It looks like some people are getting carried away with the SEO implications of this.
We're not implying that your site will get ranked higher than other sites if you have HTTPS. What we're saying is that if your site has both HTTP and HTTPS versions of the same content that Google will now return an HTTPS link. The biggest implication is that if you support HTTPS most of traffic will now be using HTTPS rather than HTTP.
We're not implying that your site will get ranked higher than other sites if you have HTTPS. What we're saying is that if your site has both HTTP and HTTPS versions of the same content that Google will now return an HTTPS link. The biggest implication is that if you support HTTPS most of traffic will now be using HTTPS rather than HTTP.