Report: 70% Of Google's Page One Search Results Are HTTPS

Feb 14, 2018 - 7:44 am 7 by
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This morning the folks at RankRanger posted on Twitter that over 70% of the page one Google search results listings are HTTPS. Mozcast has their number of Google's top search results with HTTPS being at 78%, so they are somewhat close but not exact because both tools track different keyword sets.

Here is the RankRanger chart:

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Here is the Mozcast chart:

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HTTPS is a minor ranking boost in Google.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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