Technical Information
| HTTP Status Code | 200 |
| HTTP Version | HTTP/1.1 |
| HTTPS | ✔ Available |
| IP Address | 52.222.201.45 |
| Server Software | nginx |
| CDN | CDN (Miss from cloudfront) |
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🔒 🟡 Mixed Content (1 HTTP resources) | The page is served over HTTPS but loads 1 resource(s) over HTTP. This may be blocked in modern browsers. |
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ℹ 🔵 Missing HSTS | HTTP Strict Transport Security is not configured. Recommended for HTTPS sites. |
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ℹ 🔵 Missing Content Security Policy | CSP is not configured. It helps prevent XSS attacks and content injection. |
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ℹ 🔵 Missing X-Frame-Options | The site can be embedded in iframes by third parties (clickjacking risk). |
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ℹ 🔵 No Compression | The server does not use Gzip or Brotli. Enable compression to reduce bandwidth usage. |
HTTP Status Code 200
HTTP Version HTTP/1.1
HTTPS ✔ Available
IP Address 52.222.201.45
Server Software nginx
CDN CDN (Miss from cloudfront)
🔒 🟡 Mixed Content (1 HTTP resources) The page is served over HTTPS but loads 1 resource(s) over HTTP. This may be blocked in modern browsers.
ℹ 🔵 Missing HSTS HTTP Strict Transport Security is not configured. Recommended for HTTPS sites.
ℹ 🔵 Missing Content Security Policy CSP is not configured. It helps prevent XSS attacks and content injection.
ℹ 🔵 Missing X-Frame-Options The site can be embedded in iframes by third parties (clickjacking risk).
ℹ 🔵 No Compression The server does not use Gzip or Brotli. Enable compression to reduce bandwidth usage.
Redirect Chain
| # | URL | HTTP Status Code | Status |
| 1 | https://nationalgeographic.com:443 | 302 | HTTP/2 302 |
| 2 | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ | 200 | HTTP/2 200 |
#1 URL https://nationalgeographic.com:443
HTTP Status Code 302
Status HTTP/2 302
#2 URL https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
HTTP Status Code 200
Status HTTP/2 200
Performance
| DNS Lookup | 12.5 ms |
| TCP Connect | 13.6 ms |
| TLS Handshake | 4.4 ms |
| Time To First Byte (TTFB) | 113.7 ms |
| Content Download | 82 ms |
| Total Response Time | 195.7 ms |
DNS Lookup 12.5 ms
TCP Connect 13.6 ms
TLS Handshake 4.4 ms
Time To First Byte (TTFB) 113.7 ms
Content Download 82 ms
Total Response Time 195.7 ms
Security
| HTTPS | ✔ Enabled |
| HSTS | ✘ Not configured |
| CSP | ⚠ Not configured |
| X-Frame-Options | ⚠ Not configured |
| X-Content-Type-Options | ⚠ Not configured |
| HTTP/2 | ⚠ HTTP/1.1 |
HTTPS ✔ Enabled
HSTS ✘ Not configured
CSP ⚠ Not configured
X-Frame-Options ⚠ Not configured
X-Content-Type-Options ⚠ Not configured
HTTP/2 ⚠ HTTP/1.1
SEO Quick Check
| Meta Description | Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration. |
| Canonical | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ |
| Robots Meta | max-image-preview:large |
| Open Graph Title | National Geographic |
| Open Graph Description | Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration. |
| Open Graph Image | https://assets-cdn.nationalgeographic.com/natgeo/static/d... |
| Twitter Card | summary |
| Twitter Title | National Geographic |
| Twitter Description | Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration. |
Meta Description Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration. Canonical https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ Robots Meta max-image-preview:large Open Graph Title National Geographic Open Graph Description Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration. Open Graph Image https://assets-cdn.nationalgeographic.com/natgeo/static/d... Twitter Card summary Twitter Title National Geographic Twitter Description Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration. Detected Technologies
| Technology | Bootstrap Google Analytics Nginx |
Technology Bootstrap Google Analytics Nginx
HTTP Headers
| Content-type
| text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| Content-length
| 568926 |
| Date
| Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:50:58 GMT |
| Set-cookie
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| Server
| nginx |
| Expires
| Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:48:09 GMT |
| Last-modified
| Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:48:09 GMT |
| Via
| 1.1 e15a51ae236e (Varnish/7.5), 1.1 7fbc1adfbf55c351343006ea853f668a.cloudfront.net (CloudFront) |
| Cache-control
| max-age=1, s-maxage=300, stale-if-error=86400 |
| Vary
| Accept-Encoding |
| X-cache
| Miss from cloudfront |
| X-amz-cf-pop
| CDG50-P2 |
| X-amz-cf-id
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Meta Tags
| Viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=2.0 |
| X-ua-compatible | IE=edge,chrome=1 |
| Title | National Geographic |
| Description | Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration. |
| Medium | website |
| Guid | drn:src:natgeo:unison::prod:1abd25be-5703-4569-8273-6a5053a028f3 |
| Referrer | origin |
| Theme-color | #ffffff |
| Robots | max-image-preview:large |
| Article:publisher | https://www.facebook.com/natgeo |
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Server nginx
Expires Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:48:09 GMT
Last-modified Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:48:09 GMT
Via 1.1 e15a51ae236e (Varnish/7.5), 1.1 7fbc1adfbf55c351343006ea853f668a.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
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