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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
85
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
3
PASS
5
INFO
0
Probed from Sao Paulo, Brazil
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
5 PASS 3 REVIEW 1 FIX
D
CDN & Delivery
Action
No CDN detected
FIX
No CDN detected
Warning::
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.

C
IPv6 Readiness
Action
No IPv6 support
REVIEW
No IPv6 support
Info::
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

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.macworld.com/
200https://macworld.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://macworld.com/ → https://macworld.com/

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
87 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

87
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
1 A records, 11 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 11 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 192.0.66.208
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
2 nameserver(s) configured
Got: boyd.ns.cloudflare.com, kara.ns.cloudflare.com
Info::
2 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::
No SPF record found in TXT records
SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.
Info::
DNS resolution time: 11 ms
Got: 11 ms
A192.0.66.208
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSboyd.ns.cloudflare.com, kara.ns.cloudflare.com
MX
10 usb-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com
10 usb-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com
TXT
0ed1fe018a6194ec19e935407d863c9720c98b12d6
1m9n13kns4a3jvckev9jldn7lt
MS=ms96051836
docusign=73a5c278-8642-4d93-9263-d0cac6fa5736
facebook-domain-verification=phqkjjnjqmimamw1t154zd4gcfwr28
google-site-verification=ZyK4dvWQ25T7AiA8_vlMH2wUzZj71Nv6bfjKzxT2R_k
google-site-verification=mKsmcgpAsloArBiz0TbkXLRYlzv7-mLK7HFqpEik38c
v=spf include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spfa.cpmails.com include:usb._n...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 11 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.

SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.

Why this matters

Without SPF, receiving servers can't validate sending IPs — your domain is easier to spoof in phishing.

Learn more ▾

SPF complements DMARC. Both should be published. SPF records list authorized sending IPs (e.g., `v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all` for Google Workspace). After publishing, verify in Google Postmaster Tools or mxtoolbox.

Source: RFC 7208 (SPF)

A
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 812 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 812 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://macworld.com → https://www.macworld.com (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Redirect overhead: 812 ms total
Got: 812 ms

https://macworld.com

12 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.macworld.com

799 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://macworld.com30112 msHTTP/1.1nginx
2https://www.macworld.com200799 msHTTP/1.1nginx

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 97 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 97 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 1572 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 97 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 97 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 1572 B Sitemaps referenced 2 User-agents Meltwater, Ai2Bot-Dolma, AwarioSmartBot, https://hada.news, JenkersBot, Kangaroo Bot, Seekr, Bytespider, CCBot, img2dataset, Scrapy, Timpibot, VelenPublicWebCrawler, AI2Bot, Diffbot, dotbot, GPTBot, ImagesiftBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Webzio-Extended, *, Applebot-Extended, ClaudeBot, FacebookBot, ICC-Crawler, ISSCyberRiskCrawler, Meta-ExternalFetcher, PanguBot, AwarioRssBot, crawler4j, Arquivo-web-crawler, Barkrowler, MJ12bot, anthropic-ai, cohere-ai, cohere-training-data-crawler, FriendlyCrawler Blocking No — crawling allowed
# START YOAST BLOCK
# ---------------------------
User-agent: *
Disallow:

Sitemap: https://www.macworld.com/sitemap_index.xml
# ---------------------------
# END YOAST BLOCK
Disallow: /search*
User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
Disallow: /
User-agent: AI2Bot
Disallow: /
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: Arquivo-web-crawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: AwarioRssBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Barkrowler
Disallow: /
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: / 
User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: crawler4j
Disallow: /
User-agent: dotbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: https://hada.news
Disallow: /
User-agent: ICC-Crawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: img2dataset
Disallow: /
User-agent: ISSCyberRiskCrawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: JenkersBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Meltwater
Disallow: /
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /
User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Disallow: /
User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /
User-agent: PanguBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Scrapy
Disallow: /
User-agent: Seekr
Disallow: /
User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /
User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
Disallow: /
Sitemap: https://www.macworld.com/news-sitemap.xml
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 97 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
macworld.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 28 years, 9 months old, hosted on WordPress.com (Automattic)
PASS
macworld.com — via MarkMonitor Inc., 28 years, 9 months old, hosted on WordPress.com (Automattic)
Info::
Domain registered until Nov 23, 2026 (7 months remaining)
Info::
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.
Info::
Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.
Warning::
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.
Info::
Hosting: WordPress.com (Automattic)
Got: AS2635
Domain expiry

160 days

November 23, 2026

SSL certificate

87 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

28 years, 9 months

Registered November 24, 1997

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

WordPress.com (Automattic)

ASN AS2635

192.0.66.208

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

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 MarkMonitor Inc.
Created November 24, 1997 (28 years, 9 months ago)
Expires November 23, 2026 (7 months)
Last Updated August 18, 2025
Name Servers boyd.ns.cloudflare.com, kara.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 192.0.66.208
ASN AS2635 (AUTOMATTIC - Automattic, Inc, US)
Provider WordPress.com (Automattic)
Data source: rdap (0.7s)

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 216 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
8 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.
4 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
216 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
216 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 8 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 4 ms Server Processing 203 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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