VeriSign says it's flooded by visitors

BANGALORE, INDIA: Symantec Corp.  today announced that its VeriSign seal is seen more than a half billion times in a single day by Internet users. Additionally, another milestone was recently surpassed with more than 100,000 websites now displaying the VeriSign seal– more than six times that of the second most popular security mark.

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According to a company release, more than 100,000 authorized sites are using the VeriSign seal. The new high water mark for the VeriSign seal views was lead by organic growth coupled with the growing impact of VeriSign Seal-in-Search, in which the VeriSign seal appears next to search results for VeriSign Trust Services customers indicating to consumers that the sites are free of malware and use VeriSign’s superior Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates.

“More Internet businesses than ever before now display the VeriSign seal, which shows that the Internet’s most recognized trust mark is broadening its reach,” said Fran Rosch, vice president of Trust Services at Symantec. “These dramatic gains in VeriSign seal views reveal the persistent advantage VeriSign customers can have over competitors. With features like VeriSign Seal-in-Search, businesses begin building trust even before consumers visit their sites. More than 100,000 online businesses recognize how valuable that is.”

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