Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.

SCORE

GRADE

FIX

REVIEW

PASS

INFO

Probed from Madrid, Spain

301 Moved Permanently

Checks

4 PASS 4 REVIEW 1 FIX

CDN & Delivery

Action

No CDN detected

FIX

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.

IPv6 Readiness

Action

No IPv6 support

REVIEW

No IPv6 support

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

Crawlability

robots.txt present, no sitemap

REVIEW

robots.txt present, no sitemap

robots.txt is present

Got: 10240 bytes

No sitemap.xml found

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

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 10240 B Sitemaps referenced 0 User-agents AI2Bot, ICC-Crawler, Meta-ExternalAgent, Diffbot, OAI-SearchBot, PetalBot, omgili, Applebot-Extended, Scrapy, Bytespider, CCBot, ChatGPT-User, GPTBot, PerplexityBot, YouBot, anthropic-ai, cohere-ai, Ai2Bot-Dolma, Claude-Web, ClaudeBot, FacebookBot, Timpibot, iaskspider/2.0, *, FriendlyCrawler, Google-Extended, ImagesiftBot, VelenPublicWebCrawler, Webzio-Extended, img2dataset, omgilibot Blocking No — crawling allowed

User-agent: AI2Bot

Disallow: /


User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma

Disallow: /


User-agent: Applebot-Extended

Disallow: /


User-agent: Bytespider

Disallow: /


User-agent: CCBot

Disallow: /


User-agent: ChatGPT-User

Disallow: /


User-agent: Claude-Web

Disallow: /


User-agent: ClaudeBot

Disallow: /


User-agent: Diffbot

Disallow: /


User-agent: FacebookBot

Disallow: /


User-agent: FriendlyCrawler

Disallow: /


User-agent: GPTBot

Disallow: /


User-agent: Google-Extended

Disallow: /


User-agent: ICC-Crawler

Disallow: /


User-agent: ImagesiftBot

Disallow: /


User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent

Disallow: /


User-agent: OAI-SearchBot

Disallow: /


User-agent: PerplexityBot

Disallow: /


User-agent: PetalBot

Disallow: /


User-agent: Scrapy

Disallow: /


User-agent: Timpibot

Disallow: /


User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler

Disallow: /


User-agent: Webzio-Extended

Disallow: /


User-agent: YouBot

Disallow: /


User-agent: anthropic-ai

Disallow: /


User-agent: cohere-ai

Disallow: /


User-agent: iaskspider/2.0

Disallow: /


User-agent: img2dataset

Disallow: /


User-agent: omgili

Disallow: /


User-agent: omgilibot

Disallow: /


User-agent: *

Disallow: /tncms/tracking/

Disallow: /_services/

Disallow: /test4news/

Disallow: /site/

Disallow: /stock_market/

Disallow: /trafficcam/

Disallow: /tntest/

Disallow: /wrapper/

Disallow: /wedding_forms/

Disallow: /test/

Disallow: /test2/

Disallow: /politics_emails/

Disallow: /place_an_ad_new/

Disallow: /traffic/

Disallow: /testxx/

Disallow: /redeem/

Disallow: /contest/veterans-day/

Disallow: /cas/

Disallow: /lowcountryparent/newsletters/

Disallow: /lowcountryparent/special_families/

Disallow: /lowcountryparent/site/

Disallow: /real_estate/test/

Disallow: /gift-redemption/

Disallow: /lowcountryparent/student_superstar/

Disallow: /lowcountryparent/zz-styling/

Disallow: /gift-subscription/

Disallow: /lowcountryparent/contest-scrape-page/

Disallow: /free-times/advice/

Disallow: /free-times/contest_scrape_page/

Disallow: /free-times/videos/

Disallow: /uncategorized/

Disallow: /free-times/site/

Disallow: /jobs_new/

Disallow: /classifieds_export/

Disallow: /site/forms/place_an_ad/

Disallow: /verify-conversion/

Disallow: /journal-scene/site/

Disallow: /journal-scene/sponsored/

Disallow: /our-gazette/site/

Disallow: /our-gazette/sponsored/

Disallow: /our-gazette/videos/

Disallow: /berkeley-independent/site/

Disallow: /berkeley-independent/obituaries/

Disallow: /our-gazette/newsletter-signup/

Disallow: /free-times/subscribe/

Disallow: /veterans-day-scrape-page/

Disallow: /journal-scene/archives/

Disallow: /our-gazette/archives/

Disallow: /clear-cache/

Disallow: /berkeley-independent/newsletters/

Disallow: /journal-scene/newsletters/

Disallow: /our-gazette/newsletters/

Disallow: /siteload/

Disallow: /yearlystepdown/

Disallow: /350/

Disallow: /350/participate/

Disallow: /350/articles/

Disallow: /350/support/

Disallow: /350/layout/

Disallow: /350/donate/

Disallow: /berkeley-independent/subscribe/

Disallow: /350/contact/

Disallow: /health/covid19/dining-guide/

Disallow: /morning-roundup-confirmation/

Disallow: /covidbusinessguide/food_dining/

Disallow: /moultrie-news/site/

Disallow: /moultrie-news/sponsored/

Disallow: /moultrie-news/test/

Disallow: /moultrie-news/trivia/

Disallow: /virtual_graduations/

Disallow: /moultrie-news/virtual_graduations/

Disallow: /georgetown/mycapture-branding/

Disallow: /georgetown/newsletters/

Disallow: /350/test/

Disallow: /myrtle-beach/newsletters/

Disallow: /greenville/newsletters/

Disallow: /greenville/site/

Disallow: /myrtle-beach/site/

Disallow: /our-gazette/weather/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/site/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/sponsored/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/test/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/advertising/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/breaking/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/crime/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/demarest_files/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/football/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/fort_gordon/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/government/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/headlines/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/obituaries/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/sports/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/test/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/young_professionals/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/classifieds/

Disallow: /piano-hubspot/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/marketplace/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/account/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/manage-digital/

Disallow: /virtualevents/design2/

Disallow: /columbia/free-trial/

Disallow: /columbia/sponsored/

Disallow: /columbia/scrape-page/

Disallow: /berkeley-independent/sponsored/

Disallow: /columbia/contest-scrape-page/

Disallow: /holiday-gift/

Disallow: /lowcountryparent/test/

Disallow: /togethersc/

Disallow: /events/mockup/

Disallow: /kingstree/classifieds/

Disallow: /kingstree/newsletters/

Disallow: /kingstree/site/

Disallow: /kingstree/multimedia/

Disallow: /myrtle-beach/sponsored/

Disallow: /insiders/test/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletter-signup/test/

Disallow: /insiders/test2/

Disallow: /palmetto10/

Disallow: /gamecock-confidential-unsubscribe/

Disallow: /gamecocksnow-unsubscribe/

Disallow: /thetigertake-unsubscribe/

Disallow: /subscribe/test/

Disallow: /contest/gamecocksnow/

Disallow: /contest/thetigertake/

Disallow: /our-gazette/business/

Disallow: /historic-front-pages/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/special/101thingstodoscss/

Disallow: /spartanburg/scrape-page/

Disallow: /columbia/mayoral-debate/

Disallow: /testing123/

Disallow: /redeem/gamecocksnow/

Disallow: /redeem/thetigertake/

Disallow: /subscribe/test2/

Disallow: /subscribe/gamecocksnow/2/

Disallow: /subscribe/the_tiger_take/2/

Disallow: /sponsored/

Disallow: /subscribe/food/add-on/

Disallow: /subscribe/musc-offer/

Disallow: /subscribe/food/2/

Disallow: /subscribe/food/add-on/2/

Disallow: /fund/

Disallow: /northaugusta/scrape-page/

Disallow: /insiders/readers-voice/

Disallow: /the_tiger_take/

Disallow: /northaugusta/subscribe/2/

Disallow: /subscribe/the_tiger_take/sale/

Disallow: /subscribe/gamecocksnow/sale/

Disallow: /charlestons-choice-scrape-page-2/

Disallow: /subscribe/test3/

Disallow: /hilton-head/scrape-page/

Disallow: /greenville/instagram/

Disallow: /subscribe/the_tiger_take/archive/

Disallow: /subscribe/gamecocksnow/archive/

Disallow: /subscribe/kiosk/

Disallow: /mckenzie-beach/

Disallow: /subscribe/carolinaone/

Disallow: /subscribe/gift-with-purchase/

Disallow: /mold/

Disallow: /sponsored-content/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /berkeley-independent/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /columbia/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /georgetown/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /greenville/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /hilton-head/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /journal-scene/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /kingstree/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /lowcountryparent/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /moultrie-news/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /myrtle-beach/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /northaugusta/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /our-gazette/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /spartanburg/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /arena/

Disallow: /kingstree/sponsored/

Disallow: /georgetown/sponsored/

Disallow: /pc220/

Disallow: /subscribers-only/

Disallow: /subscribe/2/

Disallow: /tideline/contest-scrape-page/

Disallow: /columbia/news/test-new-ad-layout/

Disallow: /subscribe/sale/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/subscriptions/sale/

Disallow: /pee-dee/subscribe/

Disallow: /columbia/newsletters/

Disallow: /pee-dee/newsletters/

Disallow: /pee-dee/opinion/letters/

Disallow: /subscribe/threetest/

Disallow: /press-releases/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/zz_print_only/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/yardsales/

Disallow: /sahara/

Disallow: /northaugusta/archive/search/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/newsletters/headlines-new/

Disallow: /subscribe/print-delivery/

Disallow: /app-feeds/

Disallow: /subscribe/promo/

Disallow: /terms-of-sale/

Disallow: /subscribe/all-access-plus-palmetto-politics/

Disallow: /subscribe/come-back/

Disallow: /subscribe/clemsonchamber/

Disallow: /subscribe/clemson-chamber/

Disallow: /northaugusta/printads/

Disallow: /holidays/

Disallow: /subscribe/gift/

Disallow: /subscribe/gift-redemption/

Disallow: /subscribe/subs-sus-activity/

Disallow: /news-stories-2023/

Disallow: /subscribe/familysale/

Disallow: /goodcheer/donate/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/subscriptions/test/

Disallow: /beaufort-county/sponsored-content/

Disallow: /beaufort-county/subscribe/

Disallow: /beaufort-county/newsletters/

Disallow: /beaufort-county/opinion/letters/confirmation/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/subscribe-test/

Disallow: /travel/sc/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/subscribe/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/marketing/

Disallow: /greenville/subscribe/test/

Disallow: /puzzles/test/

Disallow: /subscribers-only/test/

Disallow: /epaper/test/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/tutorial/

Disallow: /branded/stuhrs-funeral-home/

Disallow: /subscribe/app/

Disallow: /pee-dee/contribute/

Disallow: /newsletter-signup/hurricane-wire/

Disallow: /newsletter-signup/travel/

Disallow: /columbia/newsletter-signup/breaking-news/

Disallow: /pee-dee/newsletter-signup/breaking-news/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/aiken-home-show/

Disallow: /subscribe/welcome-greer/

Disallow: /spartanburg/newsletter-signup/breaking-news/

Disallow: /beaufort-county/newsletter-signup/breaking-news/

Disallow: /myrtle-beach/newsletter-signup/breaking-news/

Disallow: /newsletter-signup/breaking-news/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/career-fair-sign-up/

Disallow: /travel/staging/

Disallow: /subscribe/upgrade/

Disallow: /travel/alaska/

Disallow: /travel/galapagos/

Disallow: /travel/camino/

Disallow: /travel/mexico/

Disallow: /travel/greece/

Disallow: /travel/iceland/

Disallow: /travel/montreal/

Disallow: /travel/tuscany/

Disallow: /travel/san-antonio/

Disallow: /travel/rwanda/

Disallow: /test_eedition/

Disallow: /aikenstandard/contests/topdocs2025/

Disallow: /free-times/newsletter-signup/

Disallow: /lowcountryparent/contests/christmas-carol/

Disallow: /beau

sitemap.xml No sitemap found

No sitemap found

Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.

URL Variants

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

REVIEW

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

Both www and non-www versions serve content

Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other

HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.postandcourier.com/

200https://postandcourier.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://postandcourier.com/ → https://www.postandcourier.com/

Consistent

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

44 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

days left

0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

Add includeSubDomains to the HSTS directive
Add the preload directive and submit to hstspreload.org once max-age + includeSubDomains are in place
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, 55 ms lookup

PASS

2 A records, 55 ms lookup

Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 192.104.183.109, 192.104.183.209

No IPv6 (AAAA) records

2 nameserver(s) configured

Got: ns65.domaincontrol.com, ns66.domaincontrol.com

2 mail exchanger(s) configured

CAA records not checked

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

SPF record present in TXT

DNS resolution time: 55 ms

Got: 55 ms

A	192.104.183.109, 192.104.183.209
AAAA	—
CNAME	—
NS	ns65.domaincontrol.com, ns66.domaincontrol.com
MX	99 us-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com 99 us-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com
TXT	atlassian-sending-domain-verification=54c8b387-a766-4781-9a5a-fa87cf7964bb SPF v=spf1 include:us._netblocks.mimecast.com include:spf1.postandcourier.com includ... google-site-verification=gL-Bl7ULCV3KMihbJROJq1d-i5LSRD9mevTMCnIYlPQ _2boo8rysfizk8k05640l8ss43dwnlxv google-site-verification=ntDpiw-45rzm7t4vJV9qBksydFQ5XWrcXEbgnT9AWIY MS=F8E01795FF3502D041112663C5B666FC50FCF46B ca3-97d480a9897648d595f944cc6da4f87c google-site-verification=FvrmXEaEHqbn0d_t8JS_BUeJVAnfL-0hIXS_D5u9lBQ google-site-verification=rAW9DX7yfiFF82k05QGF6LbZBkxcKxMTzAwNv0OCKAM logmein-verification-code=26a057c4-53ec-476d-9f1f-45d13f16e880 0ed1fe018a368aacd8ca044918a7693f9568433154 _tc9l497bal6wckojgt2mctt4aalz9xk
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 55 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.

Redirect Chain

1 redirect(s), 645 ms total

PASS

1 redirect(s), 645 ms total

Single redirect

Got: https://postandcourier.com → https://www.postandcourier.com/ (301)

WWW normalization redirect

Redirect overhead: 645 ms total

Got: 645 ms

https://postandcourier.com

295 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.postandcourier.com/

350 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://postandcourier.com	301	295 ms	HTTP/1.1
2	https://www.postandcourier.com/	200	350 ms	HTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+

Domain Intelligence

postandcourier.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 30 years, 11 months old, hosted on LEE-ASN - Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, US

PASS

postandcourier.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 30 years, 11 months old, hosted on LEE-ASN - Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, US

Domain registered until Oct 26, 2031 (5 years, 7 months remaining)

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.

Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC

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.

Hosting: LEE-ASN - Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, US

Got: AS10668

Domain expiry

1960 days

October 26, 2031

SSL certificate

44 days

Issued by Google Trust Services

Domain age

30 years, 11 months

Registered October 27, 1995

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

LEE-ASN - Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, US

ASN AS10668

192.104.183.209

Registrar

GoDaddy.com, LLC

Unlocked 2 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 GoDaddy.com, LLC

Created October 27, 1995 (30 years, 11 months ago)

Expires October 26, 2031 (5 years, 7 months)

Last Updated February 26, 2026

Name Servers ns65.domaincontrol.com, ns66.domaincontrol.com

DNSSEC Not enabled

Hosting

IP Address 192.104.183.209

ASN AS10668 (LEE-ASN - Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, US)

Provider LEE-ASN - Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, US

Data source: rdap (0.4s)

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

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 345 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown

PASS

DNS Lookup

52 ms

TCP Connect

97 ms

TLS Handshake

99 ms

Time to First Byte

345 ms

Total Time

346 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 52 ms TCP Connect 97 ms TLS Handshake 99 ms Server Processing 98 ms Content Transfer 0 ms

All checks on this page are automated. Results are estimates - run targeted manual reviews when the score affects a release decision.