Domain Trust Check
The trust check consolidates into one assessment what is usually checked manually across several services: HTTPS and the certificate, security headers, robots.txt and sitemap, the basic markup a maintained site has, and mail DNS records. It's convenient when you need to quickly understand what kind of site you are dealing with. The tool is domain trust assessment.
What is included in the assessment
| Group | What is checked |
|---|---|
| Connection | HTTPS, SSL certificate validity |
| Security | HSTS, X-Frame-Options, Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options — see analysis |
| Crawling | robots.txt, sitemap.xml, canonical |
| Markup | Favicon, Open Graph, Schema.org, the lang attribute, viewport |
| DNS MX records |
Domain age and registration data are a separate check — see domain age. Antivirus and spam blocklists are not part of this score.
Why this is needed in practice
- Before buying a domain or site — a quick filter for obviously problematic options.
- Before placing with a partner — to understand what kind of platform offers a link.
- When analyzing a competitor — to see how it differs technically.
- For your own site — to find simple oversights: expiring certificate, missing headers.
What the assessment does not show
No automated analysis can see the main thing: whether there are real people and an actual audience on the site. A domain with a flawless technical map may turn out to be abandoned, while a site with an expired certificate may be a functioning business that just hasn't gotten around to it. Therefore, the assessment is used as a filter at the entrance, and decisions are made by looking at the site with human eyes.
What to do with a low score on your site
- Start with the certificate and redirects — this can be fixed quickly: SSL, redirects.
- Add basic security headers.
- If email matters to you, check the MX, SPF and DMARC records — see DNS records.
- For a complete picture, run a technical audit and security check.