Does Google Use Security Seals As A Trust/Ranking Signal

[rhysmaster]

There are quite a few secuirty seals/site safety tools by some big antivirus/trust companies

Mcaffe site secuirty, verisign etc.

Does Google, or any other big search engines use these as a trust/ranking signal?

[Blargh123]

No, unless those big sites are linking to you

[StalkerB]

You 100% sure on that? ,':|

I'm not saying you're wrong but it's not something I've tested, just wondering if you had some info on it?

If nothing else having those seals on your site have been shown to improve customer conversion, so depending on the type of site it might still be worth having.

[Blargh123]

No offical testing here but, ANY thing can have behavioral SEO benifits that could lead to more organic conversions.  But do they have algorithmic value? Probally not, but I will conduct some studies into this in my free time.

But I would love it if we can find some legitimate sources for this topic, digging initiated.

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