Website Synthesis Essay

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Those who have been sitting on the fence about upgrading to HTTPS now need to hop off the fence and upgrade. As of July 2018 Chrome browser will begin warning all users of an HTTP website the website is an insecure site. This is done with the goal to move the web towards a secure HTTPS web.
Web hosts are worried about the effect this could have on their websites if users are concerned about the "insecure site" warning which will pop up in a Chrome users address bar. These changes are estimated to effect nearly fifty percent of internet users worldwide.
This new change, though its effects could negatively influence many websites, it will help make websites more secure for users. This announcement was firm about the goal to warn users about …show more content…

Other countries, projected to be affected by this change, are Spain, Asia, Russia, Africa, USA, Canada, India, United Kingdom and Australia.
While many web hosting providers have been hesitant to switch because of technical or monetary excuses there are many web hosts who already provide HTTPS certificates. These certificates to upgrade to HTTPS are of no or little cost. Thus, making money no longer a valid excuse for web hosts to not upgrade. As for the technical concerns, a web host must outweigh the pros and cons with losing part of their web browsing audience due to the "insecure website" notifications or small changes of having technical difficulties. Most web publishers are hesitant about this because there are mixed content issues, which is where a secure web page links to a web page asset using an insecure URL. If there is an insecure URL being used, this defeats the purpose of the HTTPS upgrade and makes the website less credible.
Many companies are worried about losing their browsers and in turn also losing their site's bounce rate, advertising impressions, affiliate clicks, and ecommerce

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