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 Amsterdam, Netherlands

301 Moved Permanently

Checks

5 PASS 3 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

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.stltoday.com/

200https://stltoday.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

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

Consistent

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

81 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

days left

0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

Submit your domain to hstspreload.org to be added to the Chrome preload list
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

DNS Records

1 A records, 472 ms lookup

PASS

1 A records, 472 ms lookup

Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 192.104.183.109

Single A record — no DNS redundancy

Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.

No IPv6 (AAAA) records

2 nameserver(s) configured

Got: dns1.tn-cloud.net, dns2.tn-cloud.net

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 is slow (472 ms)

Slow DNS adds latency to every page load. Consider a faster DNS provider.

Got: 472 ms

A	192.104.183.109
AAAA	—
CNAME	—
NS	dns1.tn-cloud.net, dns2.tn-cloud.net
MX	10 mxb-00292f01.gslb.pphosted.com 10 mxa-00292f01.gslb.pphosted.com
TXT	v=spf2.0/pra mx a a:mx0a-00292f01.pphosted.com a:mx0b-00292f01.pphosted.com incl... google-site-verification=i8403uEbdmVup_yMLBCHpsiLPqpEYvfnyygEv0FH7LY SPF v=spf1 include:spf-00292f01.pphosted.com include:us.spf.stltoday.com include:the... facebook-domain-verification=7yukdg3uqfg50qizyoucpovb4xee5a Foxit-domain-verification=f5b3b5d30c2e714eb414ff156a8b2b74 MS=ms30878596 uddufmsipq205l8693td0mn64k n2c3ddfc3naeafmlhktpqkluls iVd8CJL1ZvK2+kcNdb8MIMmbxXM7ZDVqWjLnrA9fmOnRlO0my5rdni0yKsmZWKwCk87dyr4vIMoaKKP3... google-site-verification=8wxqofCiF5Wo3oZxtUnuEKK9j04xhDc7SQyF4wid41w brave-ledger-verification=d55777698e9c725cd74749df1afb013fe41f33a93b3b68b41a5195... google-site-verification=12rz05kDwbkVAa130rtU9vbSU7FOIg-6nYwFTGmFmw8 6n95o2dmbh6cqsj3iv3iu7b9q5 tollbit-domain-verification=cc2c2544057745dfa14887aaee2bee7259a4057b92dbbd9299c4... globalsign-domain-verification=KaParXxs1OHDy7o8CMbPpHBN-2m_mzwdPqKMMQ66a6 knowbe4-site-verification=4d74bbd68c11b993425e4dcc4cf20593 ZOOM_verify_tAVjmEC4TJG0CifdHkHDWA
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 472 ms

Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.

Why this matters

Single A record means a single point of failure — if that IP goes down, your site is unreachable until DNS TTL expires.

Learn more ▾

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.

Why this matters

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.

Why this matters

DNS resolution is slow — anycast DNS providers (Cloudflare, Route 53) typically resolve <50ms globally.

Source: DNS performance benchmarks

Redirect Chain

1 redirect(s), 850 ms total

PASS

1 redirect(s), 850 ms total

Single redirect

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

WWW normalization redirect

Redirect overhead: 850 ms total

Got: 850 ms

https://stltoday.com

345 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.stltoday.com/

505 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://stltoday.com	301	345 ms	HTTP/1.1
2	https://www.stltoday.com/	200	505 ms	HTTP/1.1

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 6 URLs

PASS

robots.txt present, sitemap with 6 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 10240 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 6 entries

Sitemap index with 6 child sitemaps

robots.txt references sitemap

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 10240 B Sitemaps referenced 42 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed

User-agent: *

Disallow: /tncms/tracking/

Disallow: /_services/

Disallow: /activate/

Disallow: /admin/

Disallow: /admin/forgot/

Disallow: /ads/place-an-ad/

Disallow: /back-issue/

Disallow: /brandavestudios/

Disallow: /enotice/

Disallow: /enotice/done/

Disallow: /exclusive/get-healthy/

Disallow: /fergusonlife/

Disallow: /forms/

Disallow: /forms/back-issue/

Disallow: /help/wimip/

Disallow: /json/

Disallow: /login/

Disallow: /nowapp/delete_account/

Disallow: /obituaries/

Disallow: /online/

Disallow: /online/feeds/

Disallow: /password/

Disallow: /place_an_ad/

Disallow: /place_an_ad/obituaries/

Disallow: /place_an_ad/online_only/

Disallow: /pr/

Disallow: /pr/business/

Disallow: /pr/entertainment/

Disallow: /pr/lifestyles/

Disallow: /pr/news/

Disallow: /pr/sports/

Disallow: /search/ai/

Disallow: /sports/high-school/template/

Disallow: /template/

Disallow: /test/

Disallow: /test/brand-ave/

Disallow: /test/brand-ave/college-connection/

Disallow: /test/brand-ave/education/

Disallow: /test/brand-ave/home/

Disallow: /test/brand-ave/summer-fun/

Disallow: /test/brand-ave/travel/

Disallow: /test/brose/

Disallow: /test/brose/forms/

Disallow: /test/brose/local-value/

Disallow: /test/brose/lv/

Disallow: /test/brose/lv/auto/

Disallow: /test/brose/lv/groceries/

Disallow: /test/brose/lv/test-1/

Disallow: /test/brose/lv/test-2/

Disallow: /test/brose/tmc/

Disallow: /test/brose/tmc/entertainment/

Disallow: /test/brose/tmc/grocery/

Disallow: /users/

Disallow: /users/remote-logout/

Disallow: /users/wimip/

Disallow: /tncms/openid2/

Disallow: /tncms/weather/

Disallow: /tncms/admin/

Disallow: /tncms/messaging/

Disallow: /tncms/webservice/

Disallow: /tncms/gtm/

Disallow: /tncms/counter/

Disallow: /tncms/dmp/

Disallow: /tncms/track/

Disallow: /tncms/media/

Disallow: /tncms/csrf/

Disallow: /tncms/tax/

Disallow: /tncms/block/

Disallow: /tncms/search/

Disallow: /tncms/openweb/*

Disallow: /tncms/auth/

Disallow: /tncms/calendar/

Disallow: /calendar/search/

Disallow: /tncms/user/

Disallow: /users/admin/

Disallow: /users/*/?

Disallow: /users/msp/admin/

Disallow: /users/msp/*/?

Disallow: /users/remote-logout/admin/

Disallow: /users/remote-logout/*/?

Disallow: /content/tncms/

Disallow: /ads/*?

Disallow: /ads/housing/*?

Disallow: /ads/print_ads/*?

Disallow: /ads/vehicle/*?

Disallow: /tncms/disqus/

Disallow: /content/tncms/assets/v3/form/

Disallow: /content/tncms/form/

Disallow: /newsletter-templates

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/alerts

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/archives

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/autos

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/best-bridal-vendors

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/books

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/brandavestudios

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/brandavestudios/shop-local-at-home

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/business

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/business-briefing

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/cardinals-update

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/crime

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/daily-headlines

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/eedition

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/entertainment

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/food-and-drink

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/go-movie-lounge

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/go-sneak-peek

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/golf

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/health

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/holidays

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/home-and-garden

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/hot

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/jobs

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/joes-stlouis

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/lets-eat

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/benjamin-hochman

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/evening-dispatch

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/mizzou-sports

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/police-policy

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/soccer

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/stl-life

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/stltoday-sports

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/obituaries

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/olympics

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/opinion

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/parenting

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/pets

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/police-policy

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/political-fix

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/politics

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/preps

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/relationships

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/subscriber-only

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/television

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/topic

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/topic/popup

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/topic/popup2

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/travel

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/trending

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/up-for-discussion

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/weather

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/weather-weekly

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/weekly-messenger

Disallow: /test/ddierker/newsletter

Disallow: /test/ddierker/newsletter-templates

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/news-alert-national

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/blender

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/first-course

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/ben-fred

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/afternoon-headlines

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/trending

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/morning-headlines

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/morning-post

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/marketing

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/marketing/get-healthy

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/marketing/advertising-solutions

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/puzzles

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/marketing/affiliate

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/marketing/affiliate/test

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/derrick-goold

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/marketing/suboffer_witharticles

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/weekly-best-of

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/watchdog

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/eedition-afternoon

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/paid

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/paid/editors-pick

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/paid/rewind

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/paid/short-list

Disallow: /newsletter-templates/local/test

Disallow: /places/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-beauty-salons/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-caterers/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-ceremony-loc/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-disc-jockeys/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-equipment-rental/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-florist/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-formalwear/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-gowns/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-honeymoons/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-hotels/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-invitations/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-jewelry/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-limo/*action=srch

Disallow: /places/bestbridal/bestbridal-musicians/*action=srch


Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1899

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1901

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1903

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1910

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1916

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1917

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1923

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1924

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1926

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1927

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1928

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1930

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1931

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1935

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1936

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1937

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1938

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1939

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1940

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1941

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1942

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1944

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1945

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1946

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1947

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1948

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1953

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1954

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1955

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1956

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1958

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1959

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1960

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1963

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1965

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1968

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1969

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1970

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml?year=1971

Sitemap: https://www.stltoday.com/tncms/sitemap/editorial.xml

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type Sitemap Index URLs 6 entries Valid XML Yes

Child Sitemaps:

A+

Domain Intelligence

stltoday.com — via Tucows Domains Inc., 26 years, 1 months old, hosted on LEE-ASN - Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, US

PASS

stltoday.com — via Tucows Domains Inc., 26 years, 1 months old, hosted on LEE-ASN - Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, US

Domain registered until Jul 27, 2026 (3 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: Tucows Domains Inc.

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

44 days

July 27, 2026

SSL certificate

81 days

Issued by Google Trust Services

Domain age

26 years, 1 months

Registered July 27, 2000

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

LEE-ASN - Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, US

ASN AS10668

192.104.183.109

Registrar

Tucows Domains Inc.

Unlocked 2 NS records

Expiry timeline

Today

+1 year

Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)

Recommended actions

Renew the domain or enable auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiry
Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers

Registrar Tucows Domains Inc.

Created July 27, 2000 (26 years, 1 months ago)

Expires July 27, 2026 (3 months)

Last Updated June 30, 2025

Name Servers dns1.tn-cloud.net, dns2.tn-cloud.net

DNSSEC Not enabled

Hosting

IP Address 192.104.183.109

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

PASS

DNS Lookup

81 ms

TCP Connect

84 ms

TLS Handshake

87 ms

Time to First Byte

336 ms

Total Time

337 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 81 ms TCP Connect 84 ms TLS Handshake 87 ms Server Processing 84 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.