn’t have on-host outlinks to HTTP URLs.</li> <li>The sitemaps lists the HTTPS URL, or doesn’t list the HTTP version of the URL</li> <li>The server has a valid TLS certificate.</li> </ul> <br /> <br /> Although our systems prefer the HTTPS version by default, you can also make this clearer for other search engines by redirecting your HTTP site to your HTTPS version and by implementing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security" target="_blank">HSTS header</a> on your server.<br /> <br /> We’re excited about taking another step forward in making the web more secure. By showing users HTTPS pages in our search results, we’re hoping to decrease the risk for users to browse a website over an insecure connection and making themselves vulnerable to content injection attacks. As usual, if you have any questions or comments, please let us know in the comments section below or in our <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/go/community" target="_blank">webmaster help forums</a>.<br /> <div> <br /></div> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by <a href="https://plus.google.com/+ZinebAitBahajji" target="_blank">Zineb Ait Bahajji</a>, WTA, and the Google Security and Indexing teams</span></div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:Indexing HTTPS pages by default&url=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2015/12/indexing-https-pages-by-default.html&via=googlewmc'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2015/12/indexing-https-pages-by-default.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2015/12/indexing-https-pages-by-default.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/encryption' rel='tag'> encryption </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/https' rel='tag'> https </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/security' rel='tag'> security </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='7718063757588582977' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2015/03/safe-browsing-and-google-analytics.html' itemprop='url' title='Safe Browsing and Google Analytics: Keeping More Users Safe, Together'> Safe Browsing and Google Analytics: Keeping More Users Safe, Together </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Tuesday, March 03, 2015 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <p><i>The following was originally posted on the <a href="http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2015/02/safe-browsing-and-google-analytics.html">Google Online Security Blog</a>.</i> </p> <p>If you run a web site, you may already be familiar with <a href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/"><span style="color: #1255cc;">Google Webmaster Tools</span></a> and how it lets you know if Safe Browsing finds something problematic on your site. For example, we’ll notify you if your site is delivering malware, which is usually a sign that it’s been hacked. We’re extending our Safe Browsing protections to automatically display notifications to all Google Analytics users via familiar <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6006306"><span style="color: #1255cc;">Google Analytics Notifications</span></a>. </p> <center> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5E5HC-muv5aMFtD4YqXeg0vZJ-92B9YunwjpyJKkE_J5UEiah5O7J_P7ZUIHV-dHQmtJRYlOCyO-FclL34F3OPUwxjfpRK47HRISFSj_Mzc6nObP-lZ2PjwfvP8b4S-sBy8qu/s1600/img-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5E5HC-muv5aMFtD4YqXeg0vZJ-92B9YunwjpyJKkE_J5UEiah5O7J_P7ZUIHV-dHQmtJRYlOCyO-FclL34F3OPUwxjfpRK47HRISFSj_Mzc6nObP-lZ2PjwfvP8b4S-sBy8qu/s1600/img-1.png" /></a></center> <p> <a href="//www.google.com/transparencyreport/safebrowsing/">Google Safe Browsing</a> has been protecting people across the Internet for over eight years and we're always looking for ways to extend that protection even further. Notifications like these help webmasters like you act quickly to respond to any issues. Fast response helps keep your site—and your visitors—safe.</p> <br> <span class="byline-author">Posted by: Stephan Somogyi, Product Manager, Security and Privacy</span></div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <p><i>The following was originally posted on the <a href="http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2015/02/safe-browsing-and-google-analytics.html">Google Online Security Blog</a>.</i> </p> <p>If you run a web site, you may already be familiar with <a href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/"><span style="color: #1255cc;">Google Webmaster Tools</span></a> and how it lets you know if Safe Browsing finds something problematic on your site. For example, we’ll notify you if your site is delivering malware, which is usually a sign that it’s been hacked. We’re extending our Safe Browsing protections to automatically display notifications to all Google Analytics users via familiar <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6006306"><span style="color: #1255cc;">Google Analytics Notifications</span></a>. </p> <center> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5E5HC-muv5aMFtD4YqXeg0vZJ-92B9YunwjpyJKkE_J5UEiah5O7J_P7ZUIHV-dHQmtJRYlOCyO-FclL34F3OPUwxjfpRK47HRISFSj_Mzc6nObP-lZ2PjwfvP8b4S-sBy8qu/s1600/img-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5E5HC-muv5aMFtD4YqXeg0vZJ-92B9YunwjpyJKkE_J5UEiah5O7J_P7ZUIHV-dHQmtJRYlOCyO-FclL34F3OPUwxjfpRK47HRISFSj_Mzc6nObP-lZ2PjwfvP8b4S-sBy8qu/s1600/img-1.png" /></a></center> <p> <a href="//www.google.com/transparencyreport/safebrowsing/">Google Safe Browsing</a> has been protecting people across the Internet for over eight years and we're always looking for ways to extend that protection even further. Notifications like these help webmasters like you act quickly to respond to any issues. Fast response helps keep your site—and your visitors—safe.</p> <br> <span class="byline-author">Posted by: Stephan Somogyi, Product Manager, Security and Privacy</span></div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:Safe Browsing and Google Analytics: Keeping More Users Safe, Together&url=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2015/03/safe-browsing-and-google-analytics.html&via=googlewmc'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2015/03/safe-browsing-and-google-analytics.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2015/03/safe-browsing-and-google-analytics.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/hacked%20sites' rel='tag'> hacked sites </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/malware' rel='tag'> malware </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/security' rel='tag'> security </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='5639724166315209994' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2014/08/nohacked-global-campaign-to-spread.html' itemprop='url' title='#NoHacked: a global campaign to spread hacking awareness'> #NoHacked: a global campaign to spread hacking awareness </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Monday, August 25, 2014 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> Webmaster level: All<br /> <br /> This June, we introduced a weeklong social campaign called #NoHacked. The goals for #NoHacked are to bring awareness to hacking attacks and offer tips on how to keep your sites safe from hackers.<br /> <br /> We held the campaign in 11 languages on multiple channels including <a href="http://plus.google.com/s/%23NoHacked">Google+</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nohacked">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://weibo.com/2816266260/B8E33xvUG">Weibo</a>. About 1 million people viewed our tips and hundreds of users used the hashtag #NoHacked to spread awareness and to share their own tips. Check them out below!<br /> <br /> Posts we shared during the campaign: <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/1BzXjgJMGFU" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lh2zkFPibuk/U5Xj0deibVI/AAAAAAAAAms/GjEo1q9CQ0I/s1200-no/en1.png" width="400" /> https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/1BzXjgJMGFU</a> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/TMhfwQG3p8P" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-B8ObEkwwSWs/U5cs6Ai05OI/AAAAAAAAAsk/TAGz3wO5v-4/s400/en2.png" width="400" /> https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/TMhfwQG3p8P</a> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/AcUS4WhF6LL" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bmB-49pQeT0/U5h-A-KyupI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/gYil9y6fqcI/s400/en3.png" width="400" /> https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/AcUS4WhF6LL</a> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/DUTpSGmkBUP" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rfcD6P8nCyg/U5nV6cVGmRI/AAAAAAAAAzA/bA7aumz7hw4/s400/en4.png" width="400" /> https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/DUTpSGmkBUP</a> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/UjZRbySM5gM" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hKq_evVY5KM/U5s5enCXisI/AAAAAAAAA1g/gujBCJ2nTCw/s1012/en5.png" width="400" /> https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/UjZRbySM5gM</a> </div> <br /> <br /> Some of the many tips shared by users across the globe:<br /> <ul> <li>Pablo Silvio Esquivel from Brazil recommends users not to use pirated software (<a href="https://plus.google.com/+PabloSilvioEsquivel/posts/9ahpESFwuac">source</a>)</li> <li>Rens Blom from the Netherlands suggests using different passwords for your accounts, changing them regularly, and using an extra layer of security such as two-step authentication (<a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleNederland/posts/48e3VAsxddS">source</a>)</li> <li>Дмитрий Комягин from Russia says to regularly monitor traffic sources, search queries and landing pages, and to look out for spikes in traffic (<a href="https://plus.google.com/+googleru/posts/CYwe6xf3Xvm">source</a>)</li> <li>工務店コンサルタント from Japan advises everyone to choose a good hosting company that's knowledgeable in hacking issues and to set email forwarding in Webmaster Tools (<a href="https://plus.google.com/+Asanoyukinobu/posts/hsKmoc2v2cZ">source</a>)</li> <li>Kamil Guzdek from Poland advocates changing the default table prefix in wp-config to a custom one when installing a new WordPress to lower the risk of the database from being hacked (<a href="https://plus.google.com/+KamilGuzdek/posts/Gu63giLNTiZ">source</a>)</li> </ul> <br /> Hacking is still a surprisingly common issue around the world so we highly encourage all webmasters to follow these useful tips. Feel free to continue using the hashtag #NoHacked to share your own tips or experiences around hacking prevention and awareness. Thanks for supporting the #NoHacked campaign!<br /> <br /> And in the unfortunate event that your site gets hacked, we’ll help you toward a speedy and thorough recovery:<br /> <ul> <li><a href="//goo.gl/1CmWO7">Follow these steps towards recovery</a></li> <li><a href="//goo.gl/QBVv7a">Post a question or search for answers in our Help Forum</a></li> </ul> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by your friendly #NoHacked helpers</span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> Webmaster level: All<br /> <br /> This June, we introduced a weeklong social campaign called #NoHacked. The goals for #NoHacked are to bring awareness to hacking attacks and offer tips on how to keep your sites safe from hackers.<br /> <br /> We held the campaign in 11 languages on multiple channels including <a href="http://plus.google.com/s/%23NoHacked">Google+</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nohacked">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://weibo.com/2816266260/B8E33xvUG">Weibo</a>. About 1 million people viewed our tips and hundreds of users used the hashtag #NoHacked to spread awareness and to share their own tips. Check them out below!<br /> <br /> Posts we shared during the campaign: <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/1BzXjgJMGFU" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lh2zkFPibuk/U5Xj0deibVI/AAAAAAAAAms/GjEo1q9CQ0I/s1200-no/en1.png" width="400" /> https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/1BzXjgJMGFU</a> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/TMhfwQG3p8P" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-B8ObEkwwSWs/U5cs6Ai05OI/AAAAAAAAAsk/TAGz3wO5v-4/s400/en2.png" width="400" /> https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/TMhfwQG3p8P</a> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/AcUS4WhF6LL" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bmB-49pQeT0/U5h-A-KyupI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/gYil9y6fqcI/s400/en3.png" width="400" /> https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/AcUS4WhF6LL</a> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/DUTpSGmkBUP" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rfcD6P8nCyg/U5nV6cVGmRI/AAAAAAAAAzA/bA7aumz7hw4/s400/en4.png" width="400" /> https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/DUTpSGmkBUP</a> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/UjZRbySM5gM" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hKq_evVY5KM/U5s5enCXisI/AAAAAAAAA1g/gujBCJ2nTCw/s1012/en5.png" width="400" /> https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/UjZRbySM5gM</a> </div> <br /> <br /> Some of the many tips shared by users across the globe:<br /> <ul> <li>Pablo Silvio Esquivel from Brazil recommends users not to use pirated software (<a href="https://plus.google.com/+PabloSilvioEsquivel/posts/9ahpESFwuac">source</a>)</li> <li>Rens Blom from the Netherlands suggests using different passwords for your accounts, changing them regularly, and using an extra layer of security such as two-step authentication (<a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleNederland/posts/48e3VAsxddS">source</a>)</li> <li>Дмитрий Комягин from Russia says to regularly monitor traffic sources, search queries and landing pages, and to look out for spikes in traffic (<a href="https://plus.google.com/+googleru/posts/CYwe6xf3Xvm">source</a>)</li> <li>工務店コンサルタント from Japan advises everyone to choose a good hosting company that's knowledgeable in hacking issues and to set email forwarding in Webmaster Tools (<a href="https://plus.google.com/+Asanoyukinobu/posts/hsKmoc2v2cZ">source</a>)</li> <li>Kamil Guzdek from Poland advocates changing the default table prefix in wp-config to a custom one when installing a new WordPress to lower the risk of the database from being hacked (<a href="https://plus.google.com/+KamilGuzdek/posts/Gu63giLNTiZ">source</a>)</li> </ul> <br /> Hacking is still a surprisingly common issue around the world so we highly encourage all webmasters to follow these useful tips. Feel free to continue using the hashtag #NoHacked to share your own tips or experiences around hacking prevention and awareness. Thanks for supporting the #NoHacked campaign!<br /> <br /> And in the unfortunate event that your site gets hacked, we’ll help you toward a speedy and thorough recovery:<br /> <ul> <li><a href="//goo.gl/1CmWO7">Follow these steps towards recovery</a></li> <li><a href="//goo.gl/QBVv7a">Post a question or search for answers in our Help Forum</a></li> </ul> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by your friendly #NoHacked helpers</span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:#NoHacked: a global campaign to spread hacking awareness&url=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2014/08/nohacked-global-campaign-to-spread.html&via=googlewmc'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2014/08/nohacked-global-campaign-to-spread.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2014/08/nohacked-global-campaign-to-spread.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/beginner' rel='tag'> beginner </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/hacked%20sites' rel='tag'> hacked sites </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/intermediate' rel='tag'> intermediate </a> , <a class='label' href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/search/label/security' rel='tag'> security </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='6150648882756211470' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html' itemprop='url' title='HTTPS as a ranking signal'> HTTPS as a ranking signal </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Wednesday, August 06, 2014 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <p>Webmaster level: all</p><p>Security is a top priority for Google. We invest a lot in making sure that our services use industry-leading security, like <a href="http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2011/11/protecting-data-for-long-term-with.html?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">strong HTTPS encryption by default</a>. That means that people using Search, Gmail and Google Drive, for example, automatically have a secure connection to Google. </p><p>Beyond our own stuff, we’re also working to make the Internet safer more broadly. A big part of that is making sure that websites people access from Google are secure. For instance, we have created resources to help webmasters <a href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/hacked/?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">prevent and fix security breaches</a> on their sites. </p><p>We want to go even further. At <a href="https://www.google.com/events/io?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">Google I/O</a> a few months ago, we called for “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBhZ6S0PFCY&utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">HTTPS everywhere</a>” on the web. </p><p>We’ve also seen more and more webmasters adopting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Secure">HTTPS</a> (also known as HTTP over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security">TLS</a>, or Transport Layer Security), on their website, which is encouraging. </p><p>For these reasons, over the past few months we’ve been running tests taking into account whether sites use secure, encrypted connections as a signal in our search ranking algorithms. We've seen positive results, so we're starting to use HTTPS as a ranking signal. For now it's only a very lightweight signal — affecting fewer than 1% of global queries, and carrying less weight than other signals such as <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6001093?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">high-quality content</a> — while we give webmasters time to switch to HTTPS. But over time, we may decide to strengthen it, because we’d like to encourage all website owners to switch from HTTP to HTTPS to keep everyone safe on the web.</p><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkR90j7fc_QVCtHKetMvsAKinh5bsWnBMhdt6nuR-P0y6hNem4KgaIfm8skFhQKKYV8Gt8sZHriGX5FJvFAgIaDJYL5d0ou0CPgxuZbdhnbXaSuvBR5tubL9mYkmZ8C_7qKvBn/s1600/security.png" imageanchor="1" ><img alt="Lock" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkR90j7fc_QVCtHKetMvsAKinh5bsWnBMhdt6nuR-P0y6hNem4KgaIfm8skFhQKKYV8Gt8sZHriGX5FJvFAgIaDJYL5d0ou0CPgxuZbdhnbXaSuvBR5tubL9mYkmZ8C_7qKvBn/s400/security.png"/></a> <p><br /> In the coming weeks, we’ll publish detailed best practices (it's in our <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6073543?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">help center</a> now) to make TLS adoption easier, and to avoid common mistakes. Here are some basic tips to get started:</p><ul><li>Decide the kind of certificate you need: single, multi-domain, or wildcard certificate</li> <li>Use 2048-bit key certificates</li> <li>Use relative URLs for resources that reside on the same secure domain</li> <li>Use protocol relative URLs for all other domains</li> <li>Check out our <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6033049?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">Site move article</a> for more guidelines on how to change your website’s address</li> <li>Don’t block your HTTPS site from crawling using robots.txt</li> <li>Allow indexing of your pages by search engines where possible. Avoid the noindex robots meta tag.</li> </ul><p>If your website is already serving on HTTPS, you can test its security level and configuration with the <a href="https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/">Qualys Lab tool</a>. If you are concerned about TLS and your site’s performance, have a look at <a href="https://istlsfastyet.com/?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">Is TLS fast yet?</a>. And of course, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to post in our <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/go/community?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">Webmaster Help Forums</a>.</p><p>We hope to see more websites using HTTPS in the future. Let’s all make the web more secure!</p><span class="byline-author">Posted by <a href="https://plus.google.com/+ZinebAitBahajji?rel=author">Zineb Ait Bahajji</a> and <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GaryIllyes">Gary Illyes</a>, Webmaster Trends Analysts</span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> <p>Webmaster level: all</p><p>Security is a top priority for Google. We invest a lot in making sure that our services use industry-leading security, like <a href="http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2011/11/protecting-data-for-long-term-with.html?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">strong HTTPS encryption by default</a>. That means that people using Search, Gmail and Google Drive, for example, automatically have a secure connection to Google. </p><p>Beyond our own stuff, we’re also working to make the Internet safer more broadly. A big part of that is making sure that websites people access from Google are secure. For instance, we have created resources to help webmasters <a href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/hacked/?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">prevent and fix security breaches</a> on their sites. </p><p>We want to go even further. At <a href="https://www.google.com/events/io?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">Google I/O</a> a few months ago, we called for “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBhZ6S0PFCY&utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">HTTPS everywhere</a>” on the web. </p><p>We’ve also seen more and more webmasters adopting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Secure">HTTPS</a> (also known as HTTP over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security">TLS</a>, or Transport Layer Security), on their website, which is encouraging. </p><p>For these reasons, over the past few months we’ve been running tests taking into account whether sites use secure, encrypted connections as a signal in our search ranking algorithms. We've seen positive results, so we're starting to use HTTPS as a ranking signal. For now it's only a very lightweight signal — affecting fewer than 1% of global queries, and carrying less weight than other signals such as <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6001093?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">high-quality content</a> — while we give webmasters time to switch to HTTPS. But over time, we may decide to strengthen it, because we’d like to encourage all website owners to switch from HTTP to HTTPS to keep everyone safe on the web.</p><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkR90j7fc_QVCtHKetMvsAKinh5bsWnBMhdt6nuR-P0y6hNem4KgaIfm8skFhQKKYV8Gt8sZHriGX5FJvFAgIaDJYL5d0ou0CPgxuZbdhnbXaSuvBR5tubL9mYkmZ8C_7qKvBn/s1600/security.png" imageanchor="1" ><img alt="Lock" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkR90j7fc_QVCtHKetMvsAKinh5bsWnBMhdt6nuR-P0y6hNem4KgaIfm8skFhQKKYV8Gt8sZHriGX5FJvFAgIaDJYL5d0ou0CPgxuZbdhnbXaSuvBR5tubL9mYkmZ8C_7qKvBn/s400/security.png"/></a> <p><br /> In the coming weeks, we’ll publish detailed best practices (it's in our <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6073543?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">help center</a> now) to make TLS adoption easier, and to avoid common mistakes. Here are some basic tips to get started:</p><ul><li>Decide the kind of certificate you need: single, multi-domain, or wildcard certificate</li> <li>Use 2048-bit key certificates</li> <li>Use relative URLs for resources that reside on the same secure domain</li> <li>Use protocol relative URLs for all other domains</li> <li>Check out our <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6033049?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">Site move article</a> for more guidelines on how to change your website’s address</li> <li>Don’t block your HTTPS site from crawling using robots.txt</li> <li>Allow indexing of your pages by search engines where possible. Avoid the noindex robots meta tag.</li> </ul><p>If your website is already serving on HTTPS, you can test its security level and configuration with the <a href="https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/">Qualys Lab tool</a>. If you are concerned about TLS and your site’s performance, have a look at <a href="https://istlsfastyet.com/?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">Is TLS fast yet?</a>. And of course, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to post in our <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/go/community?utm_source=wmx_blog&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tls_en_post">Webmaster Help Forums</a>.</p><p>We hope to see more websites using HTTPS in the future. Let’s all make the web more secure!</p><span class="byline-author">Posted by <a href="https://plus.google.com/+ZinebAitBahajji?rel=author">Zineb Ait Bahajji</a> and <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GaryIllyes">Gary Illyes</a>, Webmaster Trends Analysts</span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:HTTPS as a ranking signal&url=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html&via=googlewmc'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' 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