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theroot.com

https://theroot.com· First analyzed 16 Feb 2026· Updated 16 Feb 2026

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theroot.com

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Hosting Provider

Cloudflare

cloudflare.com

IP Address

104.20.17.109

Server Location

🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada

ASN

AS13335

Organization

Cloudflare, Inc.

Server

Nginx

CDN

Cloudflare

WAF

Cloudflare

Nameservers

teresa.ns.cloudflare.com.rob.ns.cloudflare.com.

Performance

Page Speed

1.3 MB

93 requests

Image Optimization

Lazy LoadResponsive

0–49

50–89

90–100

Architecture Stack

Monolithic

⚙️ SSR

WordPress

cms

Twenty Twenty-Fivev1.3

by the WordPress team

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Technology Stack

25 Technologies Detected

Plugins

Content Views Query And Display Post Page Pt Content Views Pro Complianz Gdpr Newsletter Theroot Video Player Theroot Watch Playlist

Google Analytics For Wordpress

Theroot Prebid Advanced Ads Advanced Ads Pro Page Links To Advanced Ads Sticky Ads Advanced Ads Tracking

CSS Frameworks

Analytics

Advertising

Google Ads Google AdSense

Libraries

Fonts

Tag Managers

Web Servers

Languages

Customer Support

SEO Analysis

D44/100

theroot.comtheroot.com

The Root – Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude

No description available for this page.

Title Length65 chars

Recommended: 50-60 chars

Description Length0 chars

Recommended: 120-160 chars

Issues (2)

• Missing meta description - important for click-through rates
• Missing H1 tag - every page should have one H1

6 issues found

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Crawlability

Sitemap

Type: index

109 URLs

robots.txt

6 rules

Sitemap reference found

Sponsored

Security Score

21%Critical

Interactive

HTTPS

No WAF

130d

Certificate Details

Type

Domain Validated (DV)

Certificate Authority

Amazon

Key Algorithm

RSA (2048 bit)

Signature

SHA-256 with RSA

TLS Version

TLSv1.2

HTTP Protocol

HTTP/2

Valid From

28.05.2025

Valid Until

26.06.2026

OCSP Stapling

Enabled

Subject Alternative Names (1)

www.theroot.com

SHA-256 Fingerprint

23:62:2C:BA:3F:A7:87:FE:F8:6D:B8:41:38:7F:7E:DC:3C:33:73:E8...

Top Recommendations

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HTTP Headers

Developer Console

cache-control

🟡 301s(public, max-age=301, stale-while-revalidate=600, stale-if-er...)

cf-edge-cache

cache,platform=wordpress

content-encoding

📦 Gzip(gzip)

content-type

text/html; charset=UTF-8

date

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:13:49 GMT

link

<https://www.theroot.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"...

Good Warning Issue

Email Infrastructure

Google Workspace

Score

SPF

DKIM

DMARC

DMARC Policy

None (Monitor Only)

MX Records (5)

alt2.aspmx.l.google.com

alt4.aspmx.l.google.com

alt3.aspmx.l.google.com

aspmx.l.google.com

+1 more

Domain Information

theroot.com

Domain Age

26y 9m

Created

08.05.1999

Expires

08.05.2027

Last Updated

02.10.2025

Registrar

Tucows Domains Inc.

DNSSEC

Not Enabled

Privacy & Compliance

Complianz

Cookie Consent Banner

Complianz

GDPR Indicators

Cookie consent banner detected

CMP: Complianz

Data Protection Officer mentioned

Typography & Readability

Georgia + sans-serif

63/100

Readability

/30

32/40

14px · LH 1.40

Hierarchy

/20

8/25

WCAG

/25

15/15

Contrast: undefined

Performance

/25

13/20

2 fonts

Heading Font

Georgia

Serif

Body Font

sans-serif

Sans14px

Contrast Ratio

Reading Comfort

Serif Headlines + Sans Body

left aligned

28px

22px

18px

14px

⚠️ Small text: 14px may be hard to read on mobile. Consider 16px+.

✅ Optimal line spacing: 1.40 ratio ensures comfortable reading.

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

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

✅ Protected text on images: Using gradient for readability.

⚠️ Cramped layout: 10 elements lack adequate spacing.

GGoogle Fonts Buy on MyFonts

Business & Marketing Stack

4 Tools Detected

Advanced

Behavior Analytics

Google Tag ManagerFree

Google AnalyticsFree

User behavior and product analytics

Privacy & Cookies

Quantcast ChoiceMid-Market

ComplianzSMB

Cookie consent and privacy compliance tools

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Scripts & Styles

30 Resources

Scripts

Styles

Async

Defer

Top Script Sources

theroot.com(7)googletagmanager.com(3)config.aps.amazon-adsystem.com(2)sourcepoint.theroot.com(2)securepubads.g.doubleclick.net(2)

Website Identity

theroot.com

26 years old

Tucows Domains Inc.📧 Google Workspace

Social Profiles

Facebook X (Twitter)Instagram YouTube

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Last analyzed: 16 Feb 2026 at 21:14

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