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Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
85
GRADE
B
FIX
0
REVIEW
3
PASS
6
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
6 PASS 3 REVIEW
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.nngroup.com/
200https://nngroup.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://nngroup.com/ https://nngroup.com/

Consistent

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

Certificate validity

33
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
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 45 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 45 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 192.124.249.113
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns4.dnsimple.com, ns1.dnsimple.com, ns3.dnsimple.com, ns2.dnsimple.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: 45 ms
Got: 45 ms
A192.124.249.113
AAAA
CNAME
NSns4.dnsimple.com, ns1.dnsimple.com, ns3.dnsimple.com, ns2.dnsimple.com
MX
0 aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
25 aspmx3.googlemail.com
25 aspmx2.googlemail.com
TXT
ALIAS for www.nngroup.com
google-site-verification=kyKsox8uvugkyoBLGufbebnw7LDgx8ZkCszXdonndtk
CF9424EB1D
google-site-verification=Nkz-QAR-TpsDAoezza4B_kBCbO4J3_eW9KRtiTkmFMk
SPF v=spf1 include:teamdesk.net include:amazonses.com include:_spf.google.com inclu...
google-site-verification=yyaEQxusOE5A3328gnCZrCr7VcLdIKXSBW1NbRpQpb8
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 45 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.

A
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 212 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 212 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://nngroup.com → https://www.nngroup.com/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://nngroup.com

69 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.nngroup.com/

143 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://nngroup.com30169 msHTTP/1.1Sucuri/Cloudproxy
2https://www.nngroup.com/200143 msHTTP/1.1Sucuri/Cloudproxy

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 2681 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 2681 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 652 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 2681 entries
Info::
robots.txt does not reference a sitemap
Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Why this matters

robots.txt omits Sitemap: directive — crawlers must fetch /sitemap.xml by convention; reliable but missing the explicit hint.

Source: sitemaps.org

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 652 B Sitemaps referenced 0 User-agents Screaming Frog SEO Spider, Semanticbot, SemrushBot, AwarioRssBot, BLEXBot, chimebot, MJ12bot, startmebot, *, AccompanyBot, AwarioSmartBot, AhrefsBot, BLP_bbot, CCBot Blocking No — crawling allowed

User-agent: AccompanyBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AwarioRssBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLP_bbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: chimebot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Disallow: /

User-agent: Semanticbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: startmebot
Disallow: /

User-agent: *
Crawl-Delay: 60
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /login/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /training/ajax/
Disallow: /training/registration/
Disallow: /training/register/


A+
Domain Intelligence
nngroup.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 28 years, 1 months old, hosted on SUCURI-SEC - Sucuri, US
PASS
nngroup.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 28 years, 1 months old, hosted on SUCURI-SEC - Sucuri, US
Info::
Domain registered until Jan 9, 2029 (2 years, 9 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: GoDaddy.com, LLC
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: SUCURI-SEC - Sucuri, US
Got: AS30148
Domain expiry

938 days

January 9, 2029

SSL certificate

33 days

Issued by Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Domain age

28 years, 1 months

Registered August 7, 1998

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

SUCURI-SEC - Sucuri, US

ASN AS30148

192.124.249.113

Registrar

GoDaddy.com, LLC

Unlocked 4 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 GoDaddy.com, LLC
Created August 7, 1998 (28 years, 1 months ago)
Expires January 9, 2029 (2 years, 9 months)
Last Updated September 24, 2024
Name Servers ns1.dnsimple.com, ns2.dnsimple.com, ns3.dnsimple.com, ns4.dnsimple.com
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 192.124.249.113
ASN AS30148 (SUCURI-SEC - Sucuri, US)
Provider SUCURI-SEC - Sucuri, 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 109 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
47 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
19 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
22 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
110 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
110 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 47 ms TCP Connect 19 ms TLS Handshake 22 ms Server Processing 22 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
A+
CDN & Delivery
Sucuri (HIT)
PASS
Sucuri (HIT)
Info::
Site is served via Sucuri CDN
Got: x-sucuri-id: 19012
Info::
CDN cache status: HIT
CDN Detected: Sucuri
Provider Sucuri Cache Status HIT Evidence x-sucuri-id: 19012
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