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What is AI & LLM readiness analysis?

This module evaluates how visible and citable your website is to AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Claude. It audits access permissions for 8 major AI bots, validates llms.txt and llms-full.txt files, scores citation-ready content structure, and analyzes structured data (JSON-LD) for GEO readiness — helping you rank in the next generation of search.

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The security module evaluates SSL/TLS certificates, 12+ HTTP security headers (HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options, Permissions-Policy, Referrer-Policy), HTTPS enforcement, and email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC). Each site receives a letter grade from A+ to F with specific remediation steps.

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StackOptic only stores publicly available information that any visitor to a website would see — HTML content, HTTP headers, DNS records, and screenshots. We do not access private data, log in to websites, or perform any intrusive testing.

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independent.com

https://independent.com· First analyzed 19 Feb 2026· Updated 19 Feb 2026

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independent.com

Sponsored

Hosting Provider

Automattic, Inc

IP Address

192.0.66.2

Server Location

🇺🇸 San Francisco, United States

ASN

AS2635

Server

Nginx

CDN

Nameservers

ns14.dnsmadeeasy.com.ns15.dnsmadeeasy.com.ns10.dnsmadeeasy.com.ns13.dnsmadeeasy.com.+2 more

Performance

Page Speed

23.5 MB

172 requests

Image Optimization

Responsive

0–49

50–89

90–100

Architecture Stack

Monolithic

⚙️ SSR

WordPressv6.9.1

cms

independentv1.0.0

by Trew Knowledge

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Technology Stack

22 Technologies Detected

Plugins

Wallkit

Ninja Forms Uploads

WooCommerce

Activecampaign Subscription Forms Tk Favorites

Woocommerce Gateway Authorize Net Cim

Analytics

Libraries

Meta Frameworks

CSS Frameworks

Icon Libraries

Fonts

Tag Managers

Advertising

Popups & Forms

Web Servers

SEO Analysis

B76/100

independent.comindependent.com

The Santa Barbara Independent

Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area.

Title Length29 chars

Recommended: 50-60 chars

Description Length158 chars

Recommended: 120-160 chars

Issues (1)

• Missing H1 tag - every page should have one H1

3 issues found

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Crawlability

Sitemap

Type: standard

robots.txt

14 rules

Sitemap reference found

Allows all crawlers

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Security Score

0%Critical

Critical / Transactional

HTTPS

No WAF

40d

Certificate Details

Type

Domain Validated (DV)

Certificate Authority

Let's Encrypt

Key Algorithm

ECDSA (secp256r1) (256 bit)

Signature

ECDSA with SHA-384

TLS Version

TLSv1.3

HTTP Protocol

HTTP/2

Valid From

01.01.2026

Valid Until

01.04.2026

Subject Alternative Names (2)

independent.comwww.independent.com

SHA-256 Fingerprint

3C:2C:5A:04:A2:AE:2A:AB:91:6B:CD:BE:7C:F7:2D:90:6F:8A:0A:6B...

Top Recommendations

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HTTP Headers

Developer Console

accept-ranges

bytes

cache-control

🟡 300s(max-age=300, must-revalidate)

content-encoding

⚡ Brotli(br)

content-type

text/html; charset=UTF-8

date

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:57:38 GMT

host-header

a9130478a60e5f9135f765b23f26593b

Good Warning Issue

Email Infrastructure

Google Workspace

Score

SPF

DKIM

DMARC

DMARC Policy

Quarantine (Moderate)

MX Records (5)

aspmx.l.google.com

alt2.aspmx.l.google.com

alt4.aspmx.l.google.com

alt3.aspmx.l.google.com

+1 more

Domain Information

independent.com

Domain Age

31y 3m

Created

10.11.1994

Expires

09.11.2028

Last Updated

10.09.2023

Registrar

Network Solutions, LLC

DNSSEC

Not Enabled

Privacy & Compliance

Cookie Consent Banner

GDPR Indicators

Data Protection Officer mentioned

Typography & Readability

Oswald + sans-serif

71/100

Readability

/30

40/40

16px · LH 1.60

Hierarchy

/20

8/25

WCAG

/25

11/15

Contrast: undefined

Performance

/25

17/20

System fonts

Heading Font

Oswald

Sans

Body Font

sans-serif

Sans16px

Contrast Ratio

Reading Comfort

~43 CPL

Needs attention

20px

22px

20px

16px

Minor Second

Scale

✅ Excellent readability: 16px body text is ideal for all devices.

✅ Optimal line spacing: 1.60 ratio ensures comfortable reading.

✅ Excellent performance: System fonts eliminate font loading delays (better LCP).

✅ Consistent design: Single font family with weight variations is a modern best practice.

✅ Smart font loading: Using font-display: swap prevents invisible text during load.

⚠️ Cramped layout: 117 elements lack adequate spacing.

GGoogle Fonts

Business & Marketing Stack

8 Tools Detected

Enterprise

Marketing Automation

ActiveCampaignMid-Market

Email marketing and automation platforms

Behavior Analytics

Google Tag ManagerFree

Google AnalyticsFree

HotjarMid-Market

User behavior and product analytics

Advertising

Google AdsEnterprise

Facebook PixelMid-Market

Ad platforms and retargeting pixels

Privacy & Cookies

Quantcast ChoiceMid-Market

Cookie consent and privacy compliance tools

Social Media

Facebook SDKFree

Social widgets and sharing tools

Sponsored

Scripts & Styles

29 Resources

Scripts

Styles

Async

Defer

Top Script Sources

independent.com(3)connect.facebook.net(2)googletagmanager.com(2)securepubads.g.doubleclick.net(2)rules.quantcount.com(1)

Website Identity

Facebook Instagram TikTok

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Last analyzed: 19 Feb 2026 at 17:57

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