Title | Google May Boost Search Results to Secure Sites | |
Date | Saturday April 19 2014, @03:11AM | |
Author | janrinok | |
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from the a-push-in-the-right-direction dept. |
In a move that experts say could make it harder to spy on Web users, Google is considering giving a boost in its search-engine results to websites that use encryption, the engineer in charge of fighting spam in search results hinted at a recent conference. The executive, Matt Cutts, is well known in the search world as the liaison between Google's search team and website designers who track every tweak to its search algorithms.
Cutts also has spoken in private conversations of Google's interest in making the change, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person says Google's internal discussions about encryption are still at an early stage and any change wouldn't happen soon.
A Google spokesman said the company has nothing to announce at this time.
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