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· 17 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
82
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
6
PASS
10
INFO
0
Probed from Madrid, Spain
200 OK
Checks
17
10 PASS 6 REVIEW 1 FIX
F
Crawlability
Action
robots.txt present, sitemap with 0 URLs
FIX
robots.txt present, sitemap with 0 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 2932 bytes
Critical::
robots.txt blocks all crawlers
Disallow: / for all user-agents prevents search engines from indexing any page. This will remove the site from search results.
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Warning::
sitemap.xml contains invalid XML
Search engines may not be able to parse the sitemap. Fix XML validation errors.
Warning::
sitemap.xml is empty — no URLs found
An empty sitemap provides no value. Add <url> entries for your pages.
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap

Disallow: / for all user-agents prevents search engines from indexing any page. This will remove the site from search results.

Why this matters

Disallow: / in robots.txt blocks every search crawler — the site becomes invisible in organic search.

Learn more ▾

Common deployment mistake: a staging robots.txt with `User-agent: * / Disallow: /` ships to prod. The site falls out of search results within days. Verify your robots.txt is the production-intended version. If this is intentional (private site), no action needed.

Source: Google Search Central

Search engines may not be able to parse the sitemap. Fix XML validation errors.

Why this matters

An unparseable sitemap is silently ignored by Google — the URLs it advertises are never queued for crawl.

Learn more ▾

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.

Why this matters

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

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 2932 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents facebookexternalhit, Google-Extended, FacebookBot, Discordbot, *, Googlebot, Bingbot Blocking Yes — all crawlers blocked
# Google Search Engine Robot
# ==========================
User-agent: Googlebot

Allow: /*?s=
Allow: /*?t=
Allow: /*?ref_src=
Allow: /hashtag/*?src=
Allow: /search?q=%23
Allow: /i/api/
# Same length as the /*/likes and /*/media rules; RFC 9309 breaks the tie in
# favor of Allow, so /i/api/ fetches stay crawlable.
Allow: /i/api/*
Disallow: /*?lang=en-ss
Allow: /*?lang=
Disallow: /search/realtime
Disallow: /search/users
Disallow: /search/*/grid

Disallow: /*/analytics
Disallow: /*/followers
Disallow: /*/following
Disallow: /*/verified_followers

Disallow: /account/deactivated
Disallow: /settings/deactivated

# Only `*` and `$` are metacharacters here (RFC 9309); regex classes match
# literally. /photo is anchored so /status/*/photo/1 media pages stay open.
Disallow: /*/status/*/likes
Disallow: /*/status/*/retweets
Disallow: /*/likes
Disallow: /*/likes?
Disallow: /*/media
Disallow: /*/media?
Disallow: /*/photo$
Disallow: /*/photo?
Allow: /*?

User-agent: Bingbot

Allow: /*?s=
Allow: /*?t=
Allow: /*?ref_src=
Allow: /hashtag/*?src=
Allow: /search?q=%23
Allow: /i/api/
Allow: /i/api/*
Disallow: /*?lang=en-ss
Allow: /*?lang=
Disallow: /search/realtime
Disallow: /search/users
Disallow: /search/*/grid

Disallow: /*/analytics
Disallow: /*/followers
Disallow: /*/following
Disallow: /*/verified_followers

Disallow: /account/deactivated
Disallow: /settings/deactivated

Disallow: /*/status/*/likes
Disallow: /*/status/*/retweets
Disallow: /*/likes
Disallow: /*/likes?
Disallow: /*/media
Disallow: /*/media?
Disallow: /*/photo$
Disallow: /*/photo?
Allow: /*?

User-agent: facebookexternalhit

Allow: /*?lang=
Allow: /*?s=
Allow: /*?t=
Allow: /*?ref_src=
Allow: /hashtag/*?src=
Allow: /search?*cashtagRestId=
Allow: /i/api/
Allow: /i/api/*
Disallow: /search?q=
Disallow: /search/realtime
Disallow: /search/users
Disallow: /search/*/grid

Disallow: /*?
Disallow: /*/followers
Disallow: /*/following
Disallow: /*/verified_followers

Disallow: /account/deactivated
Disallow: /settings/deactivated

Disallow: /*/status/*/likes
Disallow: /*/status/*/retweets
Disallow: /*/likes
Disallow: /*/likes?
Disallow: /*/media
Disallow: /*/media?
Disallow: /*/photo$
Disallow: /*/photo?

User-Agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: *

User-Agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: *

User-agent: Discordbot
Disallow: *

# Every bot that might possibly read and respect this file
# ========================================================
User-agent: *
Disallow: /


# WHAT-4882 - Keep notification-email links (/i/u) out of search results.
# Named crawlers stay un-blocked on purpose: they must crawl /i/u to see its
# X-Robots-Tag noindex (the robots.txt Noindex directive died in 2019).
Disallow: /i/u

# Wait 1 second between successive requests. See ONBOARD-2698 for details.
Crawl-delay: 1

# Independent of user agent. Links in the sitemap are full URLs using https://
# and need to match the protocol of the sitemap.
Sitemap: https://x.com/sitemap.xml
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type URL Set URLs 0 entries Valid XML No
B
DNSSEC
Unsigned (DNSSEC not deployed)
REVIEW
Unsigned (DNSSEC not deployed)
Info::
DNSSEC is not deployed
The zone is not DNSSEC-signed. Users on validating resolvers (Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, Quad9 9.9.9.9, growing default in mobile resolvers) get no protection against DNS spoofing for this domain. Most registrars now offer DNSSEC at a single click; consider enabling it for sites where authenticity matters (banking, healthcare, government).
B
CAA Records
No CAA records (any CA may issue certificates)
REVIEW
No CAA records (any CA may issue certificates)
Info::
No CAA records published
Without CAA records, any publicly-trusted CA can issue certificates for this domain. Adding a CAA record (`yourdomain. IN CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"`) restricts issuance to CAs you authorize. Required by CAB Forum baseline since 2017; the default of 'any CA' is widely supported but is the broader attack surface for issuance fraud.
C
Reverse DNS
Action
0/1 IPs match cert SAN
REVIEW
0/1 IPs match cert SAN
Info::
PTR lookup failed for 172.66.0.227: lookup 172.66.0.227: no such host
No reverse DNS record set for this IP. Common on bare cloud-VM IPs without provider-side PTR; not a security issue.
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

C
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
Action
14 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

14
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+
Renew soon — under 30 days remaining

Recommended actions

  • Renew certificate — 14 days remaining
  • 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
B
Operational Status Page
No status page link detected
REVIEW
No status page link detected
Info::
No operational status page link detected
Status pages communicate planned maintenance and incidents to users -- a hallmark of operationally-mature services. Most SaaS teams publish one via Atlassian Statuspage, Instatus, BetterUptime, or a self-hosted Cachet. Smaller sites legitimately don't need one; flagged as Info, not a failure.
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 108 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 108 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 172.66.0.227
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
8 nameserver(s) configured
Got: d.u10.twtrdns.net, c.u10.twtrdns.net, d.r10.twtrdns.net, a.u10.twtrdns.net, a.r10.twtrdns.net, b.r10.twtrdns.net, c.r10.twtrdns.net, b.u10.twtrdns.net
Info::
5 mail exchanger(s) configured
Info::
SPF record present in TXT
Info::
DNS resolution time: 108 ms
Got: 108 ms
A172.66.0.227
AAAA—
CNAME—
NSd.u10.twtrdns.net, c.u10.twtrdns.net, d.r10.twtrdns.net, a.u10.twtrdns.net, a.r10.twtrdns.net, b.r10.twtrdns.net, c.r10.twtrdns.net, b.u10.twtrdns.net
MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
kkdl3qb3tcrmdhfsm803p67r0my0svs8
stripe-verification=11AE5005048CF2B40BD2AC26DA89C512596CF727581C499E240549D95C37...
shopify-verification-code=cUZazKrqCWgcshrcGvgfFR1lieuhRF
google-site-verification=BT51mebIp7CbI7Qy_5Qg6LJLSBrLuCGQ_oznVAgfgKA
google-site-verification=F6u9mGL--d2lbLljvH3b1UUgXtevQPdcamKr9c8914A
google-site-verification=isX7U92-gLht5aKvjaPvQ9tWaxoqREy8agpAOcqlfIE
stripe-verification=46F7B88485621DC18923B43D12E90E6CDBCE232F2FEBCF084E6EFA91F6BA...
google-site-verification=reUF-TgZq93ZGtzImw42sfYglI2hY0QiGRmfc4jeKbs
central-10416
slack-domain-verification=Csk4bjCPFnJaDLLaKFUwCTFuUpCVvnYlAm2Tba0i
google-site-verification=rbRGYlOADDbtUYJTGd8GEDm0PwPZExviDSaSH4JLR8Q
3089463
figma-domain-verification=ee8420edd01965ba297f3438c907cfc6fbbaa1ee90a07b28f28bcf...
adobe-idp-site-verification=ab4d9ce3473a73e81f46238da34ea4967fd5ac80e5c43fbfa8df...
google-site-verification=8yQmoVhQedzlt36RPeQP41ytrEFk9aHEnde_xm0626g
atlassian-sending-domain-verification=bd424180-8645-4de5-bd6a-285479c7577a
apple-domain-verification=sEij6tJOW11fVNrG
adobe-sign-verification=c693a744ee2d282a36a43e6e724c5ea
google-site-verification=lEZNYWieV7-UbDJafAm0u_RvNFb7GGqIYWAP4JmG5qs
_w548xs1kfxtlqk3jyx19bzwk34c473i
SPF v=spf1 ip4:199.16.156.0/22 ip4:199.59.148.0/22 include:_spf.google.com include:_...
atlassian-domain-verification=j6u0o1PTkobCXC84uEF/sWpIPtaZURBVYqKzmTvT8wugLcHT1v...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 108 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

A+
Subdomain Takeover
No subdomain takeover risk detected
PASS
No subdomain takeover risk detected
Info::
No CNAME record present
A+
Multi-Resolver DNS Speed
Mean 11ms across 3 resolvers (spread 15ms)
PASS
Mean 11ms across 3 resolvers (spread 15ms)
Info::
Quad9: 1ms
Got: 1ms via 9.9.9.9:53
Info::
Google: 16ms
Got: 16ms via 8.8.8.8:53
Info::
Cloudflare: 16ms
Got: 16ms via 1.1.1.1:53
A+
Redirect Chain
No redirects — direct access
PASS
No redirects — direct access
Info::
No redirects — direct access
Got: https://x.com

https://x.com

221 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://x.com200221 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare envoy
A+
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
PASS
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Info::
www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: non-www)
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

301https://www.x.com/
200https://x.com/

Preferred variant: non-www

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://x.com/ → https://x.com/

Consistent

A+
Domain Intelligence
x.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 33 years, 10 months old, hosted on Cloudflare
PASS
x.com — via GoDaddy.com, LLC, 33 years, 10 months old, hosted on Cloudflare
Info::
Domain registered until Oct 20, 2034 (8 years, 3 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: Cloudflare
Got: AS13335
Domain expiry

2986 days

October 20, 2034

SSL certificate

14 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

33 years, 10 months

Registered April 2, 1993

DNSSEC

Not enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Cloudflare

ASN AS13335

162.159.140.229

Registrar

GoDaddy.com, LLC

Unlocked 8 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Recommended actions
  • Renew the TLS certificate or verify auto-renewal is working
  • Enable DNSSEC to protect visitors from DNS spoofing
  • Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers
Registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC
Created April 2, 1993 (33 years, 10 months ago)
Expires October 20, 2034 (8 years, 3 months)
Last Updated December 3, 2024
Name Servers a.r10.twtrdns.net, a.u10.twtrdns.net, b.r10.twtrdns.net, b.u10.twtrdns.net, c.r10.twtrdns.net, c.u10.twtrdns.net, d.r10.twtrdns.net, d.u10.twtrdns.net
DNSSEC Not enabled
Hosting
IP Address 162.159.140.229
ASN AS13335 (CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US)
Provider Cloudflare
Data source: rdap (0.3s)

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 333 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
22 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
17 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
20 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
333 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
333 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 22 ms TCP Connect 17 ms TLS Handshake 20 ms Server Processing 274 ms Content Transfer 1 ms
A
CDN & Delivery
Cloudflare (DYNAMIC)
PASS
Cloudflare (DYNAMIC)
Info::
Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: CDG)
Got: cf-ray: a29b482f5923147e-CDG
Info::
CDN cache status: DYNAMIC
CDN Detected: Cloudflare
Provider Cloudflare Cache Status DYNAMIC Evidence cf-ray: a29b482f5923147e-CDG
A+
CDN Cache Observability
Cache state: DYNAMIC
PASS
Cache state: DYNAMIC
Info::
CDN cache state observable via 2 header(s)
Got: cf-cache-status=DYNAMIC, x-served-by=t4_a
A+
Health Check Endpoint
Health endpoint at https://x.com/health (HTTP 200)
PASS
Health endpoint at https://x.com/health (HTTP 200)
Info::
Public health endpoint at https://x.com/health
Got: https://x.com/health
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