HTTPS enabled
Your site must be served over HTTPS with a valid TLS certificate.
Why HTTPS is a minimum bar
Every major browser now marks HTTP sites as 'not secure'. Most AI crawlers follow the same convention and downgrade or skip content served over plain HTTP. In 2026, HTTPS is not a nice-to-have — it is a requirement for being taken seriously by any automated system.
Beyond the explicit downgrade, HTTPS is a trust signal. A site without a valid certificate is assumed to be abandoned, misconfigured, or untrustworthy. None of those get cited.
How to get HTTPS
- — Let's Encrypt gives you free, auto-renewing certificates. Most hosting platforms wire this up automatically.
- — Cloudflare offers one-click HTTPS for any site pointed at their DNS.
- — Set up a 301 redirect from http:// to https:// so every visitor lands on the secure version.
- — Enable HSTS once you are confident HTTPS is working.