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Online Status

Online

Server IP address resolved: Yes
Http response code: 200
Response time: 0.96 sec.
Last Checked: 08/15/2025

Consumer.gov traffic volume is 1,237 unique daily visitors and their 1,855 pageviews. The web value rate of consumer.gov is 35,150 USD. Each visitor makes around 1.61 page views on average.

By Alexa's traffic estimates consumer.gov placed at 18,499 position over the world, while the largest amount of its visitors comes from United States, where it takes 86,967 place.

Consumer.gov is hosted by AKAMAI-AS - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US in Hong Kong; however, we recommend migrating the server to United States, as it will speed up consumer.gov page load time for the majority of users. See the list of other web pages hosted by AKAMAI-AS - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US.

Consumer.gov registered under .GOV top-level domain. Check other websites in .GOV zone.

The last verification results, performed on (July 02, 2024) consumer.gov show that consumer.gov has an expired SSL certificate issued by DigiCert Inc (expired on April 10, 2025). Click “Refresh” button for SSL Information at the Safety Information section. Check the list of websites using SSL certificates issued by DigiCert Inc.

In accordance with Google Safe Browsing, Google Safe Search, Symantec and Web of Trust consumer.gov is pretty a safe domain.

Relying Google MobileFriendly test consumer.gov is well optimized for mobile and tablet devices, however web page loading speed may be improved.

Consumer.gov General Information

Global Rank

394,950

Average Load Time

0.78sec

Links In Count

1,151

Website Value

$32,850

Audience Geography. Where are consumer.gov visitors located?

Country	Visitors
United States US	82%
Other	18%

Country	Pageviews
United States US	73.4%
Other	26.6%

Country	Rank
United States US	86967

Where do visitors go on consumer.gov?

Subdomain	Pageviews
consumer.gov	100%

Subdomain	Pageviews per User
consumer.gov	1.5

Subdomain	Reach
consumer.gov	100%

How popular is consumer.gov?

Period	Global Rank	Global Rank Delta
past 3 months	394950	-70304
past month	360261	-34128
past week	363618	-64495
yesterday	588210	218326

Days	Pageviews Rank	Pageviews Rank Delta	Pageviews per Million	Pageviews per Million Delta	Pageviews per User	Pageviews per User Delta
90	558363	-68498	6	20%	1.5	-8.434%
30	523408	-47182	7	20%	1.5	1%
7	457709	-114103	8	30%	2	20%
1	811473	214332	3	-39.61%	1	0%

Days	Reach Rank	Reach Rank Delta	Reach per Million	Reach per Million Delta
90	353788	-73864	14	30%
30	321091	-30035	17	20%
7	369619	-47035	15	10%
1	478857	192452	1	-39.61%

Consumer.gov Safety Information

Overview

Last Updated: 08/15/2025

Overall result - consumer.gov is safe.

We gather website safety and reputation data and compare it with available third-party sources so we calculate own safety and trustworthiness rate based on information that we get.

Norton Connect Safe

Last Updated: 03/31/2025

consumer.gov is safe.

Norton ConnectSafe evaluates consumer.gov for any unsafe and insecure content. The results are critical for families with young children.

Google Safe Search

Last Updated: 12/22/2016

consumer.gov is safe.

SafeSearch is used as a parental control tool to filter out any inappropriate for your children search results on your devices: phones, tablets or personal computers.

Google Safe Browsing

Last Updated: 01/09/2019

consumer.gov is safe.
Malware: not found.
Phishing: not detected.
Unwanted software: not found.
Harmfull applications: not found.

Google Safe Browsing notifies when websites are compromised by malicious actors. These protections work across Google products and provide a safer online experience.

Site Advisor

Last Updated: 03/01/2021

consumer.gov is safe.

McAfee assesses consumer.gov for a meaningful set of security threats. Featured dangers from annoying pop-ups to hidden Trojans, that can steal your identity, will be revealed. McAfee does not analyze consumer.gov for mature or inappropriate content, only security checks are evaluated.

Web of Trust

Last Updated: 01/11/2019

consumer.gov child safety is very good.

The WOT calculates reputation of the consumer.gov. This reputation system receives ratings from users and information from third-party sources, assesses the consumer.gov for safety features and confirms, whether consumer.gov is suitable for children.

SSL Information

SSL Checker Tool

Domain	www.ftc.gov
Issuer Organization	DigiCert Inc
Issuer	GeoTrust RSA CA 2018
Algorithm	RSA-SHA256
Valid form	04/10/2024
Expiration	04/10/2025
Signed	Certificate is not self signed
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Consumer.gov Server Information

Server Location

Geolocation Tool

ASN Information

ASN Lookup Tool

ASN ID: 16625
ASN Title: AKAMAI-AS - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US

Last Update: 07/09/2025

ASN Whois

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ASNumber: 16625
ASName: AKAMAI-AS
ASHandle: AS16625
RegDate: 2000-05-29
Updated: 2012-03-02
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/16625

OrgName: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
OrgId: AKAMAI
Address: 150 Broadway
City: Cambridge
StateProv: MA
PostalCode: 02142
Country: US
RegDate: 1999-01-21
Updated: 2018-02-14
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AKAMAI

OrgAbuseHandle: NUS-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: NOC United States
OrgAbusePhone: +1-617-444-2535
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@akamai.com
OrgAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NUS-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: SJS98-ARIN
OrgTechName: Schecter, Steven Jay
OrgTechPhone: +1-617-274-7134
OrgTechEmail: ip-admin@akamai.com
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/SJS98-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: IPADM11-ARIN
OrgTechName: ipadmin
OrgTechPhone: +1-617-444-0017
OrgTechEmail: ip-admin@akamai.com
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IPADM11-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: ZIPKI-ARIN
OrgTechName: Zipkin, Justin
OrgTechPhone: +1-617-444-9713
OrgTechEmail: ip-admin@akamai.com
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ZIPKI-ARIN

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Consumer.gov Domain Name Information

WHOIS

WHOIS Lookup Tool

Domain Whois

Domain Name: consumer.gov
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.nic.gov
Registrar URL: https://get.gov
Updated Date: 2024-01-08T02:56:19Z
Creation Date: 1997-10-02T01:29:22Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2025-09-02T20:40:28Z
Registrar: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Registrar IANA ID: 8888888
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:
Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited
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Security Email: security@ftc.gov
Name Server: a1-252.akam.net
Name Server: a24-67.akam.net
Name Server: a26-64.akam.net
Name Server: a3-65.akam.net
Name Server: a6-66.akam.net
Name Server: a7-67.akam.net
DNSSEC: signedDelegation
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2024-11-11T02:12:20Z

DNS Records

DNS Lookup Tool

Host	A Record	TTL
consumer.gov	23.67.147.90	20

Host	MX Record	Priority	TTL

Host	NS Record	TTL
consumer.gov	a7-67.akam.net	86400
consumer.gov	a6-66.akam.net	86400
consumer.gov	a1-252.akam.net	86400
consumer.gov	a24-67.akam.net	86400
consumer.gov	a3-65.akam.net	86400
consumer.gov	a26-64.akam.net	86400

Host	TXT Record	TTL
consumer.gov	k21jv1cp5bqpblbs01kjzsq4z73fjvd1	300
consumer.gov	google-site-verification=foLe3wT48jb4v0Sq-azNqtqtu_nglZAUEHYuRiKEwsY	300
consumer.gov	v=spf1 -all	300

a3-65.akam.net
TTL: 300
Email address: hostmaster.akamai.com
Serial: 2018041005
Refresh: 10800
Retry: 3600
Expire: 604800
Minimum: 86400

Consumer.gov HTML Validation

HTML Validation Tool

Errors

A “charset” attribute on a “meta” element found after the first 1024 bytes.

Duplicate attribute “class”.

Attribute “about” not allowed on element “div” at this point.

Attribute “content” not allowed on element “span” at this point.

Element “style” not allowed as child of element “div” in this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.)

Warnings

The “banner” role is unnecessary for element “header”.

The “navigation” role is unnecessary for element “nav”.

Consumer.gov Desktop Insights

Last tested: 06/29/2019

Desktop

Desktop Speed

75%

Leverage browser caching

Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content

Minify CSS

Minify JavaScript

Desktop Resource Breakdown

Total Resources	43
Number of Hosts	7
Static Resources	37
JavaScript Resources	15
CSS Resources	11

Consumer.gov Mobile Insights

Last tested: 08/15/2019

Mobile

Mobile Usability

99%

Size tap targets appropriately

Mobile Speed

59%

Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content

Leverage browser caching

Minify CSS

Minify JavaScript

Mobile Resource Breakdown

Total Resources	42
Number of Hosts	7
Static Resources	36
JavaScript Resources	15
CSS Resources	11

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