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.timesunion.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.timesunion.com/sitemap_news.xml
Sitemap: https://www.timesunion.com/projects/sitemap_projects.xml
Sitemap: https://www.timesunion.com/sitemap_devhub.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: cohere-ai
User-agent: diffbot
User-agent: duckassistbot
User-agent: friendlycrawler
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
Disallow: /
User-agent: AmazonAdBot
Allow: /
User-agent: *
Disallow: /business/press-releases/
Disallow: /style/beauty/hearstmagazines/
Disallow: /style/fashion/hearstmagazines/
Disallow: /living/relationships/hearstmagazines/
Disallow: /homeandgarden/home/hearstmagazines/
Disallow: /living/wellness/hearstmagazines/
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /413gkwMT/
BURL Variantswww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSREVIEW
www / non-www
Inconsistent — duplicate content risk
HTTP → HTTPS
Consistent
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations56 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 Records4 A records, 7830 ms lookupPASS
| A | 34.235.224.231, 34.197.233.251, 34.198.86.45, 34.204.119.243 |
| AAAA | — |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | ns1.hearstnp.com, ns5.hearstnp.com, ns4.hearstnp.com, ns6.hearstnp.com, ns3.hearstnp.com, ns2.hearstnp.com |
| MX | 10 timesunion-com.mail.protection.outlook.com |
| TXT | google-site-verification=h0WMpUvFfO5rJd1khNRXOACzFbo6QIHgT2lbcIRFCWk atlassian-domain-verification=FpL/aWW65m3p2lAjgu9uaxMnORyl2KLKjkSbpFUulvCwkkhAoy... BSI103498586397 adobe-idp-site-verification=3ebb0754e0941b0fd3e9cfe346802f5b6321a2a9bce74d7ffbce... amazonses:FOYtlIMN4ArTeXMEL1sGtkoQMocPh0PJCQBqFo/IFJY= google-site-verification=soqrNh6WMSBNZSqx-yUvHQ1vzLyOk0U8SHtje4khuRQ 0TQB6LCrglBd2seHa5tdhcjfMvx2WrnaKedLF0Q2vrBR33Lb5dJ8tWeb/985/x4nzCBtYw6Myc8uYzMZ... 2958b6c551c647ff9e7a71f186f118d7 _globalsign-domain-verification=Iiihy-iv_vLdlIMtHvh-aCdqO2T53oCoknhW44njXn google-site-verification=JoaeY3DRnSizgRroGE8_lR9oJJux9lR53W4CSj265-A SPF v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com ip4:52.6.112.187 ip4:74.203.49.124 ip4... google-site-verification=jfiNVCM8CbolyYwOvRgkUuODA5CGhzh9a2ysk3hVctQ tollbit-domain-verification=625b61b287d4d0d73d97c42d0d821fc22a15145ffdf50002a1ed... google-site-verification=XPAi9MK3yOHy0ahqIykiZ-1nVBc2ey5-OLj4VIcV27A openai-domain-verification=dv-BqhYMku0dkLZftOnkmeJNbH2 facebook-domain-verification=rwl5xj7dw415srdmplzq7dyotovxsh facebook-domain-verification=xzxmnhxv3donr5ss71gopfiulw87l3 MS=ms52340715 google-site-verification=cIJ6jnqqUbqkF1hPaT9wySitHwtKuOttWWLZxfFqxes anthropic-domain-verification-eaewjm=63ywWLFUiEazfnFx5ss6lio2E |
| 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), 363 ms totalPASS
https://timesunion.com
296 ms · HTTP/1.1
https://www.timesunion.com/
67 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://timesunion.com | 301 | 296 ms | HTTP/1.1 | Apache/2.4.58 |
| 2 | https://www.timesunion.com/ | 200 | 67 ms | HTTP/1.1 |
See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →
A+Domain Intelligencetimesunion.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 31 years, 1 months old, hosted on AWSPASS
37 days
August 24, 2026
56 days
Issued by Let's Encrypt
31 years, 1 months
Registered August 25, 1995
Not enabled
Protects against DNS spoofing
AWS
ASN AS14618
34.198.86.45
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Expiry timeline
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
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