Infrastructure
· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.FIPv6 ReadinessActionIPv6 records exist but unreachableFIX
Having AAAA records but an unreachable server is worse than no AAAA — clients may experience delays before falling back to IPv4.
Advertising IPv6 (AAAA records) without a reachable server means IPv6-preferring clients silently fail every connection.
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Modern browsers prefer IPv6 if AAAA exists (Happy Eyeballs algorithm). If the IPv6 server isn't reachable, browsers fall back to IPv4 — but with seconds of added latency per request. Either fix IPv6 reachability or remove the AAAA records.
Source: RFC 8305 (Happy Eyeballs)
BCrawlabilityrobots.txt present, sitemap with 0 URLsREVIEW
Search engines may not be able to parse the sitemap. Fix XML validation errors.
An unparseable sitemap is silently ignored by Google — the URLs it advertises are never queued for crawl.
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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.
An empty sitemap signals 'no content to index' to Google — actively harmful versus having no sitemap at all.
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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
# GTmetrix robots.txt file
User-agent: *
Disallow: /analyze.html
Disallow: /api/0.1/
Disallow: /api/2.0/
Disallow: /contact/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /digests/
Disallow: /e/
Disallow: /go/
Disallow: /har.html
Disallow: /job-status/
Disallow: /login/
Disallow: /logout/
Disallow: /lostpw/
Disallow: /p/
Disallow: /pro/cancel
Disallow: /pro/cancel-downgrade
Disallow: /pro/coupon
Disallow: /pro/fetch_invoice/
Disallow: /pro/invoices
Disallow: /pro/payment
Disallow: /pro/payment-onetime
Disallow: /pro/payment-onetime-process
Disallow: /pro/payment-process
Disallow: /pro/payment-update
Disallow: /pro/plan
Disallow: /reports/*/alerts/
Disallow: /reports/*/annotate
Disallow: /reports/*/history.csv
Disallow: /reports/*/optimized-images/
Disallow: /reports/*/pagespeed/
Disallow: /reports/*/pdf
Disallow: /reports/*/performance
Disallow: /reports/*/retest
Disallow: /signup/
Disallow: /top1000/status
Disallow: /unsubscribe/
Disallow: /validate/
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
# Termly scanner
User-agent: TermlyBot
Allow: /
sitemap: https://gtmetrix.com/sitemap.xml.gz
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations70 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to addressREVIEW
Certificate validity
Recommended actions
- Add the preload directive and submit to hstspreload.org once max-age + includeSubDomains are in place
- 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 Records2 A records, 10 ms lookupPASS
| A | 172.66.170.87, 104.20.27.222 |
| AAAA | 2606:4700:10::6814:1bde, 2606:4700:10::ac42:aa57 |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | serenity.ns.cloudflare.com, yichun.ns.cloudflare.com |
| MX | 0 gtmetrix-com.mail.protection.outlook.com |
| TXT | 202408201802210c54vovyqtijljmtxxzz86cwqtob8r2h9rm3ik6lmh41nfz2ds MS=ms45668839 MS=ms72257453 google-site-verification=-DQtbGSN51qELLAfz19MUETRDU8rWYdCx2JbLzjx-p0 SPF v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:sendgrid.net include:mail.zend... |
| CAA | Lookup not available with standard resolver |
CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
Informational: CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records weren't checked in this scan.
A+Redirect ChainNo redirects — direct accessPASS
https://gtmetrix.com
199 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://gtmetrix.com | 200 | 199 ms | HTTP/1.1 | cloudflare |
A+URL Variantswww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSPASS
www / non-www
HTTP → HTTPS
Consistent
A+Domain Intelligencegtmetrix.com — via One.com A/S, 16 years, 6 months old, hosted on CloudflarePASS
165 days
December 30, 2026
70 days
Issued by CLOUDFLARE, INC.
16 years, 6 months
Registered December 30, 2009
Not enabled
Protects against DNS spoofing
Cloudflare
ASN AS13335
172.66.170.87
One.com A/S
Expiry timeline
Recommended actions
- Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
- Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
Without DNSSEC, an attacker who can poison your DNS can hijack your domain — and SSL certs alone don't stop them.
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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.
Without registrar lock, an attacker who phishes your registrar credentials can transfer the domain in minutes — total brand hijack.
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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