Secure website connections will now get a priority in Google search results.

In a blog post, the search engine has explained that websites that use secure connections (like https over http) will get a boost in rank.

“For now it is only a very lightweight signal” affecting fewer than one per cent of global queries and carrying less weight than other signals such as high-quality content “while we give webmasters time to switch to https”, Google said.

But over time, “we may decide to strengthen it because we would like to encourage all website owners to switch from http to https to keep everyone safe on the web”, it posted.

Google uses indicators to decide ranking of websites.

Being useful and informative, credible, engaging, high quality and finally more useful than other sites are some of the signals Google uses to rank pages. 

An integrated environment and waste management company will install reverse vending machines designed to collect and recycle domestic light bulbs and batteries across the UAE, making the Gulf country the second nation in the world, after the UK to adapt this technology.

UAE—based Bee’ah will install the Reverse Vending Machines supplied by UK—based Reverse Vending Corporation.

Going green

“We are honoured to be joining forces with reVend — an industry leader in reverse vending design and innovation — to help diminish the hazardous effects of waste on both human health and the environment,” said Khaled Al Huraimel, Group Chief Executive Officer of Bee’ah.

“The introduction of these ground—breaking Reverse Vending Machines is set to help Bee’ah further advance its goal of achieving zero—waste to landfill in Sharjah, an objective which will catapult the emirate into the Environmental Capital of the Middle East and make it the first Arab city ever to divert 100 percent of its waste from landfill,” he said.

The reVend firm has appointed Bee’ah as their distributor and reseller of the light bulbs and batteries RVMs and the plastic bottles and cans RVMs in the Middle East and are together working to expand the presence in the market.