Blogger implemented free SSL HTTPS certificates, but it was only limited to BlogSpot domains. As securing your user's information is becoming a key issue for online websites, SSL certificates are becoming a significant need for your online business. Therefore, Blogger is now finally offering Free SSL HTTPS certificates for its custom dot com domain users as well. Today in this article, we will help you in learning how to install HTTPS SSL certificate on custom domains in Blogger.
Enabling HTTPS has become mandatory in terms of security also google gives priority to those sites which have ssl certificate installed. Previously this feature wasn't available on blogger. But now this feature is available from your custom domains and can be installed in very simple steps. The ssl certification is provided by google and only official method to do so. Its absolutely free and requires no coding knowledge, a beginner can easily enable this option by simply selecting options through easy to choose toggle menu.
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What is HTTPS?
HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) is a protocol that uses HTTP on encrypted connections with transport-layer security and HTTPS is a secure version of HTTP . HTTPS is used to protect the data transmitted from eavesdroppers. This is a standard protocol for conducting financial transactions on the web, and can protect users of a website from censorship by the government or ISP.
Advantages of Using HTTPS:
SSL Certificates will add an extra layer of security to your visitor and blog through end-to-end encryption in the connection. Search engines provide more value to those sites that are using SSL certificates. Thus, it is becoming an industry standard to have an SSL secured website.
Of course the purpose of using HTTPS on a blog is to optimize a blog on a search engine, or it can also be known as SEO (search engine optimization) should everything that is considered good in the eyes of visitors as well as search engines should we do. Besides functioning as a security for visitors, HTTPS Affects the search engine rating factors such as Google, Bing, etc.
How to enable HTTPS on blogger blog with custom domain and sub domain of custom domain?
Let us begin, first of all login into your Blogger account, please type or copy and paste it draft.blogger.com into the search tab.
After that, click the Settings menu » Basic » HTTPS , then you will see two options in HTTPS Category. HTTPS Availability and HTTPS Redirect. click on the HTTPS Availability toggle menu.
After activating, wait for few moments until the menu on HTTPS Switching opens. Click the refresh button in the browser or click F5 on the keyboard, you can see HTTPS Availability Status: pending HTTPS Availability is being processed. Check back later.
HTTPS redirect setting unavailable unless HTTPS is avialable. If HTTPS already Available click on the HTTPS redirect toggle menu to redirect HTTP to HTTPS.
Finally, the HTTPS feature that is given for free has been installed on your blog's custom domain.