google.com

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Standard signals observed

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

Observed signals
Domain registered 28 years ago
Valid HTTPS certificate
DNS hosted via Google Cloud DNS (based on nameservers)
1 redirect observed
Favicon detected
HSTS preloaded (browser-enforced)
AI Summary Plain-language explanation of the signals

The domain google.com is a well-established website with DNS hosted via Google Cloud DNS (inferred from nameservers). It has multiple IP addresses and uses valid HTTPS with a wildcard certificate issued by Google Trust Services, expiring in February 2026. The domain has been registered for 28 years through MarkMonitor Inc., with an expiration date in September 2028. HTTPS is enforced, and there is a single redirect leading to the final URL. These signals describe technical characteristics only and do not indicate intent or safety.

HTTP Response
HTTPS 1 redirect

Final URL:

http://www.google.com/
Redirect chain
301 http://google.com/ http://www.google.com/
200 http://www.google.com/
TLS Certificate
Valid
Yes
Covers Domain
Yes
Type
Wildcard

Expires in 53 days

Certificate details

Subject: /CN=*.google.com

Issuer: /C=US/O=Google Trust Services/CN=WR2

Chain: 3 certificates

Subject Alt Names (138)
*.google.com
*.appengine.google.com
*.bdn.dev
*.origin-test.bdn.dev
*.cloud.google.com
*.crowdsource.google.com
*.datacompute.google.com
*.google.ca

+ 130 more

DNS Records
Google Cloud DNS (inferred)

Based on nameserver patterns, DNS appears to be hosted via Google Cloud DNS.

A Records
6
AAAA
4
NS
4
IP addresses & nameservers

A: 142.251.167.101, 142.251.167.139, 142.251.167.138, 142.251.167.102, 142.251.167.100, 142.251.167.113

AAAA: 2607:f8b0:4002:c10::66, 2607:f8b0:4002:c10::71, 2607:f8b0:4002:c10::65, 2607:f8b0:4002:c10::8a

NS: ns1.google.com, ns4.google.com, ns3.google.com, ns2.google.com

MX records (1)
smtp.google.com
TXT records (12)
onetrust-domain-verification=6d685f1d41a94696ad7ef771f689...
v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all
facebook-domain-verification=22rm551cu4k0ab0bxsw536tlds4h95
MS=E4A68B9AB2BB9670BCE15412F62916164C0B20BB
cisco-ci-domain-verification=47c38bc8c4b74b7233e9053220c1...

+ 7 more

Domain Registration
28 years old
Registered Sep 15, 1997
Registrar MarkMonitor Inc.
Expires Sep 14, 2028
More details

Last changed: Sep 09, 2019

Status: client delete prohibited client transfer prohibited client update prohibited +3 more

Nameservers: NS1.GOOGLE.COM, NS2.GOOGLE.COM, ...

Robots.txt (Crawl directives)
Status
200 OK (1 redirect)
Crawl Access
Allowed

Final URL: https://www.google.com/robots.txt

These directives apply to crawlers requesting this host.

Agents
5
Rules
240
Sitemaps
1
Directive breakdown
Disallow 176
Allow 64
Sitemaps 1
Sitemap URLs
https://www.google.com/sitemap.xml
Raw content
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User-agent: *
User-agent: Yandex
Disallow: /search
Allow: /search/about
Allow: /search/howsearchworks
Disallow: /sdch
Disallow: /groups
Disallow: /index.html?
Disallow: /?
Allow: /?hl=
Disallow: /?hl=*&
Allow: /?hl=*&gws_rd=ssl$
Disallow: /?hl=*&*&gws_rd=ssl
Allow: /?gws_rd=ssl$
Allow: /?pt1=true$
Disallow: /imgres
Disallow: /u/
Disallow: /setprefs
Disallow: /m?
Disallow: /m/
Allow:    /m/finance
Disallow: /wml?
Disallow: /wml/?
Disallow: /wml/search?
Disallow: /xhtml?
Disallow: /xhtml/?
Disallow: /xhtml/search?
Disallow: /xml?
Disallow: /imode?
Disallow: /imode/?
Disallow: /imode/search?
Disallow: /jsky?
Disallow: /jsky/?
Disallow: /jsky/search?
Disallow: /pda?
Disallow: /pda/?
Disallow: /pda/search?
Disallow: /local?
Disallow: /local_url
Disallow: /products?
Disallow: /product_
Disallow: /products_
Disallow: /products;
Disallow: /print
Disallow: /books/
Disallow: /bkshp?*dq=
Disallow: /bkshp?*q=
Disallow: /books?*dq=
Disallow: /books?*q=
Disallow: /books?*qtid=
Disallow: /books?*output=
Disallow: /books?*pg=
Disallow: /books?*jtp=
Disallow: /books?*jscmd=
Disallow: /books?*buy=
Disallow: /books?*zoom=
Allow: /books/about
Allow: /books?*zoom=1
Allow: /books?*zoom=5
Allow: /books/content?*zoom=1
Allow: /books/content?*zoom=5
Disallow: /patents?
Disallow: /patents/download/
Disallow: /patents/pdf/
Disallow: /patents/related/
Disallow: /scholar
Disallow: /citations?
Allow: /citations?user=
Allow: /citations?view_op=new_profile
Allow: /citations?view_op=top_venues
Allow: /scholar_share
Disallow: /s?
Disallow: /maps?
Allow: /maps?daddr=
Allow: /maps?entry=wc
Allow: /maps?f=
Allow: /maps?hl=
Allow: /maps?q=
Allow: /maps?saddr=
Allow: /maps?sid=
Allow: /maps?*output=classic
Allow: /maps?*file=
Disallow: /mapslt?
Disallow: /maphp?
Disallow: /maps/
Allow: /maps/$
Allow: /maps/@
Allow: /maps/?daddr=
Allow: /maps/?entry=wc
Allow: /maps/?f=
Allow: /maps/?hl=
Allow: /maps/?q=
Allow: /maps/?saddr=
Allow: /maps/?sid=
Allow: /maps/search/
Allow: /maps/sitemap.xml
Allow: /maps/site
... (truncated)

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

Tech Stack

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