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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
82
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
4
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 4 REVIEW
C
IPv6 Readiness
Action
No IPv6 support
REVIEW
No IPv6 support
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records found
IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.
No IPv6 Support
About 40% of internet users have IPv6. Consider adding AAAA records.

IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.

Why this matters

No AAAA records — same impact as 'no IPv6 (AAAA) records'; IPv6-preferring clients pay extra latency falling back to IPv4.

Source: Google IPv6 stats

B
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 0 URLs
REVIEW
robots.txt present, sitemap with 0 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 5184 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Warning::
sitemap.xml contains invalid XML
Search engines may not be able to parse the sitemap. Fix XML validation errors.
Warning::
sitemap.xml is empty — no URLs found
An empty sitemap provides no value. Add <url> entries for your pages.
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap

Search engines may not be able to parse the sitemap. Fix XML validation errors.

Why this matters

An unparseable sitemap is silently ignored by Google — the URLs it advertises are never queued for crawl.

Learn more ▾

Google's sitemap parser is strict about XML validity. A single unescaped `&` or unclosed tag invalidates the whole file. Run your sitemap through a validator (Search Console's Sitemaps report flags it) and fix the offending entry. Most generators escape correctly; mistakes usually come from manually-written entries.

Source: sitemaps.org / Google Search Central

An empty sitemap provides no value. Add <url> entries for your pages.

Why this matters

An empty sitemap signals 'no content to index' to Google — actively harmful versus having no sitemap at all.

Learn more ▾

Google compares URLs in the sitemap against URLs it has crawled. An empty sitemap on a site with thousands of pages signals abandonment. Either populate it correctly (most CMSes auto-generate) or delete the file and let Google crawl normally.

Source: Google Search Central / sitemaps.org

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 5184 B Sitemaps referenced 6 User-agents Cotoyogi, FacebookBot, TikTokSpider, QualifiedBot, endeca, anthropic-ai, Claude-Web, DuckAssistBot, FriendlyCrawler, Meltwater, Google-CloudVertexBot, AI2Bot, ChatGPT-User, GPTBot, ImagesiftBot, Claude-User, ICC-Crawler, Amazonbot, bedrockbot, Bytespider, Claude-SearchBot, WRTNBot, Scrapy, VelenPublicWebCrawler, GoogleOther-Image, KunatoCrawler, omgilibot, Seekr, DeepSeekBot, Google-Extended, MistralAI-User, OAI-Operator, PanguBot, Perplexity-User, iaskspider/2.0, img2dataset, ISSCyberRiskCrawler, Sidetrade indexer bot, Timpibot, Ai2Bot-Dolma, ClaudeBot, GoogleOther, WARDBot, Webzio-Extended, CCBot, Kangaroo Bot, PetalBot, ChatGLM-Spider, cohere-ai, Meta-ExternalAgent, OAI-SearchBot, omgili, PerplexityBot, *, Applebot-Extended, Diffbot, GoogleOther-Video, Grok, Meta-ExternalFetcher Blocking No — crawling allowed
# Production Robots.txt file

User-agent: *
#Special parameters
Disallow: /etc.clientlibs/settings/wcm/designs/telegraph/core/clientlibs/save-article.
Disallow: /etc.clientlibs/settings/wcm/designs/telegraph/core/clientlibs/page-refresh.
Disallow: /*?mobile=true
Disallow: /*?mobile=basic
Disallow: /*?ModPagespeed=noscript
Disallow: /*_jcr_content*
Disallow: /*?source=rss
Disallow: /puzzles/puzzle/*?source=

# Internal Search
Disallow: /search/
Allow: /search/$

# Special areas
Disallow: /news/main.jhtml
Disallow: /p/*/embed/
Disallow: /secure/login/*
Disallow: /content/telegraph/
Disallow: /customer/secure/checkout/tesco/
Disallow: /customer/secure/reset-password/
Disallow: /telegraph/*
Disallow: /news-app/*
Disallow: /amp$
Disallow: */application/*
Disallow: */ixale/
Disallow: /core/Content/
Disallow: /promotions/emails/
Disallow: /r/
Disallow: /sponsored/travel/msc-cruises/
Disallow: /travel/8711559/The-Telegraph-Travel-Awards-2011.html
Disallow: /travel/hotel/e/*
Disallow: /sponsored/staging/
Disallow: /sponsored/business/lloyds-tsb-enterprise-awards/
Disallow: /sponsored/earth/statoil/
Disallow: /sponsored/motoring/alfa-romeo-cars/
Disallow: /sponsored/motoring/vw-up/
Disallow: /sponsored/property/all-saints-eastbourne/
Disallow: /sponsored/supplement-portfolio/
Disallow: /sponsored/travel/cunard-cruises/
Disallow: /sponsored/travel/cruise-holidays/
Disallow: /sponsored/travel/macau/macaumap/
Disallow: /sponsored/travel/telegraph-cottages/
Disallow: /sponsored/finance/spread-betting/
Disallow: /sponsored/finance/retirement-annuity/
Disallow: /sponsored/travel/hidden-britain/
Disallow: /sponsored/business/sme-business-essentials/
Disallow: /sponsored/in-the-know/london-cultural-attractions
Disallow: /sponsored/in-the-know/london-dining
Disallow: /sponsored/in-the-know/london-entertainment
Disallow: /sponsored/in-the-know/london-lifestyle
Disallow: /sponsored/in-the-know/london-nightlife
Disallow: /sponsored/in-the-know/london-shopping
Disallow: /sponsored/in-the-know/london-sport-activities
Disallow: /sponsored/in-the-know/london-transport-accommodation
Disallow: /sponsored/in-the-know/london-video-guides
Disallow: /sponsored/motoring/suzuki-motorbikes/
Disallow: /sponsored/technology/cool-list/
Disallow: /travel/hotels/hotel-finder/
Disallow: /podcasts-more/
Disallow: /secure/register/
Allow: /travel/hotels/hotel-finder/$
Disallow: /martech/js/
Disallow: /martech/css/
Disallow: /martech-content/
Disallow: /bin/telegraph/recombee-config
Disallow: /*&p=
Disallow: /customer/subscription/*?

#Bots which make unnecessary bot traffic

User-Agent: endeca
Disallow: /archive/
Disallow: /search/*

User-agent: AI2Bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
Disallow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: bedrockbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider
Disallow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Cotoyogi
Disallow: /

User-agent: DeepSeekBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: GoogleOther
Disallow: /

User-agent: GoogleOther-Image
Disallow: /

User-agent: GoogleOther-Video
Disallow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Grok
Disallow: /

User-agent: iaskspider/2.0
Disallow: /

User-agent: ICC-Crawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: img2dataset
Disallow: /

User-agent: ISSCyberRiskCrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: KunatoCrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meltwater
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Disallow: /

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: OAI-Operator
Disallow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: omgili
Disallow: /

User-agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PanguBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: QualifiedBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Scrapy
Disallow: /

User-agent: Seekr
Disallow: /

User-agent: Sidetrade indexer bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: TikTokSpider
Disallow: /

User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: WARDBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Webzio-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: WRTNBot
Disallow: /


#Sitemap URLs
Sitemap: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/custom/authors/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/custom/main-pages/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/custom/daily-news/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/vouchercodes/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/custom/author-pages/sitemap.xml
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type URL Set URLs 0 entries Valid XML No
B
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
REVIEW
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Critical::
Both www and non-www versions serve content
Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.telegraph.co.uk/
200https://telegraph.co.uk/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://telegraph.co.uk/ → https://telegraph.co.uk/

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
216 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

216
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Enable HSTS: Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
  • Enable DNSSEC on your domain for DNS spoofing protection
  • Enable OCSP stapling on your TLS server to remove a CA roundtrip and protect user privacy
A+
DNS Records
4 A records, 79 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 79 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 13.249.228.68, 13.249.228.56, 13.249.228.63, 13.249.228.109
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-654.awsdns-17.net, ns-1323.awsdns-37.org, ns-1917.awsdns-47.co.uk, ns-17.awsdns-02.com
Info::
5 mail exchanger(s) configured
Info::
CAA records not checked
CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
Info::
SPF record present in TXT
Info::
DNS resolution time: 79 ms
Got: 79 ms
A13.249.228.68, 13.249.228.56, 13.249.228.63, 13.249.228.109
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSns-654.awsdns-17.net, ns-1323.awsdns-37.org, ns-1917.awsdns-47.co.uk, ns-17.awsdns-02.com
MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
CKO=cli_uugfgisni7leroxsr3oxeqk6g4
e2ma-verification=rmc3
9A5E-5479-92CD-BDB9-363F-DBC3-B73E-FAD5
MS=ms27293801
globalsign-domain-verification=4912c6f6617f49fd849ee96d55373abc
google-site-verification=seEXglnGTvHqVcJ0lNMUHHRSVLxQFdQ5fbCBH42tdcg
tollbit-domain-verification=6563e9ce7006eb396bfba0acc55d5cdc32263bf39a869c73bbeb...
globalsign-domain-verification=4B45EB3587B84070B433AEA2FB8436F9
apple-domain-verification=e9WiroqCcOpsd3Gi
google-site-verification=VJ4FpapbPtJUxGUoVbu_Al1x6b3D7JwDajV7RpRz0iY
docker-verification=ea0466af-4045-428b-9632-5000d8e28265
onetrust-domain-verification=644f8eaea5474790be8e807bc3cbde93
ahrefs-site-verification_48766bf29e3b4f7e35c7056ac32490aa6dbda277328eff2ac165829...
SPF v=spf1 include:_u.telegraph.co.uk._spf.smart.ondmarc.com ~all
_globalsign-domain-verification=LbLpzJYGfeJslD6Gx67hlqv7w0WBkyhOG1H-vpQ_6m
google-site-verification=3mCuyDRVD6118MldJ68t9jfagaTFTarbsDhFEaZmQkk
google-site-verification=DEWbT7aHyM4Qmah-xGBcZsFYfMnUsTAMVxJavkahxnM
globalsign-domain-verification=04e2636792bbdb054e366f54200dae45
yw2vqjz30d2614b3dkn0jfsyfdnccmhq
MS=ms90821322
CKO=cli_ngzgfza5x3vexih67qoz3xezpa
adobe-idp-site-verification=bcbd2ffcc31fe8466714532be859d0aa45942b9c11f3ee0c250a...
google-site-verification=jU9uOgvVJfrW_FNJw96XBHGFRnQAEem67Z-7oITYs60
google-site-verification=HutNNVGQFKdgIuOS7R2F9zqxmrWxxfmdBennQkPF6hA
google-site-verification=zHBE_An0f_qfkknSrhMHaYSlovt1HzeEsUEIhRD_Fxg
mongodb-site-verification=yXefl5Vn2tkOZ2EBOPjKVBkIPQnZmXus
_rimffo8umxnji9opm79mhss0zgux7qt
atlassian-domain-verification=r3ZfWHRyy5QaC8kltkIWjwkzx8BUcxNgpipJKO/PVDmY/G7ctU...
google-site-verification=V-xjA5Bvf-N5GxtgQioEqlHjAhLienBh-15Ijx9wyVc
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 79 ms

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

Why this matters

Informational: CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records weren't checked in this scan.

A
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 290 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 290 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://telegraph.co.uk → https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://telegraph.co.uk

53 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/

236 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://telegraph.co.uk30153 msHTTP/1.1AmazonS3
2https://www.telegraph.co.uk/200236 msHTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Domain Intelligence
telegraph.co.uk — via Markmonitor Inc., 31 years, 1 months old, hosted on AWS
PASS
telegraph.co.uk — via Markmonitor Inc., 31 years, 1 months old, hosted on AWS
Info::
Domain registered until Jul 29, 2026 (3 months remaining)
Info::
DNSSEC is not enabled
DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
Info::
Registrar: Markmonitor Inc.
Warning::
Registrar lock is NOT enabled
The domain can be transferred without an unlock step. Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) in your registrar's control panel to protect against unauthorized or accidental transfers.
Info::
Hosting: AWS
Got: AS16509
Domain expiry

16 days

July 29, 2026

SSL certificate

216 days

Issued by Amazon

Domain age

31 years, 1 months

Registered July 29, 1995

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

13.249.228.56

Registrar

Markmonitor Inc.

Unlocked 4 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Renew the domain or enable auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiry
  • Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar Markmonitor Inc.
Created July 29, 1995 (31 years, 1 months ago)
Expires July 29, 2026 (3 months)
Last Updated September 30, 2024
Name Servers ns-1323.awsdns-37.org., ns-17.awsdns-02.com., ns-1917.awsdns-47.co.uk., ns-654.awsdns-17.net.
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 13.249.228.56
ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
Provider AWS
Data source: rdap (0.4s)

DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.

Why this matters

Without DNSSEC, an attacker who can poison your DNS can hijack your domain — and SSL certs alone don't stop them.

Learn more ▾

DNSSEC adds cryptographic signatures to DNS records, preventing forged responses from poisoning resolver caches. Without it, an attacker who controls the network path can redirect your domain to a malicious server before any HTTPS handshake happens. Most modern registrars (Cloudflare, Google Domains, Route 53) enable it with one toggle.

Source: ICANN / RFC 4033

The domain can be transferred without an unlock step. Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) in your registrar's control panel to protect against unauthorized or accidental transfers.

Why this matters

Without registrar lock, an attacker who phishes your registrar credentials can transfer the domain in minutes — total brand hijack.

Learn more ▾

Registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited, clientDeleteProhibited) requires extra verification before any transfer/update/delete. Every major registrar offers it free. Combined with 2FA on your registrar account, it's the strongest defense against domain hijacking.

Source: ICANN / domain-security best practice

A+
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 80 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
29 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
16 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
18 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
81 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
81 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 29 ms TCP Connect 16 ms TLS Handshake 18 ms Server Processing 18 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
A+
CDN & Delivery
AWS CloudFront (Hit from cloudfront)
PASS
AWS CloudFront (Hit from cloudfront)
Info::
Site is served via AWS CloudFront CDN (edge: CDG50-P6)
Got: x-amz-cf-id: KD8x9AeT8BS_ov3spi7QF9HMoB7t9NziovMkI4T-txYPF9A0fOl7ng==
Info::
CDN cache status: Hit from cloudfront
CDN Detected: AWS CloudFront
Provider AWS CloudFront Cache Status Hit from cloudfront Evidence x-amz-cf-id: KD8x9AeT8BS_ov3spi7QF9HMoB7t9NziovMkI4T-txYPF9A0fOl7ng==
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