Infrastructure
· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.FIPv6 ReadinessActionIPv6 records exist but unreachableFIX
Having AAAA records but an unreachable server is worse than no AAAA — clients may experience delays before falling back to IPv4.
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)
BCrawlabilityrobots.txt present, no sitemapREVIEW
A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
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.
robots.txt omits Sitemap: directive — crawlers must fetch /sitemap.xml by convention; reliable but missing the explicit hint.
Source: sitemaps.org
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# robots.txt for https://www.w3.org/
#
# $Id: robots.txt,v 1.104 2026/02/16 05:12:36 gerald Exp $
#
# the following settings apply to all bots
User-agent: *
# Blogs - WordPress
# https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/search-engine-optimization/#robots-txt-optimization
Disallow: /*/wp-admin/
Disallow: /*/wp-includes/
Disallow: /*/wp-content/plugins/
Disallow: /*/wp-content/cache/
Disallow: /*/wp-content/themes/
Disallow: /blog/?
Disallow: /blog/*/trackback/
Disallow: /blog/*/feed/
Disallow: /blog/*/comments/
Disallow: /blog/*/category/*/*
Disallow: /blog/*/*/trackback/
Disallow: /blog/*/*/feed/
Disallow: /blog/*/*/comments/
Disallow: /blog/*/*?
Disallow: /community/trackback/
Disallow: /community/feed/
Disallow: /community/comments/
Disallow: /community/category/*/*
Disallow: /community/*/trackback/
Disallow: /community/*/feed/
Disallow: /community/*/comments/
Disallow: /community/*/category/*/*
Disallow: /community/*?
Disallow: /Consortium/Offices/trackback/
Disallow: /Consortium/Offices/feed/
Disallow: /Consortium/Offices/comments/
Disallow: /Consortium/Offices/category/*/*
Disallow: /Consortium/Offices/*/trackback/
Disallow: /Consortium/Offices/*/feed/
Disallow: /Consortium/Offices/*/comments/
Disallow: /Consortium/Offices/*?
# Wikis - Mediawiki
# https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Robots.txt
Disallow: /wiki/index.php?
Disallow: /wiki/index.php/Help
Disallow: /wiki/index.php/MediaWiki
Disallow: /wiki/index.php/Special:
Disallow: /wiki/index.php/Template
Disallow: /wiki/Special:
Disallow: /wiki/Help:
Disallow: /wiki/Talk:
Disallow: /wiki/skins/
Disallow: /wiki/*/info
Disallow: /wiki/*/edit
Disallow: /wiki/*/history
Disallow: /*/wiki/index.php?
Disallow: /*/wiki/index.php/Help
Disallow: /*/wiki/index.php/MediaWiki
Disallow: /*/wiki/index.php/Special:
Disallow: /*/wiki/index.php/Template
Disallow: /*/wiki/Special:
Disallow: /*/wiki/Help:
Disallow: /*/wiki/Talk:
Disallow: /*/wiki/skins/
Disallow: /*/wiki/*/info
Disallow: /*/wiki/*/edit
Disallow: /*/wiki/*/history
# various other access-controlled or expensive areas
Disallow: /2004/ontaria/basic
Disallow: /Member/
Disallow: /Team/
Disallow: /Project/
Disallow: /Web/
Disallow: /Systems/
Disallow: /Out-Of-Date
Disallow: /2005/06/blog/
Disallow: /2004/08/W3CTalks
Disallow: /2007/11/Talks/search
Disallow: /People/all/
Disallow: /people/all/
Disallow: /People/domain/
Disallow: /people/domain/
Disallow: /RDF/Validator/ARPServlet
Disallow: /RDF/Validator/rdfval
Disallow: /2003/03/Translations/byLanguage
Disallow: /2003/03/Translations/byTechnology
Disallow: /2005/11/Translations/Query
Disallow: /2000/06/webdata/xslt
Disallow: /2000/09/webdata/xslt
Disallow: /2005/08/online_xslt/xslt
Disallow: /Search/Mail/Public/
Disallow: /2006/02/chartergen
Disallow: /2004/01/pp-impl
Disallow: /Consortium/supporters
Disallow: /2012/pyRdfa/extract
Disallow: /2012/pyRdfa/?
Disallow: /WAI/PF/comments/
Disallow: /WAI/events/
Disallow: /participate/conferences.xml
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /2005/01/yacker/
Disallow: /2005/01/yacker?
Disallow: /2005/07/pubrules?
Disallow: /ns/hydra/console/?
Disallow: /2007/08/grddl/?
Disallow: /2009/07/webidl-check?
Disallow: /RDF/Validator/ARPServlet?
Disallow: /2000/06/webdata/xsv?
Disallow: /2000/09/webdata/xsv?
Disallow: /2007/10/htmldiff?
Disallow: /Style/CSS/members.be/
Disallow: /services
Disallow: /2021/05/view-gallery/
Disallow: /International/questions/qa-html-language-declarations/icons/
Disallow: /International/questions/qa-html-language-declarations/qa-html-language-declarations-data/icons/
Disallow: /*,*
Disallow: /WAI/beta/
Disallow: /WAI/ut1/
Disallow: /WAI/ut2/
Disallow: /WAI/ut3/
Disallow: /WAI/ut4/
Disallow: /WAI/drafts/
# Allow W3C Link checker to check any paths on this site
User-agent: W3C-checklink
Disallow:
No sitemap found
Adding a sitemap helps search engines discover your pages.
BTLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations67 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to addressREVIEW
Certificate validity
Recommended actions
- Extend HSTS max-age to at least 31536000 (1 year) to meet the preload list criteria
- 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 Records2 A records, 13 ms lookupPASS
| A | 104.18.23.19, 104.18.22.19 |
| AAAA | 2606:4700::6812:1713, 2606:4700::6812:1613 |
| CNAME | — |
| NS | — |
| MX | — |
| TXT | SPF v=spf1 -all |
| 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.
A+Redirect ChainNo redirects — direct accessPASS
https://www.w3.org
31 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL
| # | URL | Status | Time | Protocol | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | https://www.w3.org | 200 | 31 ms | HTTP/1.1 | cloudflare |
A+URL Variantswww/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPSPASS
www / non-www
Preferred variant: www
HTTP → HTTPS
Consistent
A+Domain Intelligencew3.org — via Gandi SAS, 32 years, 2 months old, hosted on CloudflarePASS
1053 days
July 5, 2029
67 days
Issued by Google Trust Services
32 years, 2 months
Registered July 6, 1994
Not enabled
Protects against DNS spoofing
Cloudflare
ASN AS13335
104.18.22.19
Gandi SAS
Expiry timeline
Recommended actions
- Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
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