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:

13th century in literature -
20th century in literature -
Action (physics) -
Acute (medicine) -
African literature -
Alan Turing - 21 April 2013, pageviews drop 65%
Andean Geology -
Armenian literature -
Astronomy & Geophysics -
Astronomische Nachrichten -
Astroparticle physics -
Astrophotography -
Astrophysical maser -
Belarusian literature -
Brachytherapy -
British literature -
Cancer (disambiguation) -
Cancer - 29 March 2013, pageviews drop 66%
Cancer stem cell -
Cancer survivor - 22 April 2013, pageviews drop 66%
Cancer vaccine - 26 March 2013, pageviews drop 57%
Cancer of unknown primary origin -
Carcinogenesis -
Carry On (film series) -
cGh physics -
Cholangiocarcinoma -
Colombian literature -
Contact (film) -
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA -
Depression (mood) - 21 April 2013, pageviews drop 66%
Determinism -
Dispersion (geology) -
Double Jeopardy (film) -
English literature -
Epoch (astronomy) -
Equatorium -
European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition -
Explorer 49 -
Extragalactic astronomy -
Facies -
Fantasy literature -
Far-infrared astronomy -
Field (physics) -
Film criticism -
Film noir -
Film theory -
Filmmaking -
Foil (literature) -
Foundations of Physics -
Fundamental interaction -
Geology -
Geology of Alabama -
Geology of Colombia -
Geology of Oklahoma -
Geology of West Virginia -
Gerard Kuiper -
German literature -
Gone with the Wind (film) - late March 2013, pageviews drop 62%
Head (geology) -
Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese -
Humorism -
Hyperbola - 27 April 2013, pageviews drop 66%
Imperial College School of Medicine -
Indian literature -
Infrared astronomy -
Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics -
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge -
Institute of Physics -
International Journal of Cancer -
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) -
International Year of Astronomy -
Irish Cancer Society -
Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature -
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter -
Kambojas in Indian literature -
Kampo -
Karst -
Lake Victoria -
Latin literature -
List of astronomical catalogues -
List of best-selling books - late March 2013, pageviews drop 75%
List of important publications in physics -
Literature -
Locality (astronomy) -
Lolita - 24-28 April 2013, pageviews drop 72%
Macedonian literature -
Mantle (geology) -
Mark Twain -
Max Planck Institute for Physics -
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy -
Medieval Welsh literature -
Michael Duff (physicist) -
Middle Persian literature -
Mob film -
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology -
Nanomedicine -
National Centre for Physics -
National Geology and Mining Service -
New York Academy of Medicine -
Emmy Noether -
Organ transplantation -
Osteopathic manipulative medicine -
Outline of astronomy -
Outline of medicine -
Parabola - late March 2013, pageviews drop 75%
Particle physics -
Patronage in astronomy -
Peak District -
Photon -
Physics in medieval Islam -
Plasma (physics) -
Preventive medicine -
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory -
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica -
Postcolonial literature -
Prime Minister of Australia - 2013?, no pageviews drop yet
Prostate cancer screening -
Psychosomatic medicine -
Redshift -
Rock of Gibraltar -
Romance (heroic literature) -
Royal Society of Literature -
Schizophrenia - 21 April 2013, pageviews drop 66% to 4,622/day
Schrödinger equation -
Scientific method -
Senegalese literature -
Serial (literature) -
Skin Cancer Foundation -
Small Astronomy Satellite 2 -
Specialty (medicine) -
Squamous-cell carcinoma -
Star -
Nicolas Steno -
Subaru Telescope -
Sudanese literature -
Tertiary -
Texas literature -
Theoretical physics -
The New England Journal of Medicine -
Thin film -
Transit (astronomy) -
Ulugh Beg -
United States National Library of Medicine -
University of Aberdeen School of Medicine -
University of Missouri School of Medicine -
Uruguayan literature -
Venice Film Festival -
Warner Bros. -

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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").

Pages which have used Google https links

Results of Google https links

See also