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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
94
GRADE
A
FIX
0
REVIEW
2
PASS
7
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
7 PASS 2 REVIEW
B
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
REVIEW
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Critical::
Both www and non-www versions serve content
Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.bbc.com/
200https://bbc.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://bbc.com/ → https://bbc.com/

Consistent

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

Certificate validity

101
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Add includeSubDomains to the HSTS directive
  • 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, 35 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 35 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 151.101.192.81, 151.101.0.81, 151.101.128.81, 151.101.64.81
Info::
Has 4 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2a04:4e42:200::81, 2a04:4e42::81, 2a04:4e42:600::81, 2a04:4e42:400::81
Info::
8 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ddns1.bbc.com, dns0.bbc.co.uk, dns1.bbc.co.uk, ddns1.bbc.co.uk, dns0.bbc.com, ddns0.bbc.co.uk, ddns0.bbc.com, dns1.bbc.com
Info::
2 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: 35 ms
Got: 35 ms
A151.101.192.81, 151.101.0.81, 151.101.128.81, 151.101.64.81
AAAA2a04:4e42:200::81, 2a04:4e42::81, 2a04:4e42:600::81, 2a04:4e42:400::81
CNAME—
NSddns1.bbc.com, dns0.bbc.co.uk, dns1.bbc.co.uk, ddns1.bbc.co.uk, dns0.bbc.com, ddns0.bbc.co.uk, ddns0.bbc.com, dns1.bbc.com
MX
10 cluster8.eu.messagelabs.com
20 cluster8a.eu.messagelabs.com
TXT
docker-verification=f89691bb-7bdd-4bc1-9673-57454d6d9c42
atlassian-sending-domain-verification=da3721b6-1d2c-4c32-bf01-b792667aeb4d
slack-domain-verification=hza4gfkmctQ7A7BpMhGNVOZVZcKTFC8OC5ewDFVA
google-site-verification=mTy-FoNnG0yetpI3-0e9AXctAkUCcWGc_K3BcMfioFI
docusign=75217687-3ba0-49bb-bb3b-482d888493af
docusign=57499c1f-9099-463b-a5bd-cb7583816d78
xoCARoExwkNhLPdKaaxv
adobe-idp-site-verification=c3a16fcb00ac5365e4ea125d5e59d4be11936f768b3020c4d81b...
Validity-Domain-Verification=TYXJnAeGHNF4DGlOgE4vdoDT3a0=
airtable-verification=b1a394c872dd6721d39a1d91cc96080d
SPF v=spf1 ip4:212.58.224.0/19 ip4:132.185.0.0/16 +include:spf.messagelabs.com ~all
dropbox-domain-verification=mtgv0f2pudoz
atlassian-domain-verification=SQsgJ5h/FqwMTXuSG/G4Nd1Gx6uX2keREOsZSa22D5XT46EsEu...
jamf-site-verification=28Mn3O6rTBSXkL5w6c911A
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 35 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), 84 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 84 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://bbc.com → https://www.bbc.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://bbc.com

4 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.bbc.com/

80 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://bbc.com3014 msHTTP/1.1Varnish
2https://www.bbc.com/20080 msHTTP/1.1BBC-GTM

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2a04:4e42:200::81, 2a04:4e42::81, 2a04:4e42:600::81, 2a04:4e42:400::81
Got: 1 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2a04:4e42:200::81, 2a04:4e42::81, 2a04:4e42:600::81, 2a04:4e42:400::81 Connection Reachable (1 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 120 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 120 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 5218 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 120 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 120 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 5218 B Sitemaps referenced 34 User-agents magpie-crawler, anthropic-ai, Applebot-Extended, Google-Extended, meta-externalagent, YandexAdditional, Google-CloudVertexBot, TurnitinBot, cohere-ai, Scrapy, ChatGPT-User, Bytespider, Perplexity-User, *, omgilibot, OAI-SearchBot, ProRataInc, Claude-Web, Amzn-User, YandexAdditionalBot, Amzn-SearchBot, CCBot, omgili, ClaudeBot, PetalBot, GPTBot, Amazonbot, PerplexityBot, CloudflareBrowserRenderingCrawler, AhrefsBot Blocking No — crawling allowed

# version: a28d9b8cc160dae99c5da44b61f9fb6a0c3a520e
# The BBC's Terms of Use: https://www.bbc.co.uk/terms
# - Explain the rules for using our services
# - Tell you what you can do with our content
#
# In short: Please use our site like a human, not a robot.
# That means:
# - No scraping, crawling, or systematic extraction of content 
# - No use of BBC content for training or fine-tuning AI models, including large language models (LLMs)
# - No retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI-powered search, agentic AI or grounding using BBC content
# - No creating datasets from BBC content
# - No text and data mining (TDM) under Article 4 of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
# - No using BBC content to create summaries for your own use
# - No business use without permission (details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/terms/can-i-use-bbc-content-for-my-business/)
# - The BBC reserves all rights in its content and expressly opts out of any statutory exceptions in any jurisdiction for text and data mining, as permitted by law
 
# TL;DR: Browse, read, watch, enjoy - like a human.
#

# HTTPS www.bbc.com

User-agent: *
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/https-index-com-archive.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/https-index-com-news.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/https-index-com-archive_video.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/https-index-com-video.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/sitemap-com-ws-topics.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sport/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/sitemaps/sitemap-com-ws-topics.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/afrique/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/arabic/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/bengali/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/burmese/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/gahuza/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/hausa/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/hindi/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/mundo/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/pashto/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/persian/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/russian/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/swahili/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/tajik/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/turkce/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/ukchina/simp/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/urdu/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/uzbek/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/bbcx/index_sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/bbcx/audio_archive_sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/bbcx/video_documentaries_sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.bbc.com/bbcx/content_index_sitemap.xml

Disallow: /asset/
Disallow: /bitesize/search$
Disallow: /bitesize/search/
Disallow: /bitesize/search?
Disallow: /cbbc/search/
Disallow: /cbbc/search$
Disallow: /cbbc/search?
Disallow: /cbeebies/search/
Disallow: /cbeebies/search$
Disallow: /cbeebies/search?
Disallow: /chwilio/
Disallow: /chwilio$
Disallow: /chwilio?
Disallow: /education/blocks$
Disallow: /education/blocks/
Disallow: /newsround
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /search$
Disallow: /search?
Disallow: /food/favourites
Disallow: /food/search*?*
Disallow: /food/recipes/search*?*
Disallow: /education/my$
Disallow: /education/my/
Disallow: /bitesize/my$
Disallow: /bitesize/my/
Disallow: /food/recipes/*/shopping-list
Disallow: /food/menus/*/shopping-list
Disallow: /news/0
Disallow: /sport/alpha/
Disallow: /ugc$
Disallow: /ugc/
Disallow: /ugcsupport$
Disallow: /ugcsupport/
Disallow: /userinfo/
Disallow: /userinfo
Disallow: /u5llnop$
Disallow: /u5llnop/
Disallow: /sounds/search$
Disallow: /sounds/search/
Disallow: /sounds/search?
Disallow: /ws/includes
Disallow: /radio/imda
Disallow: /storyworks/preview/*
Disallow: /rd/search$
Disallow: /rd/search/
Disallow: /rd/search?

User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: magpie-crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-Agent: omgili
Disallow: /
 
User-Agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /
 
User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
 
User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Scrapy
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-Agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Disallow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: YandexAdditional
Disallow: /

User-agent: YandexAdditionalBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: TurnitinBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Amzn-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: ProRataInc
Disallow: /

User-agent: CloudflareBrowserRenderingCrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 120 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
bbc.com — via Tucows Domains Inc., 37 years, 3 months old
PASS
bbc.com — via Tucows Domains Inc., 37 years, 3 months old
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 14, 2030 (4 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: Tucows 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.
Domain expiry

1462 days

July 14, 2030

SSL certificate

101 days

Issued by GlobalSign nv-sa

Domain age

37 years, 3 months

Registered July 15, 1989

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2a04:4e42:400::81

Registrar

Tucows Domains Inc.

Unlocked 8 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 Tucows Domains Inc.
Created July 15, 1989 (37 years, 3 months ago)
Expires July 14, 2030 (4 years, 3 months)
Last Updated July 6, 2021
Name Servers ddns0.bbc.co.uk, ddns0.bbc.com, ddns1.bbc.co.uk, ddns1.bbc.com, dns0.bbc.co.uk, dns0.bbc.com, dns1.bbc.co.uk, dns1.bbc.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 2a04:4e42:400::81
Data source: rdap (0.2s)

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 21 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
17 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.
3 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
22 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
22 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 17 ms TCP Connect 0 ms TLS Handshake 3 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-leto2350075-TOJ
Info::
CDN cache status: HIT
CDN Detected: Fastly
Provider Fastly Cache Status HIT Evidence x-served-by: cache-toj-leto2350075-TOJ
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