Media, music & gameswww.rare.co.uk
Rare — website check
British video game developer, founded 1985, based in Twycross. Rare’s website (www.rare.co.uk) runs on Next.js. Email from the domain is protected by an enforced DMARC policy.
67
Brand Web Indexout of 100
Share of 26 technical checks the site passes: security, speed, email and SEO. A measurement of the website — not a popularity ranking.
100
Security
60
Speed & delivery
75
Email & domain
36
SEO & markup
Official siteChecked 22 Oct 2026
About the brand
Founded1985
CountryUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersTwycross
IndustryVideo game industry
Part ofXbox Game Studios
Official websitewww.rare.co.uk
Facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Built with
Web fontsGoogle Fonts
Hosting & delivery
Network (AS)Microsoft Azure
HTTP versionHTTP/2
TLSTLS 1.3
CertificateDigiCert Inc · valid until 2027-04-02
First response1,073 ms
Homepage weight64 KB
IPv6no
Email & domain
Mail providerMicrosoft 365
SPFyes
DMARC policyp=reject
BIMIno
DNSSECno
CAAyes
SEO & social
Title15 characters
Meta description101 characters
Canonicalno
Structured datano
Language versions0
Open Graphno
Social profiles linkedBluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, X, Youtube
AI crawlers & robots
AI crawlers blockednone
llms.txtno
ads.txtno
security.txtno
Checklist
Security
- HTTPS by default
- HSTS header
- TLS 1.3
- Content-Security-Policy
- X-Content-Type-Options
- Referrer-Policy
Speed & delivery
- HTTP/3
- IPv6
- First response under 1.5 s
- Homepage under 1.5 MB
Email & domain
- SPF record
- DMARC record
- DMARC enforced (quarantine / reject)
- BIMI logo record
- DNSSEC
- CAA record
SEO & markup
- Title tag 10–70 characters
- Meta description
- Canonical link
- Exactly one H1
- Structured data (JSON-LD)
- Open Graph title and image
- All images have alt text
- XML sitemap
- robots.txt
- security.txt
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