WatchYourDomains.com Domain Metrics
Domain Uptime
We monitor your domains uptime and alert if you the domain shows as down.
Domain Trust Score
Trust score is a blend of several metrics that we combine to come up with an overall score. These scores include domain blacklists, IP blacklists, defaced or sinkholed, accessible, and several other important metrics.
IP Risk Score
We look at several IP blacklists and other attributes to come up with an overall risk score for your domains A record IP address. We also monitor the IP country, IP ASN and DNSSEC configured on a domain’s IP.
Blacklist Detections
We compare your domain against 43 known domain blacklists and your IP address against 80 known IP blacklists. We will also scan your SSL certificate against SSLBL.
Site Suspension
We check to see if your site is suspended from a domain registrar and web hosting perspective.
Risky TLD
Check to see if the domain is coming from a free DNS provider, using a free hosting provider or a URL shortener.
Sinkholed Domain
We check to see if the domain is sinkholed or has other mailicious patterns related to DNS/sinkholed domains.
Robots.txt & Meta Robots Tag
We check the robots.txt and look for accidental or malicious use of the dissalow: * syntax. We will also check your home page for the <meta name=”robots” content=”noindex“> tag. Either one of these can ruins your site in the index and can be malisious or accidental.
Is the Website Accessible?
We run a test to see if the website is returning a 200 response header, which will tell us that it’s attempting to deliver the page succesfully. This isn’t a gold standard when it comes to testing, but its a basic metric that will give us a good starting point. If a website doesn’t return a 200 header, 301 or 302…we know something is off.
Is the Website Empty or White Screened
Hacked websites can sometimes still show a 200 response, but have an empty page. We check to see if the site is empty as another step in detecting hacked sites.
Does the Website Redirect to Another Site
We check to see if the website redirects to another website or search engine. This is a common tactic of malware to gain affiliate or other traffic.
Is the Website Defaced?
We check the site to see if it’s defaced or has unusual content.
Does the website exhibit Heuristic Patterns?
We check the site to see if it’s low quality or contains other heuristic patterns.
We Check the Domain Registrar Info
-Name, Organization, Age, Coutnry, State
We notify the user if any of this changes.
Domain A Record
We monitor the A record IP of the domain and alert the users if this changes.
Domain Nameservers
We monitor the domain nameservers and alert the users if this changes.
Domain MX Records
We monitor the domain mx records and notify the customer if they change. We also monitor the ISP of the MX records and alert on those changes as well.
Domain DMARC Configuration
We monitor wether or not DMARC is configured and if DMARC is enforced.
Domain Expiration
We monitor the domain expiration and alert the user when it’s less then 30 days out.
Domain Age
We monitor the domain age and alert the user when it’s close to being up for renewal.
Meta Tags
We monitor the title tag, meta description tag and meta keywords tag. We keep an eye on this and if anything out of the ordinary appears in these we notify the user.
Google Safe Browsing
We have integrated into the Google safe browsing API and will alert you if your domain shows up on the list.
SSL Certificate Monitoring
We monitor the age, blacklists, issuer and number of days to expiration.
HTTP Status/Response
We monitor the response of the server with both the header and the status. We look for any misconifguration or errors in the response.
Google Search Result Count
We monitor the total number of pages in google indexed for your site. If we see a sudden increase or decrease we notify the customer.
Pages in Google Search Results
We will monitor the top 10 results for your domain in google search. We will keep an eye on the title tag and description. If these metrics ever contain things that don’t relate (using AI) to your website we will alert the customer. This is a common way sites get hacked.
Total Number of Links on the Page
We monitor the total number of internal and external links on a web page. If this number fluctuates grreatly in either direction we will notify the customer.
Page Load Time
We monitor the page load time, track it over time and alert the user if it becomes slow or unresponsive.
Hosts Contacted on Page Load
We monitor the hosts that a website calls to on page load. We use AI to determine if these hosts are spammy or malicious.
Total Requests on Page Load
We keep track of the total number of requests the home page makes when it loads. We look for sudden changes in either direction and notify the user if there are any issues.