Wikipedia:Google https links
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This essay, wp:Google https links, describes the links in Google Search which have used the "https:" prefix (rather than "http:") to connect to Wikipedia pages by secure-server, SSL Internet protocol.
Pages which have used Google https links
The following Wikipedia pages have been listed in Google with "https:" links:
- Parabola - late March 2013, pageviews drop 75%
- List of best-selling books - late March 2013, pageviews drop 75%
- Gone with the Wind (film) - late March 2013, pageviews drop 62%
- Cancer - 29 March 2013, pageviews drop 66%
- Depression (mood) - 21 April 2013, pageviews drop 66%
- Alan Turing - 21 April 2013, pageviews drop 65%
- Schizophrenia - 21 April 2013, pageviews drop 66% to 4,622/day
- Hyperbola - 27 April 2013, pageviews drop 66%
Results of Google https links
As discussed about other pages since early April 2013, those articles (such as "Depression (mood)") have also changed in Google to have secure-server, https-prefix links, rather than typical "http:" prefix, as happened to several other articles in March 2013 ("Parabola" or "List of best-selling books" etc.). Although developers think the https-protocol requests have been properly logged, for pageview counts, some people think the pageview counts are still not correct (as perhaps undercounting the https transactions in those log files), while other people think that https security certificate alerts, in some browsers (such as MSIE not Firefox), have deterred people from viewing those articles, once their browsers ask about the secure-server access, and hence think the 66%-lower pageviews indicate actual reduction in readers viewing those pages. The reduced pageviews are shown by both stats.grok.se and the German Wiki-tech displays of pageview counts (such as for one-month option "&Zeitraum=1M").