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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.

Do you store the websites I analyze?

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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mercurynews.com

https://mercurynews.com· First analyzed 11 Feb 2026· Updated 11 Feb 2026

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mercurynews.com

Mobile

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Hosting Provider

Automattic, Inc

IP Address

192.0.66.2

Server Location

🇺🇸 San Francisco, United States

ASN

AS2635

Server

Nginx

CDN

Nameservers

ns11.dnsmadeeasy.com.ns14.dnsmadeeasy.com.ns13.dnsmadeeasy.com.ns12.dnsmadeeasy.com.+2 more

Performance

Page Speed

1.2 MB

181 requests

0–49

50–89

90–100

Architecture Stack

Monolithic

⚙️ SSR

WordPressv6.9.1

cms

CMSv1.5

by Digital First Media

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Technology Stack

19 Technologies Detected

Plugins

Dfm Trust Indicators Mng Digisubs Dfm Ad Mods Loader Wp Pushly Mng Cache Control

CSS Frameworks

Analytics

Meta Frameworks

Libraries

Fonts

Tag Managers

Advertising

Web Servers

Customer Support

SEO Analysis

A88/100

mercurynews.commercurynews.com

The Mercury News - Bay Area news, sports, business, entertainment, ...

The Mercury News is the leading source of breaking news, local news, sports, business, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion for Silicon Valley, San Francisco...

Title truncated. Description truncated.

Title Length91 chars

Recommended: 50-60 chars

Description Length177 chars

Recommended: 120-160 chars

Issues (0)

2 issues found

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Security Score

56%Poor

Interactive

HTTPS

No WAF

84d

Top Recommendations

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HTTP Headers

Developer Console

accept-ranges

bytes

cache-control

🟣 Private(private)

content-encoding

⚡ Brotli(br)

content-security-policy

default-src data: 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' https:; scri...

content-type

text/html; charset=utf-8

date

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:19:26 GMT

Good Warning Issue

Typography & Readability

Noto Serif + Helvetica

80/100

Readability

/30

32/40

16px · LH 1.25

Hierarchy

/20

25/25

2.25x ratio

WCAG

/25

15/15

Contrast: undefined

Performance

/25

13/20

2 fonts

Heading Font

Noto Serif

Serif36px

Body Font

Helvetica

Sans16px

Contrast Ratio

Reading Comfort

~49 CPL

Optimal (45–75)

36px

30px

29px

14px

16px

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

✅ Strong hierarchy: Headlines are 2.2x larger than body text.

✅ Good performance: Using 2 font families keeps load times fast.

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

✅ Optimal line length: ~49 characters per line is comfortable to read.

⚠️ Cramped layout: 93 elements lack adequate spacing.

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Business & Marketing Stack

4 Tools Detected

Advanced

Behavior Analytics

Google Tag ManagerFree

Google AnalyticsFree

User behavior and product analytics

Privacy & Cookies

OsanoMid-Market

Quantcast ChoiceMid-Market

Cookie consent and privacy compliance tools

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Scripts & Styles

30 Resources

Scripts

Styles

Async

Defer

Top Script Sources

googletagmanager.com(4)mercurynews.com(4)tagan.adlightning.com(2)sdk.mrf.io(2)s.cdn.gcprivacy.net(1)

Website Identity

mercurynews.com

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Last analyzed: 11 Feb 2026 at 10:19

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