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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
85
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
4
PASS
4
INFO
0
Probed from Singapore, Singapore
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
4 PASS 4 REVIEW 1 FIX
D
CDN & Delivery
Action
No CDN detected
FIX
No CDN detected
Warning::
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
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
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.babycenter.com/
200https://babycenter.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://babycenter.com/ https://babycenter.com:443/

Consistent

B
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 973 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
REVIEW
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
199 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
192 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
385 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
974 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
974 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 199 ms TCP Connect 192 ms TLS Handshake 385 ms Server Processing 198 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
259 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

259
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Prefer TLS 1.3 — TLS 1.2 is acceptable but TLS 1.3 removes RSA key exchange and improves latency
  • 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
2 A records, 588 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 588 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 35.161.71.171, 52.34.239.65
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-117.awsdns-14.com, ns-1468.awsdns-55.org, ns-1690.awsdns-19.co.uk, ns-660.awsdns-18.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
Warning::
DNS resolution is slow (588 ms)
Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.
Got: 588 ms
A35.161.71.171, 52.34.239.65
AAAA
CNAME
NSns-117.awsdns-14.com, ns-1468.awsdns-55.org, ns-1690.awsdns-19.co.uk, ns-660.awsdns-18.net
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
4QcI5iCl3do6mOTj7vEtcDrU/6VOnNHxLiPfvjp39IzrwwpHaC5AS0ghFRXNrKQhWCAHYrrXvTxKr1YI...
6bfc0bbf-a89a-40e7-89ab-8ed9322b7c92
MS=ms33911263
ZOOM_verify_jNOIPsM1W2UAbOwBme1emg
anthropic-domain-verification-an0qbb=t0zLiCDvEYbNvKTLwCROhvJaf
apple-domain-verification=i6pMLx4JHUreEK5Xoi7VxHxF7hF4ncjcN76bvohFS_4
asv=cf20050f19234cf17a6becfe1e132578
atlassian-domain-verification=EFebvPmJ/FjIK1lAzHs15Ap6ftevAjNmwBynVX8Ngkrw+SQ/Qc...
atlassian-domain-verification=QUsZX4LdPWTYZgx09JhShFot27EJnUl/5CyxXFsiGebXl2QD8F...
atlassian-domain-verification=tpeq2FdBOaWmdduccLdh0djTMZyn+O8f5Rai21Coj62ommfg95...
canva-site-verification=UB9SOLvdncvSsAxLXwESgw
cloudhealth=5983493a-1824-4dbf-add8-936be8eab808
docusign=c1b11895-85e5-4e6e-a9e3-91e3c856a8f0
facebook-domain-verification=8bif3mxaq5w01rpjuc087vcr4t3bdn
google-site-verification:dMeURS5bed4ChLIVEBCJmn_8pUUE-GlYlN-ku7olNc4
google-site-verification=6TuHIta5MwlUBmG581wmpHNOeGdACLDr-0-h3JXLzEw
google-site-verification=CtSNYxZsSdbhFyM1rRs32WtJeiGHPL7-g2DiZXjRNxE
knowbe4-site-verification=f8a0eecde40ecb172ead956570d9179c
liveramp-site-verification=Eo7cvCzBxDXaEZEYt2UK1Ork7GnsMuMzcaDlc0EBlK0
loom-site-verification=b957f5c931064dc89e90b33717499a31
onetrust-domain-verification=e597865716fc4e80bda44d3d67010dfb
stripe-verification=2f5eec20672b11b5c460e066f6058221191d7dbc9993a5ad33762561a862...
stripe-verification=abbdea1ec6fb42020592078f280a6b7a7d0959aa4a3f5b665b3e5288633e...
tollbit-domain-verification=69c74fe8cd353f4e86e5738319489c979c8b1b8d9757dcbe974d...
SPF v=spf1 include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.salesforc...
workplace-domain-verification=6355f66d-2659-4f87-9f18-20dd899b0f1b
yahoo-verification-key=MQJgN3bQimqq8AjZWtow99qwHawLNi5eDadOFG8Sx1k=
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 588 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.

Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.

Why this matters

DNS resolution is slow — anycast DNS providers (Cloudflare, Route 53) typically resolve <50ms globally.

Source: DNS performance benchmarks

A
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 791 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 791 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://babycenter.com → https://www.babycenter.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Redirect overhead: 791 ms total
Got: 791 ms

https://babycenter.com

777 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.babycenter.com/

14 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://babycenter.com301777 msHTTP/1.1Apache
2https://www.babycenter.com/20014 msHTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 3959 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 3959 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 4225 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 3959 entries
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 4225 B Sitemaps referenced 3 User-agents SBIntuitionsBot, AmazonBuyForMe, bigsur.ai, CCBot, LinerBot, Webzio-Extended, AdsBot-Google, Ai2Bot-DeepResearchEval, Applebot, Big Sur AI, Claude-Web, LinkupBot, DuckAssistBot, FacebookBot, VelenPublicWebCrawler, Bravebot, meta-externalagent, PeopleInc-DCipher-Scraper/1.1.0, Perplexity-User, TwinAgent, Velen Crawler, ZanistaBot, "008", atlassian-bot, Brandwatch, Kangaroo Bot, PanguBot, Poggio-Citations, QualifiedBot, Crawl4AI, KlaviyoAIBot, netEstate Imprint Crawler, omgilibot, SeekrBot, SemrushBotSwa, Spider, Kunato, Novellum AI Crawl, Offline Explorer, SemrushBot-OCOB, imageSpider, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, Diffbot, iAsk, iaskspider, PetalBot, ShapBot, AddSearchBot, Anchor Browser, Channel3Bot, Claude-SearchBot, cohere-ai, Echobot Bot, Factset_spyderbot, *, Anomura, Cotoyogi, DeepSeekBot, OAI-SearchBot, YouBot, Ai2Bot-Dolma, Applebot-extended, Cloudflare-AutoRAG, ImageSiftBot, meta-externalfetcher, TavilyBot, Timpibot, HTTrack, ICC-Crawler, laion-huggingface-processor, Scrapy, YisouSpider, GPTBot, LCC, meta-webindexer, MistralAI-User, NovaAct, Wrtn, anthropic-ai, Claude-User, Nutch, AI2Bot, Amazonbot, Bytespider, ChatGLM-Spider, Datenbank Crawler, Devin, Liner Bot, omgili, AwarioSmartBot, cohere-training-data-crawler, DDM*, Manus-User, mistral.ai, PerplexityBot Blocking No — crawling allowed
# Ziff Davis content is made available for your non-commercial use subject to our 

# Terms of Use here: https://www.babycenter.com/help-aboutus-terms

# 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: "008"
User-agent: AddSearchBot
User-agent: AI2Bot
User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
User-agent: Ai2Bot-DeepResearchEval
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: AmazonBuyForMe
User-agent: Anchor Browser
User-agent: Anomura
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: atlassian-bot
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: Applebot-extended
User-agent: bigsur.ai
User-agent: Big Sur 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: Cloudflare-AutoRAG
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: DeepSeekBot
User-agent: Devin
User-agent: Diffbot
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: ImageSiftBot
User-agent: imageSpider
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
User-agent: KlaviyoAIBot
User-agent: Kunato
User-agent: laion-huggingface-processor
User-agent: LinerBot
User-agent: Liner Bot
User-agent: LCC
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: omgilibot
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: YisouSpider
User-agent: YouBot
User-agent: ZanistaBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: *
User-agent: AdsBot-Google
Disallow: /babyNameList/addListEntry.htm
Disallow: /components/ad/display_ad.htm
Disallow: /emailAFriend.htm
Disallow: /html/thirdPartyPixel.html
Disallow: /html/3rdParty/
Disallow: /track/diapers.htm
Disallow: /search/gear.htm
Disallow: /search.htm
Disallow: /swf/
Disallow: /styleguide.htm
Disallow: /postQuestion.htm
Disallow: /myBabyNameList.htm
Disallow: /accountDetails.htm
Disallow: /subscriptionDetails.htm
Disallow: /secure/myFamily.htm
Disallow: /baby-name-poll
Disallow: /site/unsubscribe
Disallow: /updatePassword.htm
Disallow: /ajax/registrationForm.htm*
Disallow: /affiliate/register.htm*
Disallow: /affiliate/screenname.htm
Disallow: /requireScreenname.htm
Disallow: /myQuestions.htm
Disallow: /myBookmarks.htm
Disallow: /mission-motherhood/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /ws/ajax/*
Disallow: /mustache/*

Sitemap: https://www.babycenter.com/sitemap-expert.xml
Sitemap: https://www.babycenter.com/sitemap/sitemap-babynames-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.babycenter.com/sitemap/sitemap-video1.xml
A+
Domain Intelligence
babycenter.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 28 years, 1 months old, hosted on AWS
PASS
babycenter.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 28 years, 1 months old, hosted on AWS
Info::
Domain registered until Aug 10, 2031 (5 years, 4 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: AWS
Got: AS16509
Domain expiry

1849 days

August 10, 2031

SSL certificate

259 days

Issued by Amazon

Domain age

28 years, 1 months

Registered August 11, 1998

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

35.161.71.171

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 August 11, 1998 (28 years, 1 months ago)
Expires August 10, 2031 (5 years, 4 months)
Last Updated August 17, 2022
Name Servers ns-117.awsdns-14.com, ns-1468.awsdns-55.org, ns-1690.awsdns-19.co.uk, ns-660.awsdns-18.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 35.161.71.171
ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
Provider AWS
Data source: rdap (0.8s)

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

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