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
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
Sitemap: https://www.dallasnews.com/web-sitemap-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dallasnews.com/sitemap_news.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dallasnews.com/video-sitemap-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dallasnews.com/projects/sitemap_projects.xml
User-agent: ai2bot-dolma
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: applebot-extended
User-agent: bytespider
User-agent: ccbot
User-agent: claude-user
User-agent: claude-web
User-agent: claudebot
User-agent: chatGPT-User
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: diffbot
User-agent: duckassistbot
User-agent: Friendlycrawler
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: Grokbot
User-agent: xAI-Grok
User-agent: xAI
User-agent: omgili
User-agent: omgilibot
User-agent: perplexity-user
User-agent: perplexitybot
User-agent: scrapy
User-agent: timpibot
User-agent: youbot
User-agent: webzio-extended
User-agent: kangaroo-bot
User-agent: Spinn3r
User-agent: TaraGroup Intelligent Bot
Disallow: /
User-agent: AmazonAdBot
Allow: /
User-agent: *
Disallow: /sso/action/logout
Disallow: /general/dbapps/404
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /413gkwMT/
Disallow: /adtest
Disallow: /business/press-releases/
BURL Variantswww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSREVIEW
www / non-www
Inconsistent — duplicate content risk
HTTP → HTTPS
Consistent
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations62 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
ADNS Records2 A records, 543 ms lookupPASS
| A | 34.234.132.118, 54.144.200.95 |
| AAAA | — |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | ns6.hearstnp.com, ns3.hearstnp.com, ns2.hearstnp.com, ns5.hearstnp.com, ns4.hearstnp.com, ns1.hearstnp.com |
| MX | 10 dallasnews-com.mail.protection.outlook.com |
| TXT | MS=ms30350097 wiz-domain-verification=0e3f64ae733aea426d564e2b1f371803c5580f839d43fe821cbf0fe6... anthropic-domain-verification-fwr5q4=7SYwRh5nW8a3isPS8Y7M0y6qZ apple-domain-verification=Wuu8baz23ci7OL6Z poh2r44g0fbc40l8f4qmi8vuku ovgcto17cam1agf6ljskach3mh MS=ms19832273 facebook-domain-verification=9t2tic8hjvol1sso04jvzm2bks4wcf google-site-verification=C5hMeMLrv-039h5xrC7fuh1coe1t9lNdg56HeT5UruA adobe-idp-site-verification=3ebb0754e0941b0fd3e9cfe346802f5b6321a2a9bce74d7ffbce... zscaler-verification-10414221-13012026-7GNw9T MS=ms32530399 klbrs0jc8ipj1ht55639pm7qp google-site-verification=cq0KUSq4kSk2jbqgX4crW9bGWc6euSKPdxquY6tpUUg di9gid4mrdmh0tc0qeojodisbg atlassian-domain-verification=FpL/aWW65m3p2lAjgu9uaxMnORyl2KLKjkSbpFUulvCwkkhAoy... google-site-verification=bhu0ExmRHnxSpXPGLLoUpatg1khfUZxiwWml2kPN0t0 6g4tpn3str0ej5m9ec6hdssnta zscaler-verification-10414221-5202025-fTqWR9QVyM yahoo-verification-key=C0rA1FqwDdlF3Tt21ram6pxx6MVeBYjCDzvzGgV7V+g= openai-domain-verification=openai-domain-verification=dv-7DiCkOaSKZSdHPfubwNg8iy... ahrefs-site-verification_677c9310306c33024515a04181735877730a8c8a784a59265f8645f... airtable-verification=28c101ae67ea9344e70705e17ce60caf knowbe4-site-verification=ec50fda9b79db0a98cfe219b9779c227 Zoom=10405102 openai-domain-verification=dv-Tz3z1MPAxBctyE2pfNogvyjT MS=ms24609421 SPF v=spf1 a mx include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:emsd1.com include:ahbelo.com incl... |
| 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.
Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.
DNS resolution is slow — anycast DNS providers (Cloudflare, Route 53) typically resolve <50ms globally.
Source: DNS performance benchmarks
ARedirect Chain1 redirect(s), 448 ms totalPASS
https://dallasnews.com
296 ms · HTTP/1.1
https://www.dallasnews.com/
152 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://dallasnews.com | 301 | 296 ms | HTTP/1.1 | Apache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu) |
| 2 | https://www.dallasnews.com/ | 200 | 152 ms | HTTP/1.1 |
See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →
A+Domain Intelligencedallasnews.com — via Network Solutions, LLC, 30 years, 5 months old, hosted on AWSPASS
273 days
April 15, 2027
62 days
Issued by Let's Encrypt
30 years, 5 months
Registered April 14, 1996
Not enabled
Protects against DNS spoofing
AWS
ASN AS16509
54.144.200.95
Network Solutions, 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