Infrastructure
· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.DCDN & DeliveryActionNo CDN detectedFIX
Consider using a CDN to improve global delivery speed and reduce origin load.
CIPv6 ReadinessActionNo IPv6 supportREVIEW
IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.
No AAAA records — same impact as 'no IPv6 (AAAA) records'; IPv6-preferring clients pay extra latency falling back to IPv4.
Source: Google IPv6 stats
BURL Variantswww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSREVIEW
www / non-www
Inconsistent — duplicate content risk
HTTP → HTTPS
Consistent
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations43 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to addressREVIEW
Certificate validity
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 Records1 A records, 10 ms lookupPASS
| A | 170.249.209.210 |
| AAAA | — |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | karina.ns.cloudflare.com, luke.ns.cloudflare.com |
| MX | 5 wordstream-com.mail.protection.outlook.com |
| TXT | 0ed1fe018a1a2bf932c9fc4f51b7cd0a4f5afb8558 MS=ms40338942 adobe-idp-site-verification=7a20173eab2daba6709deb0312d1a66f053c2d6fb763c416b776... facebook-domain-verification=cxk9c57fcgcis9gbzyg7l12vzxcqs4 google-site-verification=9gQ6bhhgc9KZwsBXK95EJumUFUyM3a1zlMOTh-0Nt8A google-site-verification=atBZyi5EPQGO0C8J1KrHG_XMOoLobTsmN5Af7wOCFpY google-site-verification=lmX3u2GBtXIoN0VSSWACWTrHjlD5fNmvNTxqQatnmBE lucid-verification=1N462nXpjDjy openai-domain-verification=dv-4qyR9kZkC370KhgyJeXIcv5u perplexity-ai-domain-verification-63bypz=knB4hpN2xhFA86bwotxKRf9MP tollbit-domain-verification=7b5b8bdee6ffe7013bd5d45738496f390285640bebdc2397cfcb... SPF v=spf1 include:spf.gannett.com include:spf.salesforce.com include:mktomail.com -... |
| CAA | Lookup not available with standard resolver |
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Single A record means a single point of failure — if that IP goes down, your site is unreachable until DNS TTL expires.
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Add multiple A records for round-robin failover, or use a managed DNS provider with health-checked failover (Route 53, Cloudflare, NS1). Short TTL (60-300s) lets clients recover faster on outages.
Source: SRE practice / DNS architecture
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.
ARedirect Chain1 redirect(s), 375 ms totalPASS
https://wordstream.com
300 ms · HTTP/1.1
https://www.wordstream.com/
75 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://wordstream.com | 301 | 300 ms | HTTP/1.1 | LiteSpeed |
| 2 | https://www.wordstream.com/ | 200 | 75 ms | HTTP/1.1 | cloudflare |
See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →
A+Crawlabilityrobots.txt present, sitemap with 10 URLsPASS
# START YOAST BLOCK
# ---------------------------
User-agent: AhrefsSiteAudit
Allow: /
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Allow: /
User-agent: *
Disallow: /*.php$
User-agent: *
Disallow: /search/*
User-agent: *
Disallow: /page/*?s=
Sitemap: https://www.wordstream.com/sitemap_index.xml
# ---------------------------
# END YOAST BLOCK
- https://www.wordstream.com/post-sitemap....
- https://www.wordstream.com/post-sitemap2...
- https://www.wordstream.com/post-sitemap3...
- https://www.wordstream.com/page-sitemap....
- https://www.wordstream.com/learn-sitemap...
- https://www.wordstream.com/free-tools-si...
- https://www.wordstream.com/resources-sit...
- https://www.wordstream.com/category-site...
- https://www.wordstream.com/tool-types-si...
- https://www.wordstream.com/resources-typ...
A+Domain Intelligencewordstream.com — via GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC, 23 years, 2 months old, hosted on PRIVATESYSTEMS - PrivateSystems Networks, USPASS
2180 days
June 1, 2032
43 days
Issued by Let's Encrypt
23 years, 2 months
Registered June 1, 2003
Not enabled
Protects against DNS spoofing
PRIVATESYSTEMS - PrivateSystems Networks, US
ASN AS63410
170.249.209.210
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC
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