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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
80
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
5
PASS
4
INFO
0
Probed from Amsterdam, Netherlands
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
4 PASS 5 REVIEW
B
DNS Records
2 A records, 11 ms lookup
REVIEW
2 A records, 11 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 199.232.194.133, 199.232.198.133
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Warning::
CNAME record at zone apex
A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.
Got: prisa-us-eu.map.fastly.net
Info::
No NS records found
Info::
No MX records — email not configured via DNS
Info::
CAA records not checked
CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
Info::
No SPF record found in TXT records
SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.
Info::
DNS resolution time: 11 ms
Got: 11 ms
A199.232.194.133, 199.232.198.133
AAAA
CNAMEprisa-us-eu.map.fastly.net
NS
MX
TXT
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 11 ms

A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.

Why this matters

CNAME at the apex (example.com) breaks every other apex record (MX, TXT, NS) — DNS-protocol violation per RFC 1034.

Learn more

RFC 1034 forbids CNAME alongside other records at the same name. Some DNS providers offer ALIAS / ANAME / flattened-CNAME records that work around this — use those instead. Otherwise apex-level CNAME breaks email (no MX), domain ownership verification (no TXT), and more.

Source: RFC 1034

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.

SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.

Why this matters

Without SPF, receiving servers can't validate sending IPs — your domain is easier to spoof in phishing.

Learn more

SPF complements DMARC. Both should be published. SPF records list authorized sending IPs (e.g., `v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all` for Google Workspace). After publishing, verify in Google Postmaster Tools or mxtoolbox.

Source: RFC 7208 (SPF)

C
IPv6 Readiness
Action
No IPv6 support
REVIEW
No IPv6 support
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records found
IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.
No IPv6 Support
About 40% of internet users have IPv6. Consider adding AAAA records.

IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.

Why this matters

No AAAA records — same impact as 'no IPv6 (AAAA) records'; IPv6-preferring clients pay extra latency falling back to IPv4.

Source: Google IPv6 stats

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.

Learn more

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 *, Flamingo_SearchEngine Disallow: /, NerdByNature.Bot Disallow: /, netEstate NE Crawler Disallow: /, NextGenSearchBot Disallow: /, PiplBot Disallow: /, QuerySeekerSpider Disallow: /, TeleportPro Disallow: /, FairShare Disallow: /, Gigabot Disallow: /, MetaURI Disallow: /, NaverBot Disallow: /, seokicks Disallow: /, SEOkicks-Robot Disallow: /, Teleport Disallow: /, UbiCrawler Disallow: /, crawler4j Disallow: /, dloader(NaverRobot) Disallow: /, Jyxobot Disallow: /, LexxeBot/1.0 Disallow: /, linko Disallow: /, Orthogaffe Disallow: /, spbot Disallow: /, WBSearchBot Disallow: /, 008 Disallow: /, CyberAlert Disallow: /, Fetch Disallow: /, Genieo Disallow: /, Moreover Disallow: /, proximic Disallow: /, WebReaper Disallow: /, Yasni Disallow: /, BDCbot Disallow: /, BIXOCRAWLER Disallow: /, ia_archiver Disallow: /, rogerbot Disallow: /, wget Disallow: /, wotbox Disallow: /, AddThis.com Disallow: /, larbin Disallow: /, Maxthon Disallow: /, Newscan Disallow: /, psbot Disallow: /, SiteBot Disallow: /, WebCopier Disallow: /, WeSEE:Search Disallow: /, admantx Disallow: /, AhrefsBot Disallow: /, Exabot Disallow: /, HTTrack Disallow: /, libwww Disallow: /, nutch Disallow: /, uMBot-LN Disallow: /, PetalBot Disallow: /, DOC Disallow: /, Ezooms Disallow: /, Heritrix Disallow: /, TurnitinBot Disallow: /, UniversalFeedParser Disallow: /, ZyBORG Disallow: /, dloader Disallow: /, DTS Agent Disallow: /, Livelapbot Disallow: /, magpie-crawler Disallow: /, MSIECrawler Disallow: /, NPBot Disallow: /, Pixray-Seeker Disallow: /, Wotbot Disallow: /, BLEXBot Disallow: /, CrystalSemanticsBot Disallow: /, discobot Disallow: /, Microsoft.URL.Control Disallow: /, MJ12bot Disallow: /, Moreoverbot Disallow: /, Zao Disallow: /, Offline Explorer Disallow: /, sogou Disallow: /, Xenu Disallow: /, Cliqzbot Disallow: /, dotbot Disallow: /, heritrix/3.3.0 Disallow: /, SiteBot/0.1 Disallow: /, sitecheck.internetseer.com Disallow: /, Zealbot Disallow: /, CNCDialer Disallow: /, discoverybot Disallow: /, JikeSpider Disallow: /, k2spider Disallow: /, trovitBot Disallow: /, WebZIP Disallow: /, Bender Disallow: /, DigExt Disallow: /, grub-client Disallow: /, nabot Disallow: /, Sosospider Disallow: /, WebStripper Disallow: /, bl.uk_lddc_bot Disallow: /, Download Ninja Disallow: /, integromedb Disallow: /, SiteSnagger Disallow: /, trendictionbot Disallow: /, UnisterBot Disallow: /, BUbiNG Disallow: /, IstellaBot Disallow: /, Kimengi Disallow: /, Kimengi/nineconnections.com Disallow: /, NetSeer crawler Disallow: /, omgilibot Disallow: /, Slurp Disallow: /, Spinn3r 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
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
REVIEW
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Critical::
Both www and non-www versions serve content
Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

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

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
89 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

89
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Prefer TLS 1.3 — TLS 1.2 is acceptable but TLS 1.3 removes RSA key exchange and improves latency
  • 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
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 180 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 180 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://www.elpais.com → https://elpais.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://www.elpais.com

71 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://elpais.com/

110 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://www.elpais.com30171 msHTTP/1.1Apache/2.4.6 (CentOS)
2https://elpais.com/200110 msHTTP/1.1openresty

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

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 (11 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
Domain expiry

200 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

2a02:26f0:6100::6861:e59

Registrar

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

Lock status unknown 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
Registrar Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
Created March 5, 2001 (25 years, 5 months ago)
Expires March 5, 2027 (11 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 2a02:26f0:6100::6861:e59
Data source: rdap (0.1s)

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.

Learn more

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

A+
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 112 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
7 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.
112 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
113 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 7 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 5 ms Server Processing 99 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
A+
CDN & Delivery
Fastly (HIT, MISS, MISS)
PASS
Fastly (HIT, MISS, MISS)
Info::
Site is served via Fastly CDN
Got: x-served-by: cache-rtm-ehrd2290024-RTM, cache-rtm-ehrd2290026-RTM
Info::
CDN cache status: HIT, MISS, MISS
CDN Detected: Fastly
Provider Fastly Cache Status HIT, MISS, MISS Evidence x-served-by: cache-rtm-ehrd2290024-RTM, cache-rtm-ehrd2290026-RTM
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