Realurls

LinkedIn

Wikidata Q213660.

Official domains: linkedin.com

Identity anchored by wikidata:Q213660/P856. Display name from wikidata:Q213660.

linkedin.com verified primary · confidence 0.78 · verified 2026-09-05

1 independent anchor(s) + 3 independent corroboration(s): meets the verified threshold

EvidenceWhat it shows
A1 not counted GitHub verified this organization's domain (DNS-level check performed by GitHub)
org=linkedin org_verified=true blog=https://engineering.linkedin.com
source
A3 not counted Corporate registrar fingerprint (brand-protection registrar, long prepaid term, registry locks)
registrar=MarkMonitor Inc. created=2002-11-02 expires=2026-11-02 remaining_days=57 locks=["delete","transfer","update","server delete","server transfer","server update"]
source
A4 anchor TLS certificate carries the organization name (OV/EV)
subject_org=Linkedin Corporation validation_type=OV issuer=DigiCert Inc san_count=1
TLS handshake linkedin.com:443
B1 corroboration Wikidata official-website claim (P856) on the anchored item
qid=Q213660 label=LinkedIn site=https://www.linkedin.com sitelinks=86 competing_items=0
source
B5 corroboration Tranco top-1M ranking
rank=17 source=top-1m list
source
B4 corroboration Wayback Machine history
first_snapshot=2005-10-15 history_days=7630
source
2 piece(s) of evidence not counted — why
  • A1: entity not anchored: no canonical GitHub organization from an independent authority; proof of control is not proof of ownership
  • A3: fewer than 1095 days until expiry; not the long prepaid term typical of corporate registrations
Reproduce this yourself
# A3 — registrar / dates / locks
curl -sL https://rdap.org/domain/linkedin.com | jq '{status, events, registrar: [.entities[]|select(.roles[]=="registrar")|.vcardArray[1][1][3]]}'

# B1 — Wikidata P856
curl -s "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetclaims&entity=Q213660&property=P856&format=json"

# B5 — Tranco rank
curl -s https://tranco-list.eu/api/ranks/domain/linkedin.com

# B4 — first Wayback snapshot
curl -s "http://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=linkedin.com&limit=1&output=json"

# Re-run the whole pipeline for this domain
git clone https://github.com/zhouchungong/realurls-registry && cd realurls-registry && pip install -e . && python -m src.verify linkedin.com

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