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Hi everyone<br />
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What are the disadvantages and/or advantages to starting a website as https on entry as opposed to http then redirecting to https at the payment page for instance? &nbsp;Is it good practice for an entire site to be https and can this affect its search engine 'findability'?<br />
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Thanks :)<br />
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- tingleweb
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Hi everyone

What are the disadvantages and/or advantages to starting a website as https on entry as opposed to http then redirecting to https at the payment page for instance?  Is it good practice for an entire site to be https and can this affect its search engine 'findability'?

Thanks :)

- tingleweb

Disadvantages/advantages to starting website with https on entry?

Web development includes all aspects of presenting content on intranets and the Internet, including delivery development, protocols, languages and standards, server software, browser clients, databases and multimedia generation.

Web Development

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. Hypertext is structured text that uses logical links (hyperlinks) between nodes containing text. HTTP is the protocol to exchange or transfer hypertext. HTTP functions as a request-response protocol in the client-server computing model. HTTP is designed to permit intermediate network elements to improve or enable communications between clients and servers. HTTP is an application layer protocol designed within the framework of the Internet Protocol Suite; it presumes an underlying and reliable transport layer protocol.

HTTP Protocol

HTTPS is a protocol for secure communication over a computer network which is widely used on the Internet. HTTPS consists of communication over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) within a connection encrypted by Transport Layer Security (TLS) or its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The main motivation for HTTPS is authentication of the visited website and to protect the privacy and integrity of the exchanged data. HTTPS is widely used for protecting page authenticity on all types of websites, securing accounts and keeping user communications, identity and web browsing private.