Why have a private SSL?

Having your own private SSL is so much better than using a free shared SSL. The private SSL helps you get more credibility because you:

1. Avoid security warnings

The shared SSL generates security warnings every time you wish to access a secure page. To avoid such popups you need a private SSL.

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2. Avoid host's name in your URLs

In order to access a page with your shared SSL, you need to put your host's name in your URL. To avoid that, you better get a private SSL.

With shared SSL, your secure url looks like:

https://secure.yourhost.tld/~username

With private SSL, your secure url looks like:

https://secure.yourname.com