CrawlCheck · machine-readability certificate
bbc.co.uk is certified
Measured 2026-10-26. Valid until 2026-11-02. Every crawler this site allows received its pages, robots.txt means what it says, there is no high or critical finding, and the evidence is kept and signed.
| Criterion | Result | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Measured in the last 7 days | pass | measured 0.6 days ago |
| Scored under the current rule pack | pass | record sv34, current sv34 |
| The site answered CrawlCheck | pass | homepage answered |
| Every crawler the site allows reached the page | pass | 14 of 14 answered |
| No high or critical finding | pass | 4 finding(s), none high or critical |
| robots.txt is served and means what it says | pass | no robots.txt defect |
| The evidence is kept and signed | pass | manifest 7488ca4e86a8… signed by 1hHmE3fo1r… |
Certified-days history
Certified on 15 of the last 25 days · current run 15 days · 10 measurements since 2026-10-03. Days with no covering measurement are shown as unmeasured, never as failed.
What this certificate says, and what it does not
It states what a crawler received from bbc.co.uk on 2026-10-26, under rule pack sv34. It is free, it cannot be bought, and no plan changes it. It is not a grade, and it says nothing about the business beyond what a crawler received.
Verify it yourself
The certificate is signed with Ed25519 (key 1hHmE3fo1rg5Ig70wuFtJ5wBc7G-sUTgUJkxyPWFRps) over crawlcheck-certificate-v1\n followed by the certificate as canonical JSON (keys sorted, no whitespace). Fetch it from /api/certify, take the public key from our key directory, and check the signature with any Ed25519 library. The measurement behind it is report a2pxdyugyf.
Show it on your site
The seal is redrawn from the latest measurement every hour. If the site stops meeting the criteria or the certificate expires, the seal says so.
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