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Google announced in 2014 that HTTPS was being used as a web-search ranking signal.

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CONTRADICTS_ASSERTIONBing was asserted to have no plans to give sites a ranking boost for switching to HTTPS.Under evaluation
REPEATSGoogle HTTPS was asserted to give secure sites a small ranking boost.Under evaluation
NARROWSGoogle described the initial HTTPS ranking signal as very lightweight and affecting fewer than 1% of global queries.Under evaluation
NARROWSGoogle said the initial HTTPS ranking signal carried less weight than signals such as high-quality content.Under evaluation
DERIVED_FROMGoogle announced in 2020 that page-experience signals would be incorporated into Search ranking.Under evaluation
CONTRADICTS_ASSERTIONBing was asserted to have no plans to give sites a ranking boost for switching to HTTPS.Under evaluation

Release: seo-geo-product-v0.3 · Phase Two freeze: P2-CORE300-FINAL-v1.0 · Generated: 2026-08-23T08:01:40Z