# BeaverCheck Audit Report — https://ahrefs.com **Date:** April 21, 2026 **URL:** https://ahrefs.com **Overall Grade:** C (79/100) **Report:** https://beavercheck.com/results/30baa6c3-9670-4600-99f2-84989843a440 ## Top Findings 1. **[CRITICAL]** Page weighs 16.9 MB (8.9 MB transferred) — Performance > Page Weight Budget 2. **[CRITICAL]** 17 link(s) with no accessible text — Accessibility > Link & Button Quality 3. **[CRITICAL]** 24 button(s) with no accessible text — Accessibility > Link & Button Quality 4. **[CRITICAL]** 9 image(s) missing alt attribute — Accessibility > Alt Text Quality 5. **[CRITICAL]** No
landmark found — Accessibility > Landmark Structure --- ## Lighthouse Scores | Category | Score | |----------|-------| | Performance | 16 | | Accessibility | 80 | | Best Practices | 77 | | SEO | 85 | --- ## Security ### Security Headers (B — 75/100) *7 of 10 headers properly configured* - **[PASS]** Strict-Transport-Security is properly configured - **[PASS]** X-Content-Type-Options is properly configured - **[PASS]** X-Frame-Options is properly configured - **[PASS]** Referrer-Policy is properly configured - **[WARNING]** Permissions-Policy header is missing — Controls which browser features (camera, microphone, geolocation) are allowed. Set it to restrict unused features. - **[PASS]** Content-Security-Policy is present - **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy header is missing — COOP isolates your browsing context, preventing cross-origin side-channel attacks. Set to 'same-origin'. - **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy header is missing — COEP prevents loading cross-origin resources without explicit permission. Required for SharedArrayBuffer and high-resolution timers. - **[PASS]** X-Powered-By header is not present - **[PASS]** Server header is present without version info ### Content Security Policy (B — 70/100) *2 of 10 CSP checks passed* - **[INFO]** Raw CSP policy - **[WARNING]** default-src directive is missing — default-src provides a fallback for other directives. Set it to restrict default resource loading. - **[INFO]** No script-src or default-src to check for 'unsafe-inline' - **[INFO]** No script-src or default-src to check for 'unsafe-eval' - **[INFO]** No script-src or default-src to check for wildcard - **[PASS]** object-src falls back to default-src - **[WARNING]** base-uri directive is missing — Without base-uri, attackers can inject a tag to hijack relative URLs. Set it to 'self' or 'none'. - **[PASS]** frame-ancestors directive is set - **[WARNING]** form-action directive is missing — form-action restricts where forms can submit data, preventing form hijacking. - **[INFO]** upgrade-insecure-requests is not set — This directive upgrades HTTP resources to HTTPS automatically, preventing mixed content. ### TLS & Certificates (A+ — 100/100) *TLS 1.3, 7 checks passed* - **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 is used - **[PASS]** Strong cipher suite is used - **[INFO]** HTTP/2 is not negotiated — HTTP/2 provides multiplexing and header compression for better performance. - **[PASS]** Certificate is valid (expires in 63 days) - **[PASS]** Certificate chain has 3 certificates - **[PASS]** Certificate uses modern signature algorithm - **[PASS]** Certificate covers 2 domain(s) - **[PASS]** Certificate is issued by a trusted CA ### Cookie Security (A+ — 100/100) *2 cookies analyzed, 6 checks passed* - **[PASS]** Cookie '__cf_bm' has the Secure flag - **[PASS]** Cookie '__cf_bm' has the HttpOnly flag - **[PASS]** Cookie '__cf_bm' has SameSite=None - **[PASS]** Cookie '_cfuvid' has the Secure flag - **[PASS]** Cookie '_cfuvid' has the HttpOnly flag - **[PASS]** Cookie '_cfuvid' has SameSite=None --- ## Advanced Security ### Subresource Integrity (C — 60/100) *3 of 6 external resources have SRI* - **[WARNING]** External script from cdn-cookieyes.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code. - **[WARNING]** External script from cdn-cookieyes.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code. - **[PASS]** script from static.ahrefs.com has SRI protection - **[PASS]** script from static.ahrefs.com has SRI protection - **[WARNING]** External link from static.ahrefs.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code. - **[PASS]** script from static.cloudflareinsights.com has SRI protection ### JS Library Vulnerabilities (A+ — 100/100) *No known vulnerabilities* - **[PASS]** No known JavaScript library vulnerabilities detected ### Information Leakage (A+ — 100/100) *No exposures* - **[INFO]** No security.txt found — Consider adding a security.txt at /.well-known/security.txt. - **[PASS]** No sensitive files exposed ### Email Security (A — 85/100) *DMARC: quarantine* - **[PASS]** DMARC policy is quarantine — good protection ### Permissions-Policy (D — 40/100) *No header set* - **[WARNING]** No Permissions-Policy header — Consider adding a Permissions-Policy header to restrict browser feature access from embedded content. ### CORS Configuration (B — 80/100) *No CORS headers* - **[PASS]** No CORS headers present — secure default --- ## Performance ### Page Weight Budget (F — 0/100) *8.9 MB transferred, 203 requests* - **[CRITICAL]** Page weighs 16.9 MB (8.9 MB transferred) - **[WARNING]** JavaScript is 1.1 MB — consider code splitting or lazy loading — Large JavaScript bundles delay interactivity. Split code by route or defer non-critical scripts. - **[INFO]** Fonts are 451 KB — consider subsetting or using system fonts — Subset fonts to include only used characters, or switch to system font stacks. - **[WARNING]** 203 HTTP requests — consider bundling or reducing — Each request adds latency. Bundle small files, use sprites, or eliminate unnecessary requests. - **[INFO]** Estimated 1.9 g CO2 per page load ### Third-Party Impact (A+ — 100/100) *12% third-party, 0 ms blocking* - **[INFO]** Third-party code accounts for 12% of page weight (1.0 MiB of 8.9 MiB) - **[PASS]** Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms) ### Text Compression (A+ — 100/100) *All text resources are compressed* - **[PASS]** All text resources are compressed ### Image Optimization (B — 75/100) *75 images, 0 KB saveable* - **[PASS]** All images are well-optimized ### JS Execution Cost (F — 20/100) *20947ms total JS execution* - **[WARNING]** https://ahrefs.com/: 9609ms CPU time - **[WARNING]** Unattributable: 5773ms CPU time - **[WARNING]** https://ahrefs.com/assets/esbuild/chunk-TGXAL4BI-r...: 2182ms CPU time - **[WARNING]** https://ahrefs.com/assets/esbuild/chunk-S6I4ZITA-r...: 906ms CPU time - **[WARNING]** https://ahrefs.com/assets/esbuild/chunk-YP3OKFAL-r...: 707ms CPU time - **[INFO]** Third-party scripts: 6970ms (33% of total) ### Font Loading (A+ — 100/100) *5 fonts (451 KB)* - **[INFO]** 5 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional) ### JS Bundles (D — 40/100) *88 scripts, 345 KB unused* - **[WARNING]** https://ahrefs.com/assets/esbuild/chunk-TGXAL4BI-r...: 150 KB unused (26%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code. - **[WARNING]** https://ahrefs.com/assets/esbuild/chunk-S6I4ZITA-r...: 55 KB unused (93%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code. - **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-792...: 54 KB unused (37%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code. - **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-792...: 54 KB unused (37%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code. - **[WARNING]** https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js: 33 KB unused (34%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code. - **[INFO]** Total unused JavaScript: 345 KB ### Resource Caching (A+ — 100/100) *All resources properly cached* - **[PASS]** No caching issues found ### Critical Rendering Path (A+ — 100/100) *No render-blocking resources* - **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected ### Resource Hints (A+ — 100/100) *6 hints, 0 missing preconnects* - **[PASS]** Page uses 6 resource hint(s) ### Page Weight Inventory (C — 55/100) *203 resources · 8.9 MB · 345 KB savings available* - **[WARNING]** Page weight 7.9 MB over 1MB target - **[INFO]** ~345 KB of savings available - **[INFO]** 36 third-party resources (12% of weight) - **[INFO]** 7 resources over 200KB ### Render-Blocking Resources (A+ — 100/100) *No render-blocking resources detected* - **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected in ### Third-Party Resources (A+ — 100/100) *No third-party resources detected* --- ## Content Quality ### Links (A — 90/100) *192 links checked, 190 healthy, 2 broken* - **[WARNING]** 190 of 192 links are healthy - **[WARNING]** Broken link: https://static.ahrefs.com/apple-touch-icon-76x76.png?v=2 — Found in . Returns HTTP 404. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://www.instagram.com/ahrefs — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. ### Mixed Content (A+ — 100/100) *No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS.* - **[PASS]** No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS ### Open Graph (A+ — 100/100) *Open Graph tags are well configured for social sharing.* ### Structured Data (B — 85/100) *1 JSON-LD block(s) found — some improvements recommended.* - **[WARNING]** Missing or invalid @context in block #1 — The @context should be "https://schema.org" for search engines to recognize the data. --- ## Infrastructure ### DNS Records (A+ — 100/100) *2 A records, 20 ms lookup* - **[PASS]** Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es) - **[PASS]** Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s) - **[PASS]** 2 nameserver(s) configured - **[PASS]** 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. - **[PASS]** SPF record present in TXT - **[PASS]** DNS resolution time: 20 ms ### Redirect Chain (A+ — 100/100) *No redirects — direct access* - **[PASS]** No redirects — direct access ### IPv6 Readiness (A+ — 100/100) *IPv6 reachable (2 ms)* - **[PASS]** IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2a06:98c1:3106::6812:278d, 2606:4700:4404::ac40:9473 ### Crawlability (A+ — 95/100) *robots.txt present, sitemap with 5 URLs* - **[PASS]** robots.txt is present - **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is present - **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is valid XML - **[PASS]** sitemap.xml contains 5 entries - **[PASS]** Sitemap index with 5 child sitemaps - **[INFO]** robots.txt does not reference a sitemap — Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap. ### URL Variants (A+ — 100/100) *www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS* - **[PASS]** www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: non-www) - **[PASS]** HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS ### Domain Intelligence (A+ — 100/100) *ahrefs.com — via Name.com, Inc., 15 years, 7 months old* - **[PASS]** Domain registered until Nov 25, 2029 (3 years, 7 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. - **[PASS]** Registrar: Name.com, 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. --- ## Compliance ### WCAG Compliance (A+ — 100/100) *No testable criteria* ### Cookie Consent & Privacy (B — 80/100) *CookieYes detected* - **[WARNING]** No privacy policy link detected — A privacy policy page is recommended for transparency and may be legally required. - **[INFO]** No terms of service link detected - **[PASS]** Consent banner detected (CookieYes) - **[PASS]** 2 cookie(s) set on initial load (functional) - **[INFO]** This is an automated check, not legal advice — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators of consent management. This does not constitute a legal compliance assessment. Consult a privacy professional for GDPR/CCPA compliance. ### Language & i18n (A+ — 100/100) *Lang attribute + Content-Language header* - **[PASS]** attribute is present - **[PASS]** value is valid - **[PASS]** Content-Language header is set - **[PASS]** Language signals are consistent ### Readability & Typography (A+ — 100/100) *Font sizes and tap targets checked* ### Viewport Configuration (A+ — 100/100) *Viewport properly configured* - **[PASS]** Viewport meta tag is present - **[PASS]** width=device-width is set - **[PASS]** User zooming is allowed ### Third-Party Trackers (D — 40/100) *7 trackers detected* - **[INFO]** 7 third-party trackers detected — Found 6 analytics, 1 advertising, 0 marketing, 0 tag manager trackers. - **[WARNING]** 1 advertising/retargeting trackers detected — Advertising trackers collect user data for ad targeting. Under GDPR, these typically require explicit consent. - **[WARNING]** Trackers detected but no cookie policy found — This page loads 7 trackers but no cookie policy was detected. GDPR requires disclosure when using tracking cookies. - **[WARNING]** Trackers detected but no privacy policy found — Most data protection regulations require a privacy policy when collecting user data via trackers. ### Cookie & Tracker Inventory (A+ — 100/100) *2 cookies · 7 trackers · 0 pre-consent* - **[INFO]** 7 third-party tracker(s) detected on page --- ## Legal ### Legal Page Ecosystem (C — 60/100) *2 of 7 expected legal pages detected* - **[PASS]** Privacy Policy detected — Found at /legal/privacy-policy, linked from footer. - **[PASS]** Terms of Service detected — Found at /legal, linked from footer. - **[INFO]** Cookie Policy not detected — No link matching common Cookie Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Cookie Policy, especially those collecting user data. - **[INFO]** Accessibility Statement not detected — No link matching common Accessibility Statement URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Accessibility Statement, especially those collecting user data. - **[INFO]** DMCA / Copyright Notice not detected — No link matching common DMCA / Copyright Notice URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a DMCA / Copyright Notice, especially those collecting user data. - **[INFO]** Refund / Returns Policy not detected — No link matching common Refund / Returns Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Refund / Returns Policy, especially those collecting user data. - **[INFO]** Acceptable Use Policy not detected — No link matching common Acceptable Use Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Acceptable Use Policy, especially those collecting user data. ### Copyright Notice (A+ — 100/100) *© 2026 Ahrefs Pte* - **[PASS]** Copyright notice is up to date — Copyright notice is up to date: © 2026 Ahrefs Pte - **[PASS]** Copyright holder: Ahrefs Pte ### Regulatory Indicators *1 regulatory indicator(s) detected* - **[INFO]** This is a technical scan, not a legal assessment — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators that may suggest regulatory relevance. This is not a compliance audit and should not be relied upon for legal decisions. Consult qualified legal counsel for compliance assessments. - **[INFO]** GDPR indicators detected (strong confidence) — Indicators suggesting GDPR may be relevant: Consent management platform detected: cookieyes.com; Privacy policy page found. EU General Data Protection Regulation — governs collection and processing of personal data of EU residents. ### Third-Party Data Sharing *1 third-party service(s) detected* - **[INFO]** Data inventory for transparency purposes — This inventory identifies third-party services that receive data from your site visitors. Under regulations like GDPR (Article 30), maintaining records of data processing activities is commonly considered a best practice. This automated scan provides a starting point — it may not capture all data flows. - **[INFO]** 1 third-party services across 1 categories — 1 third-party services detected across 1 categories: CDN (1). Each of these services receives some user data from your site visitors. - **[INFO]** Cloudflare (CDN) — Detected via cookie name. Typically collects: IP address (transient), Request metadata. Privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/. Data Processing Agreement available. ### Compliance Badges (C — 55/100) *0 compliance badge(s) detected* - **[INFO]** No compliance badges detected — No recognized compliance certification badges or seals were found. This is common — many sites do not display compliance badges. --- ## Availability ### CDN & Delivery (A+ — 100/100) *Cloudflare (HIT)* - **[PASS]** Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: EWR) - **[PASS]** CDN cache status: HIT ### HTTP Caching (D — 45/100) *no-store (uncacheable)* - **[INFO]** Cache-Control: no-store prevents all caching — Intentional for dynamic content, but increases server load for every page view. - **[PASS]** Last-Modified header present ### Transport Security (A+ — 100/100) *HTTP/3, HSTS, and TLS version analysis* - **[PASS]** HTTP/3 (QUIC) supported — The server advertises HTTP/3 via Alt-Svc for faster connections on mobile networks. - **[PASS]** HSTS enabled (includeSubDomains, preload) - **[PASS]** HSTS preload enabled - **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 in use (fastest handshake, 1-RTT) --- ## Accessibility ### Landmark Structure (D — 50/100) *2 landmarks* - **[CRITICAL]** No
landmark found — Screen reader users cannot quickly navigate to the primary content. Wrap your main content in
. - **[WARNING]** No