hey anyone who can answer my question? what is the difference between http: and https: ? does it help in SEO?
The difference is on the level of security they have. a Http doesn't have encryption, and send data over to the internet without masking / encrypting the data sent. Someone that is on the same network can tap to the data we sent through, just by using a network scanner. On the other hand, Https, is basically just the same protocol as http, the only difference is that the data sent is being encrypted before they are sent. Therefore, even if someone is scanning the network for data, they won't be able to make any sense out of it because of the encryption. I don't think it would make any difference in SEO. At least not as far as I know. Hope this help. Regards, William-
In order to set up a https , you'll need to buy SSL certificate. You can contact your hosting, I'm sure they can provide you one, and install it to your root directory as well. Or, if you are setting up a site, you can just simply put a paypal link for payment. Paypal has its own https set already, so we won't have to worry about it.
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a networking protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a combination of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol with the SSL/TLS protocol to provide encrypted communication and secure identification of a network web server.
https is nothing but encrpted connection between your browser and server. you have to install a free ssl certificate generated from your server. this only if you have a dedicated server. if you are in shared hosting, ask your hosting provider - they may give you a shared https page to you. usually http uses port 80 while https uses port 443. checkout http://tcp-udp-ports.com/ for more information about ports. and https has nothing to do with ranking or SEO. infact https can also be used for content pages and it need not be payment.