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Is this a problem your company is experiencing? Sadly, many entrepreneurs and small company owners do not understand that once your fantastic web site is built, prospects clients simply won't realize it exists. Not until it's properly internet search engine optimised that's. So how can you get people to locate your website on the second or first search outcomes page of Google, Yahoo! or Bing? The response to that question can be very intricate. This is why most company owners invest in internet search engine optimization agencies or specialists to increase their web site internet search engine visibility which will generate more sales leads.

What Happened?

ICYMI: There was a massive cyber attack last Friday (10/21/2016).  The DNS company DYN which provides DNS service to a gigantic section of the internet was under DDoS attack. This attack brought down sites like Twitter, Reddit, GitHub, Amazon, Tumbler, PayPal, and more.  In my opinion, even though it is a very bad thing they used a pretty neat trick to make it happen.

Because it's freakin' awesome!!!! That's why :) Seriously though, this is a question that we receive quite often over the years.  Let's break it down.

So what is SSL?

SSL stands for Secured Sockets Layer.  It's a protocol thanks encrypts the traffic from the web server to your browser.  Unlike non-secured websites, where traffic travels over port 80, SSL forces traffic to travel over port 443.  So what does that actually mean?  It means that your customers and prospective clients can feel at ease browsing your website knowing that their traffic has been encrypted.  You can always tell a secured website by seeing the green pad lock next to the URL Address bar (kind of like the image above).