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kiplinger.com

https://kiplinger.com· First analyzed 13 Feb 2026· Updated 13 Feb 2026

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kiplinger.com

Mobile

Sponsored

Hosting Provider

Fastly, Inc.

IP Address

199.232.198.114

Server Location

🇨🇦 Montreal, Canada

ASN

AS54113

Organization

Fastly, Inc.

CDN

Fastly

Nameservers

ns-669.awsdns-19.net.ns-1170.awsdns-18.org.ns-1824.awsdns-36.co.uk.ns-30.awsdns-03.com.

Performance

Page Speed

57 KB

81 requests

Image Optimization

Lazy LoadWebPResponsive

0–49

50–89

90–100

Architecture Stack

Monolithic

⚙️ SSR

Frontend

Framework

Alpine.js

Infrastructure

Hosting

Fastly, Inc.

CDN

Fastly

Technology Stack

8 Technologies Detected

Analytics

Frameworks

CSS Frameworks

Icon Libraries

Fonts

Tag Managers

Advertising

SEO Analysis

B78/100

kiplinger.comkiplinger.com

Kiplinger | Personal Finance News, Investing Advice, Business Forec...

Leader in personal finance news and business forecasting. Get trusted advice on investing, retirement, taxes, saving, real estate, cars, college, insurance.

Title truncated.

Title Length71 chars

Recommended: 50-60 chars

Description Length156 chars

Recommended: 120-160 chars

Issues (0)

2 issues found

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Crawlability

Sitemap

Type: standard

robots.txt

41 rules

Sitemap reference found

Allows all crawlers

Sponsored

Security Score

66%Fair

Interactive

HTTPS

No WAF

54d

Certificate Details

Type

Domain Validated (DV)

Certificate Authority

Let's Encrypt

Key Algorithm

RSA (2048 bit)

Signature

SHA-256 with RSA

TLS Version

TLSv1.3

HTTP Protocol

HTTP/2+H3

Valid From

09.01.2026

Valid Until

09.04.2026

Subject Alternative Names (2)

kiplinger.comwww.kiplinger.com

SHA-256 Fingerprint

57:A6:5D:87:AE:50:CF:6C:31:EE:C5:77:73:B5:C3:24:F3:2D:E0:79...

Top Recommendations

Security recommendation preview

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HTTP Headers

Developer Console

accept-ranges

bytes

age

114

alt-svc

h3=":443";ma=86400,h3-29=":443";ma=86400,h3-27=":443";ma=864...

cache-control

🔴 No Cache(no-store,private)

content-encoding

⚡ Brotli(br)

content-length

171537

Good Warning Issue

Email Infrastructure

Google Workspace

Score

SPF

DKIM

DMARC

DMARC Policy

Reject (Strictest)

MX Records (5)

alt3.aspmx.l.google.com

aspmx.l.google.com

alt2.aspmx.l.google.com

alt4.aspmx.l.google.com

+1 more

Domain Information

kiplinger.com

Domain Age

30y 10m

Created

15.04.1995

Expires

16.04.2026

Last Updated

17.03.2025

Registrar

Lexsynergy Limited

DNSSEC

Not Enabled

Privacy & Compliance

Cookie Consent Banner

GDPR Indicators

Data Protection Officer mentioned

Typography & Readability

Arial

46/100

Readability

/30

10/40

12px · LH --

Hierarchy

/20

8/25

1.33x ratio

WCAG

/25

15/15

Contrast: undefined

Performance

/25

20/20

System fonts

Heading Font

Arial

Sans16px

Body Font

Arial

Sans12px

Contrast Ratio

Reading Comfort

~40 CPL

Needs attention

16px

24px

12px

Perfect Fifth

Scale

❌ Critical: 12px body text is too small. Increase to at least 14px.

⚠️ Weak hierarchy: Headlines should be at least 2x body size for clear visual structure.

✅ 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: 94 elements lack adequate spacing.

GGoogle Fonts

Business & Marketing Stack

5 Tools Detected

Enterprise

Behavior Analytics

Google Tag ManagerFree

Google AnalyticsFree

User behavior and product analytics

Advertising

Microsoft AdsEnterprise

Ad platforms and retargeting pixels

Privacy & Cookies

Quantcast ChoiceMid-Market

Cookie consent and privacy compliance tools

Social Media

Pinterest WidgetsFree

Social widgets and sharing tools

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Scripts & Styles

26 Resources

Scripts

Styles

Async

Defer

Top Script Sources

kiplinger.com(5)googletagmanager.com(4)sdk.mrf.io(2)sb.scorecardresearch.com(1)vanilla.futurecdn.net(1)

Website Identity

kiplinger.com

30 years old

Lexsynergy Limited📧 Google Workspace

Social Profiles

Facebook X (Twitter)Instagram LinkedIn

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Last analyzed: 13 Feb 2026 at 13:14

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