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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
93
GRADE
A
FIX
0
REVIEW
3
PASS
5
INFO
1
Probed from Amsterdam, Netherlands
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 3 REVIEW
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.helpguide.org/
200https://helpguide.org/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://helpguide.org/ → https://helpguide.org/

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
54 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

54
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

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
B
CDN & Delivery
Cloudflare (EXPIRED)
REVIEW
Cloudflare (EXPIRED)
Info::
Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: AMS)
Got: cf-ray: 9effb437fbfdb8e4-AMS
Info::
CDN cache status: EXPIRED
CDN Detected: Cloudflare
Provider Cloudflare Cache Status EXPIRED Evidence cf-ray: 9effb437fbfdb8e4-AMS
A+
DNS Records
2 A records, 13 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 13 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 104.16.151.108, 104.16.150.108
Info::
Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2606:4700::6810:976c, 2606:4700::6810:966c
Info::
2 nameserver(s) configured
Got: demi.ns.cloudflare.com, lou.ns.cloudflare.com
Info::
5 mail exchanger(s) configured
Info::
CAA records not checked
CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
Info::
SPF record present in TXT
Info::
DNS resolution time: 13 ms
Got: 13 ms
A104.16.151.108, 104.16.150.108
AAAA2606:4700::6810:976c, 2606:4700::6810:966c
CNAME—
NSdemi.ns.cloudflare.com, lou.ns.cloudflare.com
MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
MS=ms69471125
facebook-domain-verification=j7ozkqnxt4gltn9mqlbtrud7codzc6
google-site-verification=bfrQI5z6yNJ0Z07PiG3jxwwsttI74kB9Pqa58umWlmA
google-site-verification=j2XjchhAlqEllGDVnHIEJSvofHaKeOrH2tDLvis9LDc
sendinblue-code:1e93635bc4bc9233397bd1c146dce3f9
SPF v=spf1 include:servers.mcsv.net include:emailsrvr.com include:_spf.google.com ~a...
SPF v=spf1 include:spf.sendinblue.com mx ~all
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 13 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.

A
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 779 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 779 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://helpguide.org → https://www.helpguide.org/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Redirect overhead: 779 ms total
Got: 779 ms

https://helpguide.org

702 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.helpguide.org/

77 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://helpguide.org301702 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare
2https://www.helpguide.org/20077 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2606:4700::6810:976c, 2606:4700::6810:966c
Got: 1 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2606:4700::6810:976c, 2606:4700::6810:966c Connection Reachable (1 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 9 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 9 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 209 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 9 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 9 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 209 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents GPTBot, * Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

Sitemap: https://www.helpguide.org/sitemap_index.xml

User-agent: *
Disallow: /?*
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /page/
Disallow: /es/?* 
Disallow: /es/search/
Disallow: /*/rss2/$
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 9 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 425 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
12 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.
10 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
425 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
425 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 12 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 10 ms Server Processing 402 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
Domain Intelligence
Domain intelligence data not available
INFO
Domain intelligence data not available

RDAP and WHOIS lookup both failed

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