{"id":512,"date":"2019-05-06T17:47:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T17:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lincon.com\/site\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2020-07-14T18:58:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T18:58:27","slug":"how-to-obtain-a-free-ssl-certificate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lincon.com\/site\/lincon-coms-guides\/how-to-obtain-a-free-ssl-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Free SSL Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"linco-3858834377\" class=\"linco-before-content linco-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7218081052625257\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7218081052625257\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2982622224\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p>Do you have a Website?  Do you need a free <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_key_certificate#TLS\/SSL_server_certificate\">SSL certificate<\/a>?  Search engines penalize Websites that are note secure.  To be secure you need an SSL for your Website.  You can purchase certificates from several vendors but if you are the least bit handy with working with your Website, this guide will walk you through the process of getting a free SSL certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we begin, I suggest that you read through all of the steps to make sure that you feel comfortable with doing each of them.  The entire process will take about 15-30 minutes your first time doing it but it will get <a style=\"color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration:none; font-weight: normal\" href=\"https:\/\/africacasinos.co.za\/\">africacasinosa<\/a> easier.  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If it goes to just LincOn.com, then it needs to reflect that.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have all of these items, <a href=\"https:\/\/lincon.com\/site\/lincon-coms-guides\/how-to-obtain-a-free-ssl-certificate\/free-ssl-certificate-step-by-step\/\">CLICK HERE to go through the process of obtaining a free SSL certificate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following these steps you can have a free SSL certificate that is good for the next three months!  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