Migrating my blog to https was the biggest mistake financially

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Thats an older blog entry, but with the recent "Google will shame non SSL sites" it might be useful to consider his experience.

Also a worthwile read: https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/10528?hl=en

I saw a slight drop in adsense earnings too but nowhere near the percentage cited here.

The search result benefit is slight but once a critical mass of sites have made the switch I think Google will start turning the dial up.

Like always with adsense it will depend on your typical user and thereby on the advertisers. Advertisers targeting more sophisticated users will rather provide SSL enabled ads than advertiser targeting the "get rich quick" audience for example.

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