What Is makemytrip.com, and Is It Safe?

Last Updated on December 15, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake

MakeMyTrip (makemytrip.com) is an Indian-based flight booking website.

ALTERNATIVES

Similar sites to makemytrip.com include goibibo.com, cleartrip.com, redbus.in, yatra.com, traveltriangle.com, ixigo.com, irctc.co.in, thrillophilia.com, tripadvisor.in, and easemytrip.com.

DESCRIPTION

When I analyzed makemytrip.com, it was clear to me from the content on the homepage that it was an Indian site because the first thing above the fold said From: Delhi and I could then choose by destination. However, in general, I recommend using a domain name that lets your users already know the purpose of your website. If I was making a website that only catered to Indian users, I would certainly want to make that clear in the domain name itself. Makemytrip.com is a better domain name for worldwide travel in my opinion. That said, if I analyze it assuming I know it’s an Indian travel site, the content was good in general. I liked that there were thumbnails for articles related to interesting holiday destinations in India. Technically, an image thumbnail will have a higher likelihood of being clicked compared to just a text link, especially if the images on it are attractive. So when you run a website that isn’t a blog and you know there are a limited number of important internal links on the homepage, it’s best to turn those into thumbnails or have featured image thumbnails next to the content. 12/15/2024

HISTORY

As of March 2023, the site makemytrip.com has 41.7 million monthly views according to Similar Web. The Wayback Machine estimates that makemytrip.com was founded on October 17, 2000. The Internet Archive has saved the domain makemytrip.com 9,269 times between October 17, 2000, and April 19, 2023. The domain makemytrip.com has been saved by the Internet Archive consistently ever since it started as a website back in the year 2000; however, it received a boost in 2004 and another one in 2014. Since 2014, it has been saved extremely consistently.

Is makemytrip.com Safe?

I analyzed makemytrip.com for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam. Here are the results:

I checked makemytrip.com on Sucuri, and it returned as a medium security risk.

Sucuri says makemytrip.com is a medium security risk because the HTTPS version of the website is not accessible; it returns a 403 Forbidden warning. That said, Sucuri says it was able to scan the domain makemytrip.com and that it is malware-free. Sucuri also says that the site makemytrip.com is not blacklisted.

Security hardening flaws:

• Missing security header for ClickJacking Protection. Affected pages:
  https://www.makemytrip.com:443/
  https://www.makemytrip.com:443/ for Google’s UA
  https://www.makemytrip.com:443/404javascript.js/
• Missing security header to prevent Content Type sniffing. Affected pages:
  https://www.makemytrip.com:443/
  https://www.makemytrip.com:443/ for Google’s UA
  https://www.makemytrip.com:443/404javascript.js/
• Missing Strict-Transport-Security security header. Affected pages:
  https://www.makemytrip.com:443/
  https://www.makemytrip.com:443/ for Google’s UA
  https://www.makemytrip.com:443/404javascript.js/

I then ran a parasite scan with Unmask Parasites on makemytrip.com, and it is clean.

I also checked makemytrip.com on VirusTotal, and it is clean.

Further, makemytrip.com passed all blocklist engines on URLVoid.

In conclusion, the site makemytrip.com doesn’t have malware according to Sucuri; however, Sucuri still graded it as a medium security risk due to a 403 Forbidden warning on the HTTPS version of the page. Unmask Parasites says the site makemytrip.com is clean of parasites. VirusTotal and Sucuri say the domain makemytrip.com isn’t blacklisted or flagged as malicious by any security vendor. OVERALL GRADE: Relatively Safe.

Links and Profiles

Website: makemytrip.com