SSL Certificate, necessary or not?

[MSUKForum]

I'm a little out of the loop but I've heard that an SSL Certificate is recommended for security but also search results, can anyone give me more information on the benefits, particularly paired with an IPB powered site?

Thanks in advance.

[Louis C]

Secured websites are the way of the future. There is a lot of stuff going around at the moment about better search rankings with https, but it's also worth noting that browsers such as Chrome are working towards actively displaying insecure notices for websites that don't use https, so you'll scare your users if it's not secure.

The awesome thing is you can get free SSL certificates with services like Let's Encrypt now and they auto-renew so it's pretty much just set and forget.
You just need a host that supports it.

cPanel has in-built functionality for free Comdo SSL certificates which take (in my experience) about 30 minutes to start working.
With one command, Let's Encrypt SSL functionality can be installed on a cPanel server and Let's Encrypt SSLs work immediately.

[MADMAN32395]

6 hours ago, Louis C said:

Secured websites are the way of the future. There is a lot of stuff going around at the moment about better search rankings with https, but it's also worth noting that browsers such as Chrome are working towards actively displaying insecure notices for websites that don't use https, so you'll scare your users if it's not secure.

The awesome thing is you can get free SSL certificates with services like Let's Encrypt now and they auto-renew so it's pretty much just set and forget.
You just need a host that supports it.

cPanel has in-built functionality for free Comdo SSL certificates which take (in my experience) about 30 minutes to start working.
With one command, Let's Encrypt SSL functionality can be installed on a cPanel server and Let's Encrypt SSLs work immediately.

Yes. I recommend LetsEncrypt for any and all sites. It's way too easy to setup.