“Trust me.” That’s the most vital message any website can convey. Without trust, visitors just leave.
However, most folks expect to be trusted, even when they’re wary about trusting others. Whilst that’s fine for dealing with folks in person, websites need to plan to build trust. We do that by providing quality content, good service — and “trust marks” like testimonials, “About” pages, Privacy Policies and other reassurances.
Of course, search engines want to promote quality, trustworthy sites, so many of these reassurances can be good for SEO, too. So online, trust doesn’t just enable sales — it actively increases sales.
…and Google just changed the game.
Google’s Great SSL Plan
So, as you may know, Google uses hundreds of signals to assess the quality and trustworthiness of websites.… Read the rest