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searchenginejournal.com

Category: News & Media

Scanned: Jul 15, 2026, 05:50 AM UTC · First seen: Jul 15, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
93 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of searchenginejournal.com Captured Jul 15, 2026
https://searchenginejournal.com
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23 years
Very Popular - #4,492 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Leaseweb UK Limited
London, United Kingdom
nginx
WordPress
23.106.61.147
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Moniker Online Services LLC
Registered June 11, 2003
Expires June 11, 2030
Name Servers NS-101.AWSDNS-12.COM
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Leaseweb UK Limited
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
37 files scanned
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www.searchenginejournal.com/# 848.1 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.searchenginejournal.com/about/# 223.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.searchenginejournal.com/banners/# 190.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.searchenginejournal.com/careers/# 202.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.searchenginejournal.com/ask-an-seo-should-i-block-ai-crawlers-or-measure-their-value-first/580005/# 275.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-agent-standards-what-do-we-need-to-know/581763/# 256.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.searchenginejournal.com/buying-reddit-to-win-ai-citations-is-the-new-link-farm/578016/# 249.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.searchenginejournal.com/ask-a-ppc-how-to-leverage-ai-ad-placements-and-are-they-worth-it/573639/# 267.0 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.searchenginejournal.com/ask-an-seo-3-actionable-ways-affiliate-managers-seos-can-keep-relevant/573607/# 262.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.searchenginejournal.com/ask-an-seo-how-do-you-stress-test-a-staging-environment/573559/# 260.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
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www.searchenginejournal.com.http-redirect 106 B No threats
cdn.debugbear.com/7p8x7Ab0krHb.js 34.3 KB No threats
js.hs-scripts.com/45875037.js?ver=3 1.8 KB No threats
www.searchenginejournal.com/advertise/# 267.4 KB No threats
cmp.uniconsent.com/v2/7d36e67838/cmp.js 949 B No threats
cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-includes/js/clipboard.min.js?ver=1779298820 8.8 KB No threats
www.searchenginejournal.com/advertise/saas-advertising-case-study/# 228.3 KB No threats
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agenticresourcediscovery.orgFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
orders.searchenginejournal.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://orders.searchenginejournal.com/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://orders.searchenginejournal.com/checkout/newFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://orders.searchenginejournal.com/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://orders.searchenginejournal.com/checkout/newFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://twitter.com/MattGSouthernNot flagged
http://twitter.com/brentcsutorasNot flagged
http://twitter.com/lorenbakerNot flagged
http://www.facebook.com/brentcsutorasNot flagged
http://www.facebook.com/lorenbakerNot flagged
http://www.pinterest.com/sejournal/Not flagged
https://a2a-protocol.org/latest/Not flagged
https://about.ads.microsoft.com/enNot flagged
https://agenticresourcediscovery.org/Not flagged
https://alphabrandmedia.com/Not flagged
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.08924Not flagged
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.10341Not flagged
https://blc.edu/Not flagged
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agenticresourcediscovery.orgFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
orders.searchenginejournal.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
a2a-protocol.orgNot flagged
about.ads.microsoft.comNot flagged
ahrefs.comNot flagged
alphabrandmedia.comNot flagged
arxiv.orgNot flagged
blc.eduNot flagged
blog.cloudflare.comNot flagged
blog.googleNot flagged
bsky.appNot flagged
btloader.comNot flagged
ca.linkedin.comNot flagged
cdn.debugbear.comNot flagged
cdn.searchenginejournal.comNot flagged
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searchenginejournal.com Overview

Description of searchenginejournal.com

Searchenginejournal.com appears to be the website for Search Engine Journal, a long-running digital publication focused on SEO, paid media, content marketing, social media, and broader search marketing news. The page metadata and homepage layout indicate an editorial site that publishes industry news, tutorials, opinion pieces, and how-to guides for marketers, advertisers, and SEO professionals.

Based on the domain name, visible branding, and content shown in the screenshot, the site appears to be operated as a professional media outlet serving the digital marketing community. Its content structure includes news articles, author pages, resource sections, webinars, and advertising-related material, which is consistent with an established online publishing business rather than a placeholder or thin-content site.

Safety Assessment for searchenginejournal.com

The available scan data is generally reassuring. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 91 security engines flagged the domain, and the checked malware/phishing blacklist databases did not report active listings. The domain is also well established, with an age of roughly 23 years and a measurable traffic presence, both of which tend to reduce the likelihood of opportunistic abuse when considered alongside the clean multi-engine results.

One scanner did report a large number of pages and two related domains as suspicious, using generic heuristic labels rather than a specific malware family. In context, those findings appear lower confidence because they are not corroborated by the broader engine consensus or by the checked threat databases. The screenshot also shows a normal editorial homepage for a known marketing publication, with no obvious phishing, fake giveaway, or scam-store patterns.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan by the broader set of security engines, though the isolated heuristic alerts suggest a small degree of caution is still reasonable until independently verified.

Technical Description

The domain uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, with expiry shown as 2026-10-01. It resolves to an IP hosted by Leaseweb UK Limited in London and serves content through nginx. The nameserver set uses AWS DNS infrastructure, which is common for established web properties.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not unusual but means DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No DNS-based blocklist hits were reported in this scan. From a technical standpoint, the main concern is the presence of generic heuristic malware flags on some pages and linked resources, although these were not supported by the wider blacklist and engine results at the time of scanning.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://searchenginejournal.com/
200 https://www.searchenginejournal.com/
Website Insights
#4,492
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: News & Media
Rank History (30 days)
Jun 8 Jul 14
17 cookies detected
Essential10
Analytics5
Advertising2
Social0
17 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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