LexiConn – August 2017 Newsletter

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AUGUST 2017 NEWSLETTER
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In this Month’s Newsletter…

* Using SSL on Your Entire Site
* Featured Client: smithcreekfishfarm.com
* From the Blog…

Using SSL on Your Entire Site
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The time has come to seriously consider running your entire site via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL / https).

Most websites do not use SSL (the secure padlock in a browser) on every page of their site, but rather only utilize ‘https’ on pages where sensitive information is gathered. However, there are now compelling reasons to use SSL on your entire website:

• SEO boost from Google in search results
• Chrome will draw more attention to potentially insecure sites
• Display how secure your entire site is to your visitors
• Google prefers to index secure web pages (https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-to-prioritize-the-indexing-of-https-pages/147179/)

Last year, we converted our own lexiconn.com site to run entirely via SSL. We also recently made it fully responsive, which is highly recommended by Google. Feel free to browse our site and you’ll notice the secure padlock on all pages.

Aside from the slight SEO boost, a more compelling reason to switch to all SSL with respect to Google is an upcoming change to the Chrome browser. In the near future, Chrome will flag unencrypted websites as insecure, displaying a red ‘X’ over a padlock in the URL bar. Reference these articles for more complete details on this major change:

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/01/chrome-56-ssl-https-wordpress/

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xygdxq/google-will-soon-shame-all-websites-that-are-unencrypted-chrome-https

In fact, Google has started posting recommendations in Google Search Console, as well as emailing webmasters. You may have received a recent email from them with a subject of “Chrome will show security warnings…”. If you read the letter, it will point to specific areas on your site that will be flagged in an upcoming update to their browser. Their recommended solution is to migrate your entire site to SSL.

To go “All SSL”, your site needs its own SSL certificate. If you do not already have one for your website, we offer a variety of SSL certificate options starting at $149.00 per year. Please reference:

https://www.lexiconn.com/services/secure_certificates.html

Once we put your SSL certificate in place, we can assist with switching over your entire site to run securely. Recent versions of ShopSite support this feature natively, and we can help turn it on for you and make sure everything is configured properly. Magento and WordPress also make it easy to make your entire site secure, and we can assist with these platforms as well.

Featured Client: smithcreekfishfarm.com
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This month’s featured client is smithcreekfishfarm.com. Smith Creek Fish Farm provides pond supplies, live pond fish/game fish and aquatic management services for any size lake or pond.

https://www.smithcreekfishfarm.com/

For more detailed information on this month’s featured client as well as a listing of all past featured clients, please go to:

http://support.lexiconn.com/news/forums/forum/featured-clients/

From the Blog…
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Here are some recent posts from The LexiConn Blog:

8 Easy SEO Tactics that Drive eCommerce Traffic – A guest post outlining eight tips for SEO.

https://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2017/08/8-easy-seo-tactics-that-drive-ecommerce-traffic/

Your Website Should Be All SSL, All the Time – This conversion is something you should seriously consider for your website.

https://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2016/06/your-website-should-be-all-ssl-all-the-time/

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As always, feel free to contact us with any questions you may have. Complete contact and support options can be found at:

https://support.lexiconn.com/

Sincerely,

- The LexiConn Team

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