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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
85
GRADE
B
FIX
2
REVIEW
2
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Singapore, Singapore
200 OK
Checks
9
5 PASS 2 REVIEW 2 FIX
F
IPv6 Readiness
Action
IPv6 records exist but unreachable
FIX
IPv6 records exist but unreachable
Warning::
IPv6 DNS records exist but server is not reachable
Having AAAA records but an unreachable server is worse than no AAAA — clients may experience delays before falling back to IPv4.
Got: 2600:1413:5000:3::1736:7697, 2600:1413:5000:3::1736:76a0
Info::
IPv6 connection error
Got: dial tcp6 [2600:1413:5000:3::1736:7697]:443: connect: no route to host
IPv6 Misconfigured
AAAA Records 2600:1413:5000:3::1736:7697, 2600:1413:5000:3::1736:76a0 Connection UNREACHABLE

Having AAAA records but an unreachable server is worse than no AAAA — clients may experience delays before falling back to IPv4.

Why this matters

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)

D
CDN & Delivery
Action
No CDN detected
FIX
No CDN detected
Warning::
No CDN detected
A CDN can significantly improve load times for users around the world by caching content at edge nodes closer to them.
No CDN detected

Consider using a CDN to improve global delivery speed and reduce origin load.

B
Crawlability
robots.txt present, no sitemap
REVIEW
robots.txt present, no sitemap
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 4287 bytes
Info::
No sitemap.xml found
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
Info::
robots.txt does not reference a sitemap
Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.

Why this matters

No sitemap.xml — Google relies on crawl-graph discovery alone, slowing indexing of deep or fresh URLs.

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A sitemap accelerates Google's discovery of new and updated content. Most CMSes auto-generate one; static-site frameworks need a build-step plugin. Reference it from robots.txt and submit in Search Console to confirm Google can fetch it.

Source: sitemaps.org / Google Search Central

Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Why this matters

robots.txt omits Sitemap: directive — crawlers must fetch /sitemap.xml by convention; reliable but missing the explicit hint.

Source: sitemaps.org

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 4287 B Sitemaps referenced 0 User-agents discoverybot Disallow: /, dloader Disallow: /, DTS Agent Disallow: /, PiplBot Disallow: /, Slurp Disallow: /, bl.uk_lddc_bot Disallow: /, Cliqzbot Disallow: /, CyberAlert Disallow: /, Moreover Disallow: /, SEOkicks-Robot Disallow: /, sogou Disallow: /, trendictionbot Disallow: /, uMBot-LN Disallow: /, Ezooms Disallow: /, Livelapbot Disallow: /, QuerySeekerSpider Disallow: /, WBSearchBot Disallow: /, Zao Disallow: /, JikeSpider Disallow: /, Maxthon Disallow: /, Teleport Disallow: /, WebStripper Disallow: /, WebZIP Disallow: /, Zealbot Disallow: /, ZyBORG Disallow: /, BLEXBot Disallow: /, Exabot Disallow: /, Gigabot Disallow: /, Flamingo_SearchEngine Disallow: /, ia_archiver Disallow: /, nutch Disallow: /, Offline Explorer Disallow: /, seokicks Disallow: /, Yasni Disallow: /, admantx Disallow: /, dotbot Disallow: /, Fetch Disallow: /, heritrix/3.3.0 Disallow: /, IstellaBot Disallow: /, Kimengi Disallow: /, SiteSnagger Disallow: /, Xenu Disallow: /, BIXOCRAWLER Disallow: /, Heritrix Disallow: /, k2spider Disallow: /, Pixray-Seeker Disallow: /, DOC Disallow: /, HTTrack Disallow: /, linko Disallow: /, MSIECrawler Disallow: /, netEstate NE Crawler Disallow: /, proximic Disallow: /, psbot Disallow: /, rogerbot Disallow: /, BDCbot Disallow: /, FairShare Disallow: /, integromedb Disallow: /, Newscan Disallow: /, Sosospider Disallow: /, TeleportPro Disallow: /, UniversalFeedParser Disallow: /, wget Disallow: /, Bender Disallow: /, CNCDialer Disallow: /, dloader(NaverRobot) Disallow: /, grub-client Disallow: /, MJ12bot Disallow: /, NaverBot Disallow: /, omgilibot Disallow: /, WebReaper Disallow: /, BUbiNG Disallow: /, Jyxobot Disallow: /, Kimengi/nineconnections.com Disallow: /, larbin Disallow: /, libwww Disallow: /, NerdByNature.Bot Disallow: /, UbiCrawler Disallow: /, UnisterBot Disallow: /, crawler4j Disallow: /, magpie-crawler Disallow: /, MetaURI Disallow: /, Moreoverbot Disallow: /, nabot Disallow: /, NetSeer crawler Disallow: /, NextGenSearchBot Disallow: /, SiteBot/0.1 Disallow: /, 008 Disallow: /, AhrefsBot Disallow: /, CrystalSemanticsBot Disallow: /, Genieo Disallow: /, NPBot Disallow: /, SiteBot Disallow: /, sitecheck.internetseer.com Disallow: /, spbot Disallow: /, AddThis.com Disallow: /, Download Ninja Disallow: /, LexxeBot/1.0 Disallow: /, Orthogaffe Disallow: /, WebCopier Disallow: /, WeSEE:Search Disallow: /, wotbox Disallow: /, PetalBot Disallow: /, Microsoft.URL.Control Disallow: /, Spinn3r Disallow: /, trovitBot Disallow: /, TurnitinBot Disallow: /, Wotbot Disallow: /, *, DigExt Disallow: /, discobot Disallow: / Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-Agent: *
Disallow: /pruebas/
#Disallow: /.well-known/amphtml/
Disallow: /t/
Disallow: /publicidad/
Disallow: /notificarelacionadas
Disallow: /*.swf$
Disallow: /eskupTSUpdate
Disallow: *?preview=true$

# An~adidos 20250325 por oscarf
Disallow: /Ineskup
Disallow: /Outeskup
Disallow: /OuteskupSimple
Disallow: /OuteskupSimpleMustache
Disallow: /Msgeskup
Disallow: /Profileeskup
Disallow: /Threadeskup
Disallow: /ThreadeskupSimple


# Bots bloqueados
User-agent: 008 Disallow: /
User-agent: AddThis.com Disallow: /
User-agent: admantx Disallow: /
User-agent: AhrefsBot Disallow: / 
User-agent: BDCbot Disallow: /
User-agent: Bender Disallow: /
User-agent: BIXOCRAWLER Disallow: / 
User-agent: bl.uk_lddc_bot Disallow: /
User-agent: BLEXBot Disallow: /
User-agent: BUbiNG Disallow: / 
User-agent: Cliqzbot Disallow: / 
User-agent: CNCDialer Disallow: / 
User-agent: crawler4j Disallow: / 
User-agent: CrystalSemanticsBot Disallow: /
User-Agent: CyberAlert Disallow: /
User-agent: DigExt Disallow: / 
User-agent: discobot Disallow: /
User-agent: discoverybot Disallow: /
User-agent: dloader Disallow: / 
User-agent: dloader(NaverRobot) Disallow: / 
User-agent: DOC Disallow: / 
User-agent: dotbot Disallow: / 
User-agent: Download Ninja Disallow: /  
User-agent: DTS Agent Disallow: / 
User-agent: Exabot Disallow: / 
User-agent: Ezooms Disallow: /
User-Agent: FairShare Disallow: / 
User-agent: Fetch Disallow: / 
User-agent: Flamingo_SearchEngine Disallow: / 
User-agent: Genieo Disallow: / 
User-agent: Gigabot Disallow: /
User-agent: grub-client Disallow: / 
User-agent: Heritrix Disallow: / 
User-agent: heritrix/3.3.0 Disallow: / 
User-agent: HTTrack Disallow: / 
User-agent: ia_archiver Disallow: / 
User-agent: integromedb Disallow: /
User-agent: IstellaBot Disallow: /
User-agent: JikeSpider Disallow: /
User-agent: Jyxobot Disallow: /
User-agent: k2spider Disallow: / 
User-agent: Kimengi Disallow: / 
User-agent: Kimengi/nineconnections.com Disallow: /
User-agent: larbin Disallow: / 
User-agent: LexxeBot/1.0 Disallow: /
User-agent: libwww Disallow: / 
User-agent: linko Disallow: / 
User-agent: Livelapbot Disallow: / 
User-agent: magpie-crawler Disallow: / 
User-agent: Maxthon Disallow: / 
User-agent: MetaURI Disallow: / 
User-agent: Microsoft.URL.Control Disallow: / 
User-agent: MJ12bot Disallow: / 
User-agent: Moreover Disallow: / 
User-agent: Moreoverbot Disallow: /
User-agent: MSIECrawler Disallow: / 
User-agent: nabot Disallow: / 
User-agent: NaverBot Disallow: / 
User-agent: NerdByNature.Bot Disallow: /
User-agent: netEstate NE Crawler Disallow: /
User-agent: NetSeer crawler Disallow: /
User-agent: Newscan Disallow: /
User-agent: NextGenSearchBot Disallow: /
User-agent: NPBot Disallow: / 
User-agent: nutch Disallow: / 
User-agent: Offline Explorer Disallow: / 
User-agent: omgilibot Disallow: / 
User-agent: Orthogaffe Disallow: / 
User-agent: PiplBot Disallow: / 
User-agent: Pixray-Seeker Disallow: /
User-agent: proximic Disallow: / 
User-agent: psbot Disallow: /
User-agent: QuerySeekerSpider Disallow: / 
User-agent: rogerbot Disallow: / 
User-agent: seokicks Disallow: /
User-agent: SEOkicks-Robot Disallow: / 
User-agent: SiteBot Disallow: /
User-agent: SiteBot/0.1 Disallow: /
User-agent: sitecheck.internetseer.com Disallow: / 
User-agent: SiteSnagger Disallow: / 
User-agent: Slurp Disallow: / 
User-agent: sogou Disallow: /
User-agent: Sosospider Disallow: /
User-agent: spbot Disallow: / 
User-agent: Spinn3r Disallow: /
User-agent: Teleport Disallow: / 
User-agent: TeleportPro Disallow: / 
User-Agent: trendictionbot Disallow: / 
User-agent: trovitBot Disallow: /
User-agent: TurnitinBot Disallow: /
User-agent: UbiCrawler Disallow: / 
User-agent: uMBot-LN Disallow: / 
User-agent: UnisterBot Disallow: /
User-agent: UniversalFeedParser Disallow: / 
User-agent: WBSearchBot Disallow: /
User-agent: WebCopier Disallow: / 
User-agent: WebReaper Disallow: /
User-agent: WebStripper Disallow: / 
User-agent: WebZIP Disallow: / 
User-agent: WeSEE:Search Disallow: /
User-agent: wget Disallow: /
User-agent: Wotbot Disallow: / 
User-agent: wotbox Disallow: /
User-agent: Xenu Disallow: / 
User-agent: Yasni Disallow: /
User-agent: Zao Disallow: / 
User-agent: Zealbot Disallow: / 
User-agent: ZyBORG Disallow: / 
User-agent: PetalBot Disallow: /
sitemap.xml No sitemap found

No sitemap found

Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.

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

Certificate validity

89
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
2 A records, 4 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 4 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 23.209.46.89, 23.209.46.97
Info::
Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2600:1413:5000:3::1736:7697, 2600:1413:5000:3::1736:76a0
Info::
6 nameserver(s) configured
Got: a7-64.akam.net, a9-65.akam.net, a18-65.akam.net, a24-67.akam.net, a20-66.akam.net, a1-56.akam.net
Info::
4 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: 4 ms
Got: 4 ms
A23.209.46.89, 23.209.46.97
AAAA2600:1413:5000:3::1736:7697, 2600:1413:5000:3::1736:76a0
CNAME—
NSa7-64.akam.net, a9-65.akam.net, a18-65.akam.net, a24-67.akam.net, a20-66.akam.net, a1-56.akam.net
MX
10 poster1i.iberlayer.com
20 poster4i.iberlayer.com
30 poster2i.iberlayer.com
40 poster3i.iberlayer.com
TXT
SPF v=spf1 include:_u.elpais.com._spf.smart.ondmarc.com -all
_globalsign-domain-verification=35ZRSeiG5b6pUaE2bZixFmI2klqCL7g1EeCkLoQosd
facebook-domain-verification=a2dx88mxmsmobm4vsk6x2w8ws8pbn5
_globalsign-domain-verification=RQDNePcsBhiwiaGaUPKwwHamCQ-z-4EYJYovKcrwnK
d365mktkey=MDlHm3tHBKrlXihfrr5gvXQVPHklYETL2sUxrG4JZb4x
MS=ms44073152
google-site-verification=t8xazkl_l_FeO_zF8p0xV8fZ_l-NtxlaGcJSw0OtyEA
d365mktkey=36xpGEp1JBCpl76r12EHge6UzG09uK8tZ7alBJrUf3cx
zone-ownership-verification-8af436726f61bc15ba428384d55cb22f9c300ad3f1206e813258...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 4 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
No redirects — direct access
PASS
No redirects — direct access
Info::
No redirects — direct access
Got: https://elpais.com

https://elpais.com

69 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://elpais.com20069 msHTTP/1.1openresty
A+
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: non-www)
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

301https://www.elpais.com/
200https://elpais.com/

Preferred variant: non-www

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://elpais.com/ → https://elpais.com/

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
elpais.com — via Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA, 25 years, 5 months old
PASS
elpais.com — via Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA, 25 years, 5 months old
Info::
Domain registered until Mar 5, 2027 (10 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: Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
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.
Domain expiry

265 days

March 5, 2027

SSL certificate

89 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

25 years, 5 months

Registered March 5, 2001

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2600:1413:5000:3::1736:76a0

Registrar

Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA

Unlocked 6 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
Created March 5, 2001 (25 years, 5 months ago)
Expires March 5, 2027 (10 months)
Last Updated March 6, 2026
Name Servers a1-56.akam.net, a18-65.akam.net, a20-66.akam.net, a24-67.akam.net, a7-64.akam.net, a9-65.akam.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 2600:1413:5000:3::1736:76a0
Data source: rdap (0.6s)

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.

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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.

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

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 3 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 5 ms Server Processing 71 ms Content Transfer 8 ms
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