bonus.bimi.no_logo

BIMI Record Missing Logo URL

What we check

We inspect the BIMI record for an l= tag. The l= tag holds the HTTPS URL of your brand logo — without it, a supporting client has nothing to display even though a BIMI record exists.

What this finding means

The domain publishes a BIMI record, but it has no l= logo URL. The record is technically present but does nothing: BIMI's entire purpose is to point at a logo, and this one points at nothing.

This usually means an incomplete record — a v=BIMI1 published as a placeholder, or an l= tag that was dropped or left empty.

Why it matters

How to fix

  1. Add an l= tag pointing over HTTPS to your SVG Tiny PS logo, and (for display at the major providers) an a= tag pointing to your VMC or CMC:

    default._bimi.example.com.  IN  TXT  "v=BIMI1; l=https://example.com/logo.svg; a=https://example.com/vmc.pem"
    
  2. Confirm the logo is reachable and valid — a live HTTPS URL returning a valid SVG Tiny PS image.

How it's graded

A BIMI record with no logo URL costs 5 points in the optional Bonus category. See Grading Methodology for the full scoring model.

Evidence example

$ dig +short TXT default._bimi.example.com
"v=BIMI1;"
        ^ no l= tag — nothing for clients to display

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