bit.ly

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Category: URL Shortener

This reflects observed technical signals, not a judgment of the website's intent or safety. Wondering if Bit is legit? Below you'll find technical signals for bit.ly including domain age, HTTPS security, DNS records, and redirect behavior to help you decide if this website is trustworthy.

Observed signals
Domain registered 5 years ago
Valid HTTPS certificate
DNS hosted via AWS Route 53 (based on nameservers)
Redirects to bitly.com
HSTS enabled (on bitly.com)
AI Summary Plain-language explanation of the signals

The domain bit.ly operates as a URL shortener service. URL shorteners redirect users to other destinations, which means the final URL is not visible until clicked. While this is a legitimate service, shortened links can obscure the true destination. DNS appears to be hosted via AWS Route 53 (inferred from nameservers). The domain has DNS records and IP addresses 67.199.248.11 and 67.199.248.10; Nameservers include ns-276.awsdns-34.com and ns-cloud-c1.googledomains.com. The HTTPS certificate is valid and covers the domain, issued by DigiCert EV RSA CA G2, expires 2026-03-25; the domain registration expires 2032-05-17. There is 1 redirect to the final URL https://bitly.com/. These signals describe technical characteristics only and do not indicate intent or safety.

HTTP Response
HTTPS 1 redirect Redirects to bitly.com

Final URL:

https://bitly.com/
Redirect chain
302 http://bit.ly/ → https://bitly.com/
200 https://bitly.com/
TLS Certificate (for bit.ly)
Valid
Yes
Covers Domain
Yes
Type
Multi-domain

Expires in 54 days

Certificate details

Subject: /jurisdictionC=US/jurisdictionST=Delaware/businessCategory=Private Organization/serialNumber=4627013/C=US/ST=New York/L=New York/O=Bitly, Inc./CN=bit.ly

Issuer: /C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/CN=DigiCert EV RSA CA G2

Chain: 2 certificates

Subject Alt Names (2)
bit.ly matches
www.bit.ly
DNS Records
AWS Route 53 (inferred)

Based on nameserver patterns, DNS appears to be hosted via AWS Route 53, Amazon's enterprise-grade DNS service.

A Records
2
AAAA
0
NS
8
IP addresses & nameservers

A: 67.199.248.10, 67.199.248.11

NS: ns-1766.awsdns-28.co.uk, ns-276.awsdns-34.com, ns-cloud-c2.googledomains.com, ns-cloud-c3.googledomains.com, ns-705.awsdns-24.net, ns-1372.awsdns-43.org, ns-cloud-c1.googledomains.com, ns-cloud-c4.googledomains.com

MX records (5)
aspmx.l.google.com
alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
aspmx3.googlemail.com
aspmx2.googlemail.com
TXT records (11)
slack-domain-verification=MkeV937L2HSoy5NFJUcwGD4mo6Qguoj...
MS=ms11124067
openai-domain-verification=dv-enGte8sEHDo7E13TnxTOPn5k
9ab819f3-2495-4611-856e-26a99cb9e4ba
apple-domain-verification=6YYbatV9m7YWHrdw

+ 6 more

Domain Registration
5 years old
Registered Oct 19, 2020
Registrar Libyan Spider Network (int)
Expires May 17, 2032
More details

Last changed: Apr 18, 2022

Status: client transfer prohibited client delete prohibited

Nameservers: ns-1372.awsdns-43.org, ns-705.awsdns-24.net, ...

Robots.txt (Crawl directives)
Status
200 OK
Crawl Access
Allowed (with restrictions)

These directives apply to crawlers requesting this host.

Agents
1
Rules
1
Sitemaps
0
Directive breakdown
Disallow 1
Allow 0
Raw content
5 lines View full file 
# Welcome to Bitly =)
# robots welcome;
# API documentation can be found at https://dev.bitly.com/
User-Agent: *
Disallow:

Robots.txt directives are advisory instructions for crawlers and do not enforce access control.

Tech Stack (for bitly.com)
Platform
WordPress (low)
JS Framework
Not detected
Server
nginx
CDN
Not detected
Analytics
1
Security Headers
2 / 6
nginx Google Tag Manager
HSTS X-Frame-Options
Detection evidence
HSTS:
strict-transport-security header present
nginx:
server header: 'nginx'
WordPress:
WordPress content paths detected
X-Frame-Options:
x-frame-options header present
Google Tag Manager:
Google Tag Manager container found

Technologies detected from HTTP headers and HTML patterns. Detection is passive and may not capture all technologies.

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