Google gets a C. Here's what loads before you agree
Checked October 25, 2026 in a US browser, with no choice made on any banner.
google.com
75/100
- Online since 1997, 29 years
- No consent banner seen
What cost it points
- high
Screen readers can't describe these images.
- high
Buttons don't say what they do.
- medium
A first visit can be downgraded to unencrypted.
- medium
One hijacked script could reach the whole page.
- medium
The bare address can open an unencrypted page.
- low
Your browser may guess file types attackers can abuse.
- low
Keyboard users can't skip the menu.
- low
Embedded frames have no names.
- low
Headings don't outline the page.
- low
Full page addresses can leak to third parties.
What loaded before you chose
Third-party trackers that fired before any choice, across 2 visits.
- Ad trackers
- None
- Analytics
- None
- Cookies before a choice
- 4
- Session recording
- None
- Consent banner
- None
- Opt-out link
- Yes
The fine print
- Terms and privacy policy
- Couldn't read them
- Accessibility statement
- Yes
Security
- HTTPS
- Yes, no redirect
- HSTS
- No
- Content-Security-Policy
- No
- Framing blocked
- Yes
- Secret keys in code
- None
- security.txt
- Yes
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