`geons2.akismet.com`

	DNSSEC	⚠️ Not signed
	A	198.181.117.6^{🇺🇸 Automattic198.181.117.0/24 Route Object}

`akismet.com`

	DNSSEC	⚠️ Not signed
	A	192.0.78.24^{🇺🇸 Automattic192.0.78.0/24 Route Object}
	A	192.0.78.25^{🇺🇸 Automattic192.0.78.0/24 Route Object}
	NS	`ns1.automattic.com` ⭐
	NS	`ns1.akismet.com`
	NS	`ns2.akismet.com`
	NS	`ns3.akismet.com`
	NS	`ns4.akismet.com`
	MX	`mx1.dfw.automattic.com` ⭐
	MX	`mx2.ams.automattic.com` ⭐
	TXT	`google-site-verification=DZLoR97vlDkw1YUqbLCRXu7tQnJ-8cVnktCsnBwHpCA`
	TXT	`google-site-verification=EtOJu7eEjs0n1iFlkpg-e6Zo7gupmWqxRBVwWaeruDU`
	TXT	`v=spf1 include:_spf.automattic.com include:sendgrid.net include:ariasystems.n...`
	SOA	`ns1.automattic.com`hostmaster@automattic.com 2023-05-22 #9

WOT: SAFE (93/100)
rank #379 globally
rank #244 in the tld

akismet.com

akismet.comis the official website for Akismet, an anti-spam filtering service for blog comments and contact forms, developed and operated by Automattic (the company behind WordPress.com).

Key facts

Owner / operator: Automattic Inc.
TLD:.com— gTLD
Primary purpose: anti-spam/anti-comment-spam filtering API service
Status: active

History

Year	Event
2005	Akismet launched by Matt Mullenweg, alongside WordPress
2007	Automattic begins offering commercial API plans for high-volume use
2012	Akismet reports filtering billions of spam comments across the web

Related domains

wordpress.com— Automattic's flagship blogging platform, tightly integrated with Akismet
automattic.com— parent company corporate site
jetpack.com— Automattic plugin suite that bundles Akismet spam protection for self-hosted WordPress sites

WOT: SAFE (93/100)
📈 Tranco rank: #1,488

NS for

api.akismet.com

rest.akismet.com

Similar names

2gosen.com

DNS History

1 record (1 active, 0 former)

●A198.181.117.62017-11-05 → 2026-08-07 · 2 obs

● 2017-11-05 12:59:22
● 2026-08-07 05:15:36

🔍 DNS Trace

📋 Delegation Chain

Zone	Nameservers	Glue
com	g.gtld-servers.net, h.gtld-servers.net, i.gtld-servers.net, j.gtld-servers.net...	-
akismet.com	ns1.akismet.com, ns2.akismet.com, ns3.akismet.com, ns4.akismet.com	8 records

✅ Authoritative Response

Server:192.0.74.8

NS records: ns1.akismet.com, ns2.akismet.com, ns3.akismet.com, ns4.akismet.com

🔒 DNSSEC Status

⚠️ Insecure (no DNSSEC)

No DS record for akismet.com (unsigned zone)

⏱️ Timing

Total: 147ms | Queries: -

📄 Records

Type	Count	Sample Data
A	1	`198.181.117.6`

📌 Glue Records Collected

Total: 8

In-bailiwick: 8 (ns1.akismet.com, ns1.akismet.com, ns2.akismet.com...)

Analysis

Name Server Role

api.akismet.com and rest.akismet.com share geons2.akismet.com as one of their name servers.

The name servers geons1.akismet.com and geons3.akismet.com are often paired with geons2.akismet.com.

IP Addresses

geons2.akismet.com resolves to one IP address: 198.181.117.6.

Other host names share IP numbers with geons2.akismet.com; geodns.automattic.com is one such example.

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