Infrastructure
· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.DCDN & DeliveryActionNo CDN detectedFIX
Consider using a CDN to improve global delivery speed and reduce origin load.
CCrawlabilityActionrobots.txt present, sitemap with 0 URLsREVIEW
Search engines may not be able to parse the sitemap. Fix XML validation errors.
An unparseable sitemap is silently ignored by Google — the URLs it advertises are never queued for crawl.
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Google's sitemap parser is strict about XML validity. A single unescaped `&` or unclosed tag invalidates the whole file. Run your sitemap through a validator (Search Console's Sitemaps report flags it) and fix the offending entry. Most generators escape correctly; mistakes usually come from manually-written entries.
Source: sitemaps.org / Google Search Central
An empty sitemap provides no value. Add <url> entries for your pages.
An empty sitemap signals 'no content to index' to Google — actively harmful versus having no sitemap at all.
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Google compares URLs in the sitemap against URLs it has crawled. An empty sitemap on a site with thousands of pages signals abandonment. Either populate it correctly (most CMSes auto-generate) or delete the file and let Google crawl normally.
Source: Google Search Central / sitemaps.org
Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.
robots.txt omits Sitemap: directive — crawlers must fetch /sitemap.xml by convention; reliable but missing the explicit hint.
Source: sitemaps.org
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta content="IE=Edge" http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible">
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Google Domains</title>
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" crossorigin>
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://www.googletagmanager.com" crossorigin>
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://www.google-analytics.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://domains.google/" hreflang="x-default" rel="alternate">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Google+Sans:400,500,700|Google+Sans+Text:300,400,500,700|Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet" nonce="UIbSKYH73iq_iQuhvbhoZg">
<style>:root{--font-body: 'Google Sans';--font-lockup: 'Product Sans';--font-heading: 'Google Sans';--font-secondary: 'Google Sans Text';}</style>
<meta property="og:title" content="Google Domains">
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Google Domains">
<meta property="og:type" content="website">
<meta property="og:url" content="https://domains.google/">
<link rel="canonical" href="https://domains.google/">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="apple-touch-icon.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="180x180" href="apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png">
<link rel="icon" sizes="192x192" href="favicon-192x192.png">
<link rel="icon" sizes="32x32" href="favicon-32x32.png">
<link rel="icon" sizes="16x16" href="favicon-16x16.png">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="static/css/main.min.css" nonce="UIbSKYH73iq_iQuhvbhoZg">
</head>
<body data-locale="en_us" >
<div class="main" role="main">
<header role="banner" id="header" class="header">
<div class="header__content header__sides">
<div class="header__nav">
<div class="header__product-lockup">
<div role="heading" aria-level="1" tabindex="0" class="header__product-logo type-h1">
<img alt="Google Domains logo" src="static/images/logo/new_logo.svg" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="header__mobile">
<div class="header__product-lockup">
<div class="header__product-logo type-h1">
<img alt="Google Domains" src="static/images/logo/new_logo.svg" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</header>
<div class="sections">
<section class="frame frame--hero">
<div class="frame__content">
<section class="hero hero--index hero--flush-desktop-padding-left hero--index-alt hero-2020-08">
<div class="hero__content">
<div class="hero__title" aria-level="2" role="heading">
About the Squarespace purchase of Google Domains registrations
</div>
<div class="hero__body">
<p>On 15 June 2023, Google entered into a definitive agreement with Squarespace, indicating their intent to purchase all domain registrations and related customer accounts from Google Domains. When the transaction between Google and Squarespace closed on 7 September 2023, all Google Domains users became customers of Squarespace. As of 10 July 2024, all domains have migrated to Squarespace.
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Please contact <a href="https://domains.squarespace.com/google-domains/?channel=bd&subchannel=google-kb-9-10-2024&source=google_domain_referral&utm_source=google_domain_referral&utm_medium=bd&utm_content=google-kb-9-10-2024">Squarespace</a> for further help.
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For migrated Cloud Domains, contact <a href="https://cloud.google.com/support?hl=en">Cloud support</a>.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="hero__image">
<div style="--height: 383; --width: 602" class="image-aspect">
<div>
<picture>
<img src="static/images/homepage/hero-final.svg" aria-hidden="true" alt="" />
</picture>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
</div>
</section>
</div>
<footer class="footer footer-links">
<div class="footer__section">
<div class="footer-links__meta">
<ul class="footer-links__meta__links">
<li>
<a href="https://www.google.com/">Google</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.google.com/about/?utm_source=domains.google&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=domains-footer-en">About Google</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/">Privacy</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.google.com/policies/terms/">Terms</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</footer>
</div>
</body>
</html>
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations59 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to addressREVIEW
Certificate validity
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 Records1 A records, 12 ms lookupPASS
| A | 216.239.32.29 |
| AAAA | 2001:4860:4802:32::1d |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | ns6.googledomains.com, ns5.googledomains.com, ns7.googledomains.com, ns8.googledomains.com |
| MX | 0 smtp.google.com |
| TXT | SPF v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ?all |
| CAA | Lookup not available with standard resolver |
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Single A record means a single point of failure — if that IP goes down, your site is unreachable until DNS TTL expires.
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Add multiple A records for round-robin failover, or use a managed DNS provider with health-checked failover (Route 53, Cloudflare, NS1). Short TTL (60-300s) lets clients recover faster on outages.
Source: SRE practice / DNS architecture
CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
Informational: CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records weren't checked in this scan.
ARedirect Chain1 redirect(s), 75 ms totalPASS
https://googledomains.com
28 ms · HTTP/1.1
https://domains.google/
47 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://googledomains.com | 301 | 28 ms | HTTP/1.1 | sffe |
| 2 | https://domains.google/ | 200 | 47 ms | HTTP/1.1 | sffe |
See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →
A+IPv6 ReadinessIPv6 reachable (2 ms)PASS
A+URL Variantswww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSPASS
www / non-www
Preferred variant: non-www
HTTP → HTTPS
Consistent
A+Domain Intelligencegoogledomains.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 23 years oldPASS
27 days
August 9, 2026
59 days
Issued by Google Trust Services
23 years
Registered August 9, 2003
Not enabled
Protects against DNS spoofing
Unknown
2001:4860:4802:32::1d
MarkMonitor Inc.
Expiry timeline
Recommended actions
- Renew the domain or enable auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiry
- Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
- Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
Without DNSSEC, an attacker who can poison your DNS can hijack your domain — and SSL certs alone don't stop them.
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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.
Without registrar lock, an attacker who phishes your registrar credentials can transfer the domain in minutes — total brand hijack.
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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