: I don't think anyone will definitively answer the question as it falls into the "Black Art" of SEO. A reasonably conservative and educated guess though - probably not a good idea - even for

@Pierce454

I don't think anyone will definitively answer the question as it falls into the "Black Art" of SEO.

A reasonably conservative and educated guess though - probably not a good idea - even for regular HTTPS with a correct secure certificate Matt Cutts (Googles SEO authority) is unsure, and the comments were not positive - and this was with everything done right - although I do note its quite an old comment.

Logically though, having a self-signed SSL cert can only make things worse, as it does not have the credibility (and presumably not the level inbound links one would otherwise get).

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