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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
86
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
3
PASS
6
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
302 Found
Checks
9
6 PASS 3 REVIEW
B
Redirect Chain
2 redirect(s), 116 ms total
REVIEW
2 redirect(s), 116 ms total
Warning::
2 redirects before reaching final URL
Each redirect adds latency. Try to minimize the chain to 1 hop.
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Uses 302 (temporary) redirect
If permanent, use 301 instead.
Got: https://ign.com
Info::
Cross-domain redirect detected

https://ign.com

4 ms · HTTP/1.1

302

https://www.ign.com/

50 ms · HTTP/1.1

302

https://fr.ign.com/

62 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://ign.com3024 msHTTP/1.1Varnish
2https://www.ign.com/30250 msHTTP/1.1
3https://fr.ign.com/20062 msHTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

Each redirect adds latency. Try to minimize the chain to 1 hop.

Why this matters

Redirect chain — each hop adds latency; combine into one redirect where possible.

Source: Google Search Central / web.dev

If permanent, use 301 instead.

Why this matters

302 (Found) is for genuinely temporary redirects — if this redirect is permanent, switch to 301 to preserve SEO equity.

Learn more

Search engines treat 302 as temporary, keeping the original URL indexed and not transferring full link equity to the destination. Use 301 (Moved Permanently) for permanent redirects (HTTP→HTTPS, www-vs-non-www, URL restructures).

Source: Google Search Central

C
IPv6 Readiness
Action
No IPv6 support
REVIEW
No IPv6 support
Info::
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

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
67 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

67
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Enable HSTS: Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
  • 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, 78 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 78 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 151.101.193.135, 151.101.1.135, 151.101.129.135, 151.101.65.135
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-1639.awsdns-12.co.uk, ns-184.awsdns-23.com, ns-1421.awsdns-49.org, ns-865.awsdns-44.net
Info::
5 mail exchanger(s) configured
Info::
CAA records not checked
CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
Info::
SPF record present in TXT
Info::
DNS resolution time: 78 ms
Got: 78 ms
A151.101.193.135, 151.101.1.135, 151.101.129.135, 151.101.65.135
AAAA
CNAME
NSns-1639.awsdns-12.co.uk, ns-184.awsdns-23.com, ns-1421.awsdns-49.org, ns-865.awsdns-44.net
MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
notion-domain-verification=yePqme4WWVPpTYgYOAIOR0w3CQ3MrtcQRxl3oeXoG7B
MS=ms50363470
ZOOM_verify_GqtGRiAuyFwxt2e0Aw5qPd
atlassian-domain-verification=QUsZX4LdPWTYZgx09JhShFot27EJnUl/5CyxXFsiGebXl2QD8F...
anthropic-domain-verification-e3vss0=3cOByXqmpN4XRnvkzBQPC156x
google-site-verification=y1UwSOvz0xwWkNqQ3OaHiji5H5TGCPnijvgUp5zywR8
stripe-verification=3593AA6971755BE668AACE816A1EE06C7146F3B4C359A32113394EB2FA46...
tollbit-domain-verification=a92372177b6f4b247a8d84212bad20c2573a43eef1fe67586dac...
_globalsign-domain-verification=VPemhDee0EKRXi0IPzeSUrn849jHevrjIaTeDYOTZ4
brave-ledger-verification=9edd3401888047b0f3e67ff5b91f6e42d05528a401278502b85cca...
onetrust-domain-verification=2462dffbf64b4fbea15a057d21cba6e9
google-site-verification=ToPtMP-MoegJBf8rxWwG10WLPuAzf3HMQmZGry___BE
SPF v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:spf_c.oraclecloud.c...
workplace-domain-verification=86brBCdq4xovqRl6lgslTY9NhlTs3c
fastly-domain-delegation-4113494f09f65bb5ec48f14d524ef258-00551329-20251109
shopify-verification-code=6TtoHWAOBoHYZAchulzjWKlr2xKUgC
_globalsign-domain-verification=f-B_7ErtvSe_2e1SkhSsTab6DQA-AVd2vcvY3gqskQ
_globalsign-domain-verification=n-kJTGwLshlTiyXFHlUrmuZBUmd02TKkgRt0H3jHw1
twilio-domain-verification=f1f40fdf77455463b5d72908f5262836
google-site-verification=I1qx4WK6bOnMKV0vm_HBn7Ip9VNwFt6wHpIbUYzZ1r4
_globalsign-domain-verification=mGZXdzAu0fntEqfD9786zQszYXn9loQ6fpDuWN2sjU
docker-verification=6029222b-f663-4d09-ac18-3311e84c3ac6
asv=e495da755c0dd3bd45f83c1d25432aff
google-site-verification=NiNUk5UMvvACoV17Yr9w_RuO0y1Sp6d8XrXT56Qi_Cc
docusign=b8587a0a-d516-45e7-8429-5a1ac93a3f3a
apple-domain-verification=HTgpmeGWcrcvgw4w
knowbe4-site-verification=f8a0eecde40ecb172ead956570d9179c
adobe-idp-site-verification=cd8dab640ab786a9457c8757f4188cd682dd687a694d1d9c251e...
_globalsign-domain-verification=nx5U56FiDUqhsckpguh1BWVo8oJVRsFtwCfGxdBN4e
teamviewer-sso-verification=bca073814d03413a9808ca2ed50f57da
ca3-20df3489f1b34ed1aac1c11d797cd914
_globalsign-domain-verification=2wRqY6IrIINLY7B8Qcp-qur9HsiRTO04g4gwsMmFy3
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 78 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+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 31 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 31 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 4047 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 31 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 31 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 4047 B Sitemaps referenced 5 User-agents Big Sur AI, DDM-DCipher/1.0.7, Echobot Bot, Kunato, Manus-User, netEstate Imprint Crawler, PerplexityBot, Wrtn, AI2Bot, Anchor Browser, Devin, Factset_spyderbot, LCC, meta-webindexer, TavilyBot, YouBot, Applebot-extended, CCBot, mistral.ai, NovaAct, QualifiedBot, SemrushBot-OCOB, cohere-ai, GPTBot, Poggio-Citations, LinerBot, SBIntuitionsBot, SemrushBotSwa, ShapBot, Velen Crawler, Claude-Web, DuckAssistBot, FacebookBot, LINER Bot, Novellum AI Crawl, Perplexity-User, Scrapy, SeekrBot, *, Amazonbot, Claude-SearchBot, DeepSeekBot, Spider, ZanistaBot, AutoRAG, bigsur.ai, Bytespider, Cotoyogi, iaskspider, omgili, Timpibot, TwinAgent, AmazonBuyForMe, ICC-Crawler, PanguBot, Crawl4AI, DDM*, Nutch, laion-huggingface-processor, atlassian-bot, Channel3Bot, ChatGLM-Spider, Diffbot, Direqt Anomura, HTTrack, Kangaroo Bot, "008", Brandwatch, Bravebot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-User, cohere-training-data-crawler, Datenbank Crawler, ImageSiftBot, LinkupBot, meta-externalfetcher, OAI-SearchBot, PetalBot, Webzio-Extended, Ai2Bot-DeepResearchEval, anthropic-ai, iAsk, KlaviyoAIBot, meta-externalagent, MistralAI-User, Offline Explorer, VelenPublicWebCrawler, AddSearchBot, Ai2Bot-Dolma, DDM-DCipher*, imageSpider, PeopleInc-DCipher-Scraper/1.1.0, Applebot, AwarioSmartBot, ClaudeBot, ICC Crawler Blocking No — crawling allowed
# Ziff Davis content is made available for your non-commercial use subject to our 
# Terms of Use here: https://www.ziffdavis.com/terms-of-use
# Use of any robot, crawler, or other tool to scrape, harvest, extract, or retrieve any content on
# this website using automated means is prohibited without written permission from Ziff Davis.
# Prohibited uses include but are not limited to:
# (1) text and data mining under Art. 4 of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single
# Market;
# (2) development or operation of artificial intelligence or machine learning software or
# databases, including by training, fine-tuning, embedding, and retrieval-augmented generation;
# (3) creating data sets containing our content or sharing it with others; and
# (4) any commercial purposes.
# Contact licensing@ziffdavis.com for assistance.

User-agent: *
Disallow: /_views/
Disallow: /apiproxy
Disallow: */empty/
Disallow: /beta
Disallow: /blogs/
Disallow: /debug
Disallow: /pokedex/search
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /static/pv_candidate.html
Disallow: /stf/
Disallow: /sign-in
Disallow: /sugarfif.html
Disallow: /wikis/*/edit
Disallow: /wikis/*/topcontributors
Disallow: /wikis/*/compare/*

# Block AI content scrapers
User-agent: "008"
User-agent: AddSearchBot
User-agent: AI2Bot
User-agent: Ai2Bot-DeepResearchEval
User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: AmazonBuyForMe
User-agent: Anchor Browser
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: Applebot-extended
User-agent: atlassian-bot
User-agent: AutoRAG
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
User-agent: Big Sur AI
User-agent: bigsur.ai
User-agent: Brandwatch
User-agent: Bravebot
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Channel3Bot
User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: Cotoyogi
User-agent: Crawl4AI
User-agent: Datenbank Crawler
User-agent: DDM*
User-agent: DDM-DCipher*
User-agent: DDM-DCipher/1.0.7
User-agent: DeepSeekBot
User-agent: Devin
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: Direqt Anomura
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: Echobot Bot
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: Factset_spyderbot
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: HTTrack
User-agent: iAsk
User-agent: iaskspider
User-agent: ICC Crawler
User-agent: ICC-Crawler
User-agent: ImageSiftBot
User-agent: imageSpider
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
User-agent: KlaviyoAIBot
User-agent: Kunato
User-agent: laion-huggingface-processor
User-agent: LCC
User-agent: LINER Bot
User-agent: LinerBot
User-agent: LinkupBot
User-agent: Manus-User
User-agent: meta-externalagent
User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
User-agent: meta-webindexer
User-agent: mistral.ai
User-agent: MistralAI-User
User-agent: netEstate Imprint Crawler
User-agent: NovaAct
User-agent: Novellum AI Crawl
User-agent: Nutch
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: Offline Explorer
User-agent: omgili
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: PeopleInc-DCipher-Scraper/1.1.0
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: Poggio-Citations
User-agent: QualifiedBot
User-agent: SBIntuitionsBot
User-agent: Scrapy
User-agent: SeekrBot
User-agent: SemrushBot-OCOB
User-agent: SemrushBotSwa
User-agent: ShapBot
User-agent: Spider
User-agent: TavilyBot
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: TwinAgent
User-agent: Velen Crawler
User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: Wrtn
User-agent: YouBot
User-agent: ZanistaBot
Disallow: /
Allow: /articles/experimenting-with-galaxy-ai-camera-features-like-night-mode-generative-edit-and-more
Allow: /articles/how-ai-assisted-gaming-on-the-galaxy-s25-means-extended-play-time-and-optimized-performance

Sitemap: https://www.ign.com/rss/sitemap-articles.xml
Sitemap: https://www.ign.com/rss/sitemap-videos.xml
Sitemap: https://www.ign.com/rss/sitemap-wikis.xml
Sitemap: https://www.ign.com/rss/news/sitemap
Sitemap: https://www.ign.com/rss/videos/sitemap-index-recently-updated
A
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: non-www)
Warning::
HTTP→HTTPS redirect uses 302 instead of 301
Got: 302 temporary redirect Expected: 301 permanent redirect

www / non-www

302https://www.ign.com/
200https://ign.com/

Preferred variant: non-www

HTTP → HTTPS

302http://ign.com/ https://www.ign.com/

Use 301 (permanent) instead of 302 (temporary)

A+
Domain Intelligence
ign.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 28 years, 1 months old, hosted on Fastly
PASS
ign.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 28 years, 1 months old, hosted on Fastly
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 24, 2031 (5 years, 3 months remaining)
Info::
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.
Info::
Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Warning::
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.
Info::
Hosting: Fastly
Got: AS54113
Domain expiry

1835 days

July 24, 2031

SSL certificate

67 days

Issued by GlobalSign nv-sa

Domain age

28 years, 1 months

Registered July 25, 1998

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Fastly

ASN AS54113

151.101.65.135

Registrar

CSC Corporate Domains, 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 CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Created July 25, 1998 (28 years, 1 months ago)
Expires July 24, 2031 (5 years, 3 months)
Last Updated August 17, 2022
Name Servers ns-1421.awsdns-49.org, ns-1639.awsdns-12.co.uk, ns-184.awsdns-23.com, ns-865.awsdns-44.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 151.101.65.135
ASN AS54113 (FASTLY - Fastly, Inc., US)
Provider Fastly
Data source: rdap (0.4s)

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 24 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
21 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
0 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
2 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
25 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
25 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 21 ms TCP Connect 0 ms TLS Handshake 2 ms Server Processing 1 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
A+
CDN & Delivery
Fastly (HIT)
PASS
Fastly (HIT)
Info::
Site is served via Fastly CDN
Got: x-served-by: cache-toj-leto2350066-TOJ
Info::
CDN cache status: HIT
CDN Detected: Fastly
Provider Fastly Cache Status HIT Evidence x-served-by: cache-toj-leto2350066-TOJ
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