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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
87
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
4
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 4 REVIEW
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.techtarget.com/
200https://techtarget.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://techtarget.com/ → https://www.techtarget.com/

Consistent

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
B
CDN & Delivery
Google Cloud CDN
REVIEW
Google Cloud CDN
Info::
Site is served via Google Cloud CDN CDN
Got: via: 1.1 google
CDN Detected: Google Cloud CDN
Provider Google Cloud CDN Evidence via: 1.1 google
A+
DNS Records
2 A records, 38 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 38 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 35.201.75.197, 107.178.255.225
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
6 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns14.techtarget.com, ns10.techtarget.com, ns15.techtarget.com, ns13.techtarget.com, ns11.techtarget.com, ns12.techtarget.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: 38 ms
Got: 38 ms
A35.201.75.197, 107.178.255.225
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSns14.techtarget.com, ns10.techtarget.com, ns15.techtarget.com, ns13.techtarget.com, ns11.techtarget.com, ns12.techtarget.com
MX
10 mx0a-00051b01.pphosted.com
10 mx0b-00051b01.pphosted.com
TXT
google-site-verification=06ufhFpYArVGLstsuEPc1r_Aop23eYij5DmTRABFbTY
UyATd4tCrKFPJgoUWSR4SThEi/PZW2aoY2mB4AxfUrXW+RalkB49hKL7bp3BvF/AYE6bsocGiB/jUsaE...
atlassian-domain-verification=sRjOArl3CJxeea/8YAqLKRCacQg5UakXKDxOagGqaYidF0hTtp...
MS=ms65462634
atlassian-domain-verification=ow8hoanKlPK6PqVFiEXA7k4jnGbo3apXcEhEF19hGmS6HGw3Jm...
google-site-verification=DUxeDEatmZYVpWXhjNps0QoMQME49gWPtZoYvHOOojU
apple-domain-verification=qHVm0zzpiAcK289D
ZOOM_verify_kUsT6TMWkwN13AfmiQTuOs
google-site-verification=74hh2my_UmwQ7299BzpupbiyqHuNHltqEHoqT91WdTU
google-site-verification=rZaq1jkHspRZlqJRwuEdqAuVm5wiEXePze_foZRIYqc
SPF v=spf1 ip4:208.84.65.49 ip4:67.231.152.14 include:spf-00051b01.pphosted.com incl...
adobe-idp-site-verification=ddc9086934eec531a0848244b5949d8f454062360072b8774352...
MS=DEFC79F46DBC71ED1571C0FC8ED764450D325282
_pv0hbcfti3dk3ulznclv4rr4ddfkiop
smartsheet-site-validation=e7yB3O0e67jKsN39zPgF6H5M8yu5YprE
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 38 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), 257 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 257 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://techtarget.com → https://www.techtarget.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://techtarget.com

145 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.techtarget.com/

112 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://techtarget.com301145 msHTTP/1.1Apache
2https://www.techtarget.com/200112 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 3 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 3 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 10240 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 3 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 3 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 10240 B Sitemaps referenced 106 User-agents MediaPartners-Google, Updownerbot, 008, bingbot, msnbot, * Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: *
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /page/etpk_0/
Disallow: /login
Disallow: /register
Disallow: /fr/login
Disallow: /fr/register
Disallow: /de/login
Disallow: /de/register
Disallow: /es/login
Disallow: /es/register
Disallow: /br/login
Disallow: /br/register

Disallow: /search/query?q=*
Disallow: /search/query
Disallow: /es/busqueda/pregunta?q=*
Disallow: /es/busqueda/pregunta
Disallow: /pt/buscar/pergunta?q=*
Disallow: /pt/buscar/pergunta
Disallow: /de/suche/frage?q=*
Disallow: /de/suche/frage
Disallow: /pharmalifesciences/search/query
Disallow: /healthcarepayers/search/query
Disallow: /revcyclemanagement/search/query
Disallow: /virtualhealthcare/search/query
Disallow: /healthtechsecurity/search/query
Disallow: /healthtechanaltyics/search/query
Disallow: /patientengagement/search/query
Disallow: /searchnetworking/search/query
Disallow: /searchsecurity/search/query
Disallow: /searchunifiedcommunications/search/query
Disallow: /searchwindowsserver/search/query
Disallow: /searchenterpriseai/search/query
Disallow: /searchstorage/search/query
Disallow: /searchdatabackup/search/query
Disallow: /searchapparchitecture/search/query
Disallow: /searchcio/search/query
Disallow: /searchcloudcomputing/search/query
Disallow: /searchmobilecomputing/search/query
Disallow: /searcherp/search/query
Disallow: /searchhrsoftware/search/query
Disallow: /searchdatacenter/search/query
Disallow: /searchdisasterrecovery/search/query
Disallow: /searchdatamanagement/search/query
Disallow: /searchcontentmanagement/search/query
Disallow: /searchbusinessanalytics/search/query
Disallow: /searchcustomerexperience/search/query
Disallow: /searchenterprisedesktop/search/query
Disallow: /searchvirtualdesktop/search/query
Disallow: /searchitchannel/search/query
Disallow: /searchitoperations/search/query
Disallow: /searchsoftwarequality/search/query
Disallow: /searchaws/search/query
Disallow: /searchsap/search/query
Disallow: /searchvmware/search/query
Disallow: /searchoracle/search/query
Disallow: /iotagenda/search/query
Disallow: /searchhealthit/search/query
Disallow: /whatis/search/query
Disallow: /sustainability/search/query

User-Agent: MediaPartners-Google
Allow: /search/
Allow: /googleNews.xml
 
User-agent: Updownerbot
Disallow: /
 
User-agent: 008
Disallow: /
 
User-Agent: bingbot
Crawl-delay: 3
Disallow: /search/query?q=*
Disallow: /search/query
Disallow: /es/busqueda/pregunta?q=*
Disallow: /es/busqueda/pregunta
Disallow: /pt/buscar/pergunta?q=*
Disallow: /pt/buscar/pergunta
Disallow: /de/suche/frage?q=*
Disallow: /de/suche/frage

User-Agent: msnbot
Crawl-delay: 3
Disallow: /search/query?q=*
Disallow: /search/query
Disallow: /es/busqueda/pregunta?q=*
Disallow: /es/busqueda/pregunta
Disallow: /pt/buscar/pergunta?q=*
Disallow: /pt/buscar/pergunta
Disallow: /de/suche/frage?q=*
Disallow: /de/suche/frage

User-agent: bingbot
Crawl-delay: 3
 
User-agent: msnbot
Crawl-delay: 3
 
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchunifiedcommunications/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchunifiedcommunications/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchunifiedcommunications/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchwindowsserver/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchwindowsserver/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchwindowsserver/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchapparchitecture/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchapparchitecture/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchapparchitecture/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchmobilecomputing/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchmobilecomputing/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchmobilecomputing/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searcherp/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searcherp/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searcherp/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdisasterrecovery/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdisasterrecovery/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdisasterrecovery/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatamanagement/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatamanagement/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatamanagement/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcontentmanagement/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcontentmanagement/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcontentmanagement/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchbusinessanalytics/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchbusinessanalytics/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchbusinessanalytics/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcustomerexperience/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcustomerexperience/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcustomerexperience/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterprisedesktop/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterprisedesktop/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterprisedesktop/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchvirtualdesktop/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchvirtualdesktop/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchvirtualdesktop/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitchannel/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitchannel/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitchannel/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsoftwarequality/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsoftwarequality/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsoftwarequality/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsap/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsap/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsap/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchaws/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchaws/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchaws/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchvmware/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchvmware/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchvmware/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/iotagenda/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/iotagenda/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/iotagenda/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchoracle/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchoracle/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchoracle/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchhealthit/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchhealthit/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/searchhealthit/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/sustainability/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/sustainability/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/sustainability/siteIndexVideo.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/patientengagement/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/patientengagement/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/healthtechanalytics/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/healthtechanalytics/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/healthtechsecurity/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/healthtechsecurity/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/virtualhealthcare/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/virtualhealthcare/siteIndex.xml
Sitemap: https://www.techtarget.com/revcyclemanagement/googleNews.xml
Sitemap: https://www.
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 3 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
techtarget.com — via DNC Holdings, Inc., 26 years, 11 months old, hosted on Google Cloud
PASS
techtarget.com — via DNC Holdings, Inc., 26 years, 11 months old, hosted on Google Cloud
Info::
Domain registered until Dec 2, 2026 (7 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: DNC Holdings, 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: Google Cloud
Got: AS396982
Domain expiry

170 days

December 2, 2026

SSL certificate

67 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

26 years, 11 months

Registered September 15, 1999

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Google Cloud

ASN AS396982

107.178.255.225

Registrar

DNC Holdings, Inc.

Unlocked 6 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 DNC Holdings, Inc.
Created September 15, 1999 (26 years, 11 months ago)
Expires December 2, 2026 (7 months)
Last Updated October 18, 2025
Name Servers ns10.techtarget.com, ns11.techtarget.com, ns12.techtarget.com, ns13.techtarget.com, ns14.techtarget.com, ns15.techtarget.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 107.178.255.225
ASN AS396982 (GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM - Google LLC, US)
Provider Google Cloud
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 170 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
26 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
17 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
25 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
170 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
170 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 26 ms TCP Connect 17 ms TLS Handshake 25 ms Server Processing 102 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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