Why does my url bar turn green

Google said the EV indicators were rather useless at conveying information about the security and authenticity of the sites a user was accessing and removed them from the browser UI. Many security researchers agreed with Google's decision.

EV information will still be available, but not presented to users in such a prominent space in the URL bar.

Instead, it will be relegated to the drop-down panel that appears when pressing a site's green padlock indicator, next to the other TLS information. This indicator will be also removed from FireFox browsers soon. However, not all is that bad. To be honest, the CAs haven't invested in that trust indicator since it was published long time ago. Now it is time to refresh the technology. We already have new trust features for EV certs coming Q1 Get a Domain Validation SSL certificate within just 5 minutes using our friendly and automated system.

The green bar appeared in the address bar before the URL. As suggested by the name, it was green, and featured the name of the registered company, along with the padlock symbol we have all come to expect from HTTPS-enabled sites.

In Google Chrome, the green bar actually stopped being green in september with the release of Chrome However, the company information remained. This major change is mostly to keep up with the changing times. Ask Question. Asked 12 years, 3 months ago. Active 12 years, 3 months ago. Viewed 13k times. Improve this question. Chris W. Rea Matthew Dresser Matthew Dresser 3 3 gold badges 9 9 silver badges 17 17 bronze badges. Add a comment.

Active Oldest Votes. Yes, it is a different level of certificate, as you say. Improve this answer. Rea Chris W. It's also a good way for the certificate authorities to make extra cash. Those green address bar certificates are not cheap.