Infrastructure - https://pinterest.com BeaverCheck Audit

D

CDN & Delivery

Action

No CDN detected

FIX

No CDN detected

A CDN can significantly improve load times for users around the world by caching content at edge nodes closer to them.

No CDN detected

Consider using a CDN to improve global delivery speed and reduce origin load.

C

IPv6 Readiness

Action

No IPv6 support

REVIEW

No IPv6 support

No IPv6 (AAAA) records found

IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.

No IPv6 Support

About 40% of internet users have IPv6. Consider adding AAAA records.

IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.

Why this matters

No AAAA records — same impact as 'no IPv6 (AAAA) records'; IPv6-preferring clients pay extra latency falling back to IPv4.

Source: Google IPv6 stats

C

URL Variants

Action

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

REVIEW

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

Both www and non-www versions serve content

Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other

HTTP→HTTPS redirect uses 302 instead of 301

Got: 302 temporary redirect Expected: 301 permanent redirect

www / non-www

200https://www.pinterest.com/

200https://pinterest.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

308http://pinterest.com/ → https://pinterest.com/

Use 301 (permanent) instead of 302 (temporary)

B

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

129 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

129

days left

0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

Submit your domain to hstspreload.org to be added to the Chrome preload list
Enable DNSSEC on your domain for DNS spoofing protection
Enable OCSP stapling on your TLS server to remove a CA roundtrip and protect user privacy

A+

DNS Records

4 A records, 86 ms lookup

PASS

4 A records, 86 ms lookup

Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 151.101.192.84, 151.101.128.84, 151.101.64.84, 151.101.0.84

No IPv6 (AAAA) records

4 nameserver(s) configured

Got: ns5.pinterest.com, ns9.pinterest.com, ns6.pinterest.com, ns10.pinterest.com

5 mail exchanger(s) configured

CAA records not checked

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

SPF record present in TXT

DNS resolution time: 86 ms

Got: 86 ms

A	151.101.192.84, 151.101.128.84, 151.101.64.84, 151.101.0.84
AAAA	—
CNAME	—
NS	ns5.pinterest.com, ns9.pinterest.com, ns6.pinterest.com, ns10.pinterest.com
MX	1 aspmx.l.google.com 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com 10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com 10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT	anthropic-domain-verification-c1b7dr=bBfPNbyIXzGWEhqJ24pOJ6W0u miro-verification=8739d427e9a419960e9fbb1f86941c3b74e47415 docusign=181669b6-686c-408b-ac15-076711ffc372 docusign=7247a7f7-68c2-4f62-bb95-06c52d85d646 mgverify=a37224d064fb37fa047c67fecac02932e7cdc68e4a12addcb9762e52efa7c1f1 google-site-verification=NL3G6_2q9FrmNnriQD18LIAVfmthnoRMIatQzD_MhTI MS=ms18016700 google-site-verification=ROV7s4DFtQ5T6mqp_PnThPrA3J8cLSSfIvmDJCcM-Rk applause-verification:2d72e729-a6d6-47c8-82f9-8adc27830272 freepik-domain-verification=c716162ae55dce0d8daa58814f14aa8f openai-domain-verification=dv-FvRuqwrE1vLdGpJp5PlbPvQr yandex-verification: 9448cd71fe506a76 dcao2catgy34x.cloudfront.net SPF v=spf1 redirect=_spf.pinterest.com loom-site-verification=5a36a427d0674ac5b53de45d12741f68 gamma-domain-verification-x88yj9=4PkqRMwC3FhyTAYr0aoXhOCTH apple-domain-verification=fR4SkeFsfvTQqwcL atlassian-domain-verification=VvwbKGkKpnJiNIesXRcvnY12kzfIjT/wvmUb20l7mKjTN9IseY... docker-verification=b02df65b-3c5d-4537-b019-4537f40d5d6e TAILSCALE-zr1QUmHmJsEi7XoaDnHQ CKO=cli_2yspwwmpzjpezmdjr5ivf4kbcu liveramp-site-verification=vkCU0rzeleXDe3XcsQSxGrcPwe9HTOJ1Iz9ZXKTXAJg loom-verification=9088334975 postman-domain-verification=142fa709f30458c470545ae61a557bdc54690989c11d4bc4c1fa... tiktok-developers-site-verification=b3h14NLD33KKuBsuEh2JssxoMIzGTYbw happeo-site-verification=38d7bd5177a34890878877d099afe22f c5ce3936-9dec-4ee6-b044-55cb8ea62f04 CKO=cli_cyft6no6jdbuzmltnrp3egprzy cursor-domain-verification-vyc8km=a5aBskJG8rDWOTCVrmI6gBHfb canva-site-verification=a6iVl7OoKkmq61eoJl2EXQ arkose-domain-verify=2cnrb3du4uwyva8jqv9kun47z36982e6 facebook-domain-verification=2pkj9rox53bgoy96jten5vrid77mv7 ZOOM_verify_noGVfZnQStK_Xkext4FibQ paloaltonetworks-site-verification=87ccfc26e7b2486ad8e407c6ed99e788937e68856e309... 1password-site-verification=WCNWOT5Q6BDF3JCLBGSCDZO4AE work-accounts-domain-verification=xWymOmluA0vPNLJQaf4StWL68TsfRh browserstack-domain-verification=b57d2484-2df5-41d4-9b7e-5e8fed11b781
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 86 ms

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

Why this matters

Informational: CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records weren't checked in this scan.

A

Redirect Chain

1 redirect(s), 322 ms total

PASS

1 redirect(s), 322 ms total

Single redirect

Got: https://pinterest.com → https://www.pinterest.com/ (308)

WWW normalization redirect

https://pinterest.com

5 ms · HTTP/1.1

308

https://www.pinterest.com/

318 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://pinterest.com	308	5 ms	HTTP/1.1
2	https://www.pinterest.com/	200	318 ms	HTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 114 URLs

PASS

robots.txt present, sitemap with 114 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 10240 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 114 entries

Sitemap index with 114 child sitemaps

robots.txt references sitemap

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 10240 B Sitemaps referenced 40 User-agents *, Googlebot Blocking No — crawling allowed

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User-agent: *
Allow: /_ngjs/resource/*/get/
Allow: /business/create/
Allow: /resource/*/get/
Disallow: /*/*/*/_tools/*
Disallow: /*/*/*/more_ideas/
Disallow: /*/*/_tools/*
Disallow: /*/*/activity/*
Disallow: /*/*/group/
Disallow: /*/*/invite/
Disallow: /*/*/more_ideas/*
Disallow: /*/?*amp_client_id*
Disallow: /*/?z=1
Disallow: /*/__wishlist__/*
Disallow: /*/_activities/*
Disallow: /*/_activity/*
Disallow: /*/_community/*
Disallow: /*/_created/*
Disallow: /*/_followers/*
Disallow: /*/_following/*
Disallow: /*/_quick_saves/*
Disallow: /*/_saved/*
Disallow: /*/_shop/*
Disallow: /*/_shopping_list/*
Disallow: /*/communities/
Disallow: /*/discovered/*
Disallow: /*/followers/*
Disallow: /*/following/*
Disallow: /*/likes/*
Disallow: /*/organize/*
Disallow: /*/pins/
Disallow: /*/profile-about/
Disallow: /*/scheduled-pin/*
Disallow: /*/scheduled-pins/*
Disallow: /*/story_pins/*
Disallow: /*/tagged/*
Disallow: /*/tried/*
Disallow: /*/video_pins/*
Disallow: /?show_error=true
Disallow: /_/_/*
Disallow: /_/_/pixel/*
Disallow: /_ngjs/resource/
Disallow: /about/*
Disallow: /addboard/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /age-appeal/*
Disallow: /amp/*
Disallow: /appealed-pin/
Disallow: /autocomplete/
Disallow: /board/*
Disallow: /board_activity/*
Disallow: /board_activity_comment/*
Disallow: /bookmarklet/
Disallow: /branded-pins/
Disallow: /business/ad_create/
Disallow: /business/business-access/*
Disallow: /business/business-hierarchy/*
Disallow: /business/business-manager/*
Disallow: /business/catalogs/*
Disallow: /business/commerce-integrations/*
Disallow: /business/community-information/
Disallow: /business/convert/
Disallow: /business/create-linked-account/
Disallow: /business/hub/
Disallow: /business/invite/*
Disallow: /business/onboarding/
Disallow: /business/pin_create/
Disallow: /business/referral/*
Disallow: /business/site/
Disallow: /business/switch-account/
Disallow: /business/top-ads/
Disallow: /business/update/
Disallow: /business/verified-merchant/status/
Disallow: /christmas-spotlight/
Disallow: /close-account/
Disallow: /communities/*
Disallow: /community/*
Disallow: /community_comment/*
Disallow: /community_post/*
Disallow: /connect/*/
Disallow: /content-claiming/*
Disallow: /conversation/*
Disallow: /conversations/*
Disallow: /convert-business/
Disallow: /convert-personal/
Disallow: /copyright-reporting/*
Disallow: /create_pin/
Disallow: /creative-studio/
Disallow: /creative_editor/
Disallow: /creator-spotlight/*
Disallow: /creator_hub/_earn
Disallow: /creator_hub/_partnerships
Disallow: /csrf_error/
Disallow: /ct.html
Disallow: /deactivate-account/
Disallow: /delete_post/
Disallow: /discover/*
Disallow: /edit/*
Disallow: /editorial/*/*/
Disallow: /email/*
Disallow: /email_verification_error/
Disallow: /engagement/*
Disallow: /explore/*/?p=*
Disallow: /facebook/
Disallow: /fb.html
Disallow: /follow_board/
Disallow: /follow_user/
Disallow: /google_gdn.html
Disallow: /google_search.html
Disallow: /hanukkah-spotlight/
Disallow: /holiday-spotlight/
Disallow: /holidays-celebrations/
Disallow: /homefeed/
Disallow: /homefeed/*
Disallow: /idea-ads-tool/*
Disallow: /idea-pin-builder/*
Disallow: /idea-pin-invite/
Disallow: /install-shuffles/
Disallow: /invite/
Disallow: /invited/
Disallow: /join/?next=*
Disallow: /join/signup/?next=*
Disallow: /kwanzaa-spotlight/
Disallow: /lens-search/*
Disallow: /linked/*
Disallow: /live-session/*
Disallow: /login/?next=*
Disallow: /logout/
Disallow: /m/
Disallow: /new_invite/
Disallow: /news_hub/*
Disallow: /notifications/
Disallow: /oauth/line/*
Disallow: /oauth/login/*
Disallow: /oauth_error/
Disallow: /offsite/
Disallow: /parental-consent/confirmation/
Disallow: /parental-passcode/
Disallow: /password/reset/
Disallow: /password/reset/*
Disallow: /pin-builder/*
Disallow: /pin-communities/*
Disallow: /pin-creation-tool/*
Disallow: /pin-editor/
Disallow: /pin/*/activities
Disallow: /pin/*/activity/
Disallow: /pin/*/analytics
Disallow: /pin/*/brand-catalog/
Disallow: /pin/*/brand-catalog/*
Disallow: /pin/*/comments
Disallow: /pin/*/email
Disallow: /pin/*/feedback
Disallow: /pin/*/idea-pin/related-products/*
Disallow: /pin/*/likes
Disallow: /pin/*/promote
Disallow: /pin/*/reaction
Disallow: /pin/*/related-products
Disallow: /pin/*/related-products/*
Disallow: /pin/*/repin
Disallow: /pin/*/repins
Disallow: /pin/*/share
Disallow: /pin/*/shop-the-look/*
Disallow: /pin/*/tag
Disallow: /pin/*/takes
Disallow: /pin/*/visual-search
Disallow: /pin/*/visual-shop
Disallow: /pin/create/*
Disallow: /pin/find/
Disallow: /pin/find?url=*
Disallow: /pin_shop/*
Disallow: /pinterest-predicts/
Disallow: /pinterest-wellbeing/*
Disallow: /pinterestwellbeing/*
Disallow: /place/*
Disallow: /prefs/
Disallow: /product-catalogs/
Disallow: /product-catalogs/*
Disallow: /product-feed/
Disallow: /pw/*
Disallow: /quiz/*
Disallow: /recently-viewed/
Disallow: /refresh_stored_accounts
Disallow: /refresh_token
Disallow: /register/
Disallow: /reports-and-violations/
Disallow: /request-data/
Disallow: /resource/
Disallow: /safe-redirect/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /search?
Disallow: /secure/*
Disallow: /sendHeaderEarly/
Disallow: /settings/*
Disallow: /shop_pins/*
Disallow: /signup/*
Disallow: /socialmanager/*
Disallow: /source/*
Disallow: /sso/*
Disallow: /story-pin-builder/*
Disallow: /story-pin-invite/
Disallow: /story_feed/
Disallow: /story_pins/*
Disallow: /suspension-appeal/*
Disallow: /sw-shell.html
Disallow: /taggingtool/*
Disallow: /thanksgiving-spotlight/
Disallow: /theme/*
Disallow: /tv/*
Disallow: /unauth-profile/
Disallow: /unlink/
Disallow: /upload-lens-image
Disallow: /upload-lens-image-history
Disallow: /upload-shuffle-draft
Disallow: /v1/urls/count.json
Disallow: /v3/pidgets/log/
Disallow: /website/confirm/
Disallow: /website/confirm/download*
Disallow: /welcome/
Disallow: /your-shop/
Disallow: /your-shop/*

Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_v_expansion_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/today_article_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_expansion_v2_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/shopping_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_v_expansion_sitemap_batch_2_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideas_hub_gsc_terms_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/christmas_pin_reinforce_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_tier_1_quality_uncrawled_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/image_pin_sitemap_high_engagement_tier_0_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/new_years_eve_pin_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/image_pin_sitemap_high_engagement_tier_1_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/christmas_new_year_eve_pin_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_tier_0_quality_uncrawled_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/video_product_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/image_pin_sitemap_recent_engagement_tier_0_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/user_link_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/gift_board_link_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/product_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_high_cohesion_tier_1_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_recent_engagement_tier_1_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/new_years_eve_pin_newset_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/seasonal_halloween_segment_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_new_years_eve_board_reinforce_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/christmas_pin_newset_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_tier_2_quality_uncrawled_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_christmas_board_reinforce_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/christmas_pin_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_tier_3_quality_uncrawled_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/image_pin_high_quality_tier_0_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/image_pin_high_quality_tier_1_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/new_years_eve_pin_reinforce_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/video_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/image_pin_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_christmas_new_year_eve_board_reinforce_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_high_cohesion_tier_0_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/image_pin_sitemap_recent_engagement_tier_1_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/board_link_sitemap_recent_engagement_tier_0_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideahub_new_years_eve_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml
Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v3_sitemaps/ideahub_christmas_sitemap_www.pinterest.com.xml

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /_ngjs/resource/*/get/
Allow: /business/create/
Allow: /resource/*/get/
Disallow: /*/*/*/_tools/*

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type Sitemap Index URLs 114 entries Valid XML Yes

Child Sitemaps:

A+

Domain Intelligence

pinterest.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 16 years, 7 months old, hosted on Fastly

PASS

pinterest.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 16 years, 7 months old, hosted on Fastly

Domain registered until Nov 26, 2026 (7 months remaining)

DNSSEC is not enabled

DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.

Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.

Registrar lock is NOT enabled

The domain can be transferred without an unlock step. Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) in your registrar's control panel to protect against unauthorized or accidental transfers.

Hosting: Fastly

Got: AS54113

Domain expiry

101 days

November 26, 2026

SSL certificate

129 days

Issued by DigiCert Inc

Domain age

16 years, 7 months

Registered November 26, 2009

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Fastly

ASN AS54113

151.101.192.84

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

Unlocked 4 NS records

Expiry timeline

Today

+1 year

Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)

Recommended actions

Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers

Registrar MarkMonitor Inc.

Created November 26, 2009 (16 years, 7 months ago)

Expires November 26, 2026 (7 months)

Last Updated October 25, 2024

Name Servers ns10.pinterest.com, ns5.pinterest.com, ns6.pinterest.com, ns9.pinterest.com

DNSSEC Not enabled

Hosting

IP Address 151.101.192.84

ASN AS54113 (FASTLY - Fastly, Inc., US)

Provider Fastly

Data source: rdap (0.3s)

DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.

Why this matters

Without DNSSEC, an attacker who can poison your DNS can hijack your domain — and SSL certs alone don't stop them.

Learn more ▾

DNSSEC adds cryptographic signatures to DNS records, preventing forged responses from poisoning resolver caches. Without it, an attacker who controls the network path can redirect your domain to a malicious server before any HTTPS handshake happens. Most modern registrars (Cloudflare, Google Domains, Route 53) enable it with one toggle.

Source: ICANN / RFC 4033

The domain can be transferred without an unlock step. Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) in your registrar's control panel to protect against unauthorized or accidental transfers.

Why this matters

Without registrar lock, an attacker who phishes your registrar credentials can transfer the domain in minutes — total brand hijack.

Learn more ▾

Registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited, clientDeleteProhibited) requires extra verification before any transfer/update/delete. Every major registrar offers it free. Combined with 2FA on your registrar account, it's the strongest defense against domain hijacking.

Source: ICANN / domain-security best practice

A+

HTTP Probe Timing

Total 34 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown

PASS

DNS Lookup

31 ms

TCP Connect

0 ms

TLS Handshake

2 ms

Time to First Byte

35 ms

Total Time

35 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 31 ms TCP Connect 0 ms TLS Handshake 2 ms Server Processing 1 ms Content Transfer 0 ms