about.com

Observed 2026-07-13T21:17:01.127Z (16h ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time.

Up right now

Runs onCloudflare

Email byGoogle Workspace

Registered withMarkMonitor Inc.

Also usesSlackGoogle Search ConsoleFacebook/MetaAtlassian

IPv6 · 1 subdomain · tranco_5k

Every line above is a signed observation. Check the math at the bottom of the page.

INFRASTRUCTURE MAPwhat about.com actually stands on - every host below is a signed observation

about.com

A / AAAA

162.159.141.224172.66.1.2202606:4700:7::1d82a06:98c1:58::1d8

Cloudflareserves the site

blue.foundationdns.orgblue.foundationdns.comblue.foundationdns.net

foundationdns.org + foundationdns.com + moreanswers its DNS

aspmx2.googlemail.comaspmx3.googlemail.comaspmx.l.google.comalt1.aspmx.l.google.com+1 more

Google Workspacereceives its email

HTTPS probe

redirect Redirecting (3xx) 301 → https://www.dotdashmeredith.com/

HTTP status301

Servercloudflare

TLS protocolHTTP/2

TLS issuernot observed

Behind Cloudflareyes

Response time27 ms

DNS resolutionNOERROR

Redirect chain

https://www.dotdashmeredith.com/

Every field above is part of the same signed observation as the records below. Blank means not observed, never "none".

DNS Records

A 2

162.159.141.224
172.66.1.220

AAAA 2

2606:4700:7::1d8
2a06:98c1:58::1d8

MX 5

40aspmx2.googlemail.com
50aspmx3.googlemail.com
10aspmx.l.google.com
20alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
30alt2.aspmx.l.google.com

TXT 11

slack-domain-verification=op2dusosy3seuyxvj1tjafq1nwifizeevpkitpnr
_globalsign-domain-verification=ojigih5w0ef57wjvnpzdo5a4culsziquhumcdqksj2
v=spf1 ip4 64.125.213.247 ip4 216.223.13.247 ip4 34.194.76.185 ip4 35.164.185.216 ip4 34.194.69.219 include _spf.salesforce.com include _spf.google.com include spf.protection.outlook.com include amazonses.com ~all
airtable-verification=7f23bd05102c5a2c073b0d0689ecaf71
google-site-verification=nabvdaatpqecskkkchqujsdsjagdkyi4dg5-vj-bcrw
openai-domain-verification=dv-7ma37immfvwqj1fwgsn676a6
facebook-domain-verification=rf8ocdhxrznl039sodxk5mul9of8l7
adobe-idp-site-verification=4d443bb146b2a60fc0c0216c899a6ef9baa971cc3c36ac4b3020b4719b5c2e82
atlassian-domain-verification=uutqhyge655rxaicqp-iayc/q7ggtojzidouyp0rb7n8oudp4q8wfsgllr1iajvr
globalsign-domain-verification=w4_cm6jggwq8dxcwhkis6ltg0lzij1oizfjnoapv_d

NS 3

blue.foundationdns.org
blue.foundationdns.com
blue.foundationdns.net

SOA 1

blue.foundationdns.com dns.cloudflare.com

TLS Certificates (0)

None.

Subdomains (1)

press.about.com

The proof

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Ed25519 Receipt

Receipt ID: dd21faa8-edaf-4c4b-b9a3-93acec1aee70
Output Hash: 18696a67ce97ec4073685484ba99b2f8a4a295bfe96b8d1ad6fc7fd34264f329
Signature: ed25519:669af1dcf5aec810cb9d63b9a81480722d6b5a1414356200e1adaca9ff78d3018dec7313ac34c788f354f9358912de2b8a999cea4ca79c99581791602452930f
Public Key: ed25519:d610d74ef18f683e5beb859d241d5e67dff0c122e8928b06bec1c2476f4ba27b
Parent: (genesis)
Plane: fast

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