What is an SSL certificate?

: SSL certificates or SSL Cert’s as they’re often called are what makes a website accessible via HTTPS vs HTTP… That means in your address bar our web address would read https://BlackStormDesign.com vs https://www.BlackStormDesign.com – which means that the domain is secured by a certificate. The best SSL’s are 256 bit military encyrption but there are plenty that are far more affordable and even free such as Let’sEncrypt.Did you know SSL certificates help S.E.O. or Search Engine Optimization as well? They certainly do as Google and the other search engines love to see the most secure, stable and trustworthy as possible – give your brand every chance it can to rank and assert its web presence.

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