Guest post by NimbusHosting  

With all the furor over cybersecurity and GDPR, it is perhaps, unsurprising, that Google has finally decided to make an attempt at increasing their security standards. For a number of years now they have been encouraging website owners to invest in SSL certificates. SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer and essentially, what it does is allow a website to be accessed over HTTPS, which encrypts the information between a visitor and the web server. If you think of the information you enter into your browser as crossing a bridge – then an SSL certificate adds an extra fence around this metaphorical bridge, making the passage of data far safer.

Our MageCloud team has been working with eCommerce clients for up to 10 years and every time we face the similar issues in the area. So, we decided to add a new category to our blog – CHECKLIST for eCommerce Website of the most common mistakes that you should take into consideration when launching/while running your online business.

Let's start with a number one pain point – URL in the address bar and its behind-the-scenes issues such as HTTPS over SSL and 301 redirects.

For sure, you have repeatedly paid attention that some websites begin with “http://” and others begin with “https://” with neighboring green padlock. Thus, you have seen the end result of the SSL certificate. 

So, what is HTTPS over SSL and why it's so important? Let us get all this straightened out.