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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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Most analyses complete in under 10 seconds. StackOptic runs all 18 modules in parallel using a real browser session, so you get technology detection, security audit, performance metrics, SEO analysis, and AI readiness scoring simultaneously.

How accurate are the results?

Detection is based on real browser execution — DOM inspection, JavaScript runtime analysis, HTTP headers, and DNS records. With 7,000+ technology signatures and Lighthouse-calibrated performance scoring, StackOptic achieves high accuracy for mainstream technologies.

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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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thespec.com

https://thespec.com· First analyzed 18 Feb 2026· Updated 18 Feb 2026

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thespec.com

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Hosting Provider

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated

IP Address

192.104.182.109

Server Location

🇺🇸 Davenport, United States

ASN

AS10668

Organization

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated

Nameservers

ns-431.awsdns-53.com.ns-949.awsdns-54.net.ns-1057.awsdns-04.org.ns-1884.awsdns-43.co.uk.

Performance

Page Speed

570 KB

172 requests

Image Optimization

Lazy LoadResponsive

0–49

50–89

90–100

Architecture Stack

Headless

⚙️ SSR

Decoupled

Frontend

Framework

jQuery

Styling

Bootstrap

API

Data Source

Headless CMS

Strapi

Infrastructure

Hosting

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated

Detected API Sources

/shared-content/art/tncms/api/...

Technology Stack

22 Technologies Detected

Advertising

Google Ads Twitter Ads LinkedIn Ads Pinterest Tag Microsoft Advertising Criteo Outbrain

Analytics

Google Analytics

Google Analytics 4

Facebook Pixel Segment

CSS Frameworks

Tailwind CSS

Bootstrap

Icon Libraries

Font Awesome Material Icons

Frameworks

Libraries

Fonts

Tag Managers

Payments

Customer Support

Security

SEO Analysis

A+94/100

thespec.comthespec.com

Hamilton News - Daily Breaking News | The Spec

thespec.com is your Hamilton source for daily breaking news, local stories, life, opinion, voices from the community, events and more.

Title Length46 chars

Recommended: 50-60 chars

Description Length134 chars

Recommended: 120-160 chars

Issues (0)

1 issues found

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Crawlability

Sitemap

Type: index

robots.txt

250 rules

Sitemap reference found

Sponsored

Security Score

65%Fair

Critical / Transactional

HTTPS

No WAF

52d

Certificate Details

Type

Domain Validated (DV)

Certificate Authority

Google Trust Services

Key Algorithm

ECDSA (secp256r1) (256 bit)

Signature

SHA-256 with RSA

TLS Version

TLSv1.3

HTTP Protocol

HTTP/2

Valid From

11.01.2026

Valid Until

11.04.2026

OCSP Stapling

Enabled

Subject Alternative Names (2)

thespec.comwww.thespec.com

SHA-256 Fingerprint

53:E2:62:B2:09:D1:E8:CC:98:B8:F7:64:96:96:51:8C:3E:7A:EA:CB...

Top Recommendations

Security recommendation preview

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HTTP Headers

Developer Console

accept-ranges

bytes

age

33210

cache-control

🟡 10s(public, max-age=10)

content-encoding

📦 Gzip(gzip)

content-length

98161

content-security-policy

upgrade-insecure-requests

Good Warning Issue

Email Infrastructure

Mimecast

Score

SPF

DKIM

DMARC

DMARC Policy

None (Monitor Only)

MX Records (2)

ca-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com

ca-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com

Domain Information

thespec.com

Domain Age

25y 2m

Created

19.12.2000

Expires

19.12.2030

Last Updated

01.12.2025

Registrar

Tucows Domains Inc.

DNSSEC

Not Enabled

Privacy & Compliance

Cookiebot

Cookie Consent Banner

Cookiebot

GDPR Indicators

Cookie consent banner detected

CMP: Cookiebot

Legitimate interest basis mentioned

Typography & Readability

Helvetica Neue

80/100

Readability

/30

32/40

14px · LH 1.43

Hierarchy

/20

25/25

2.21x ratio

WCAG

/25

15/15

Contrast: undefined

Performance

/25

13/20

2 fonts

Heading Font

Helvetica Neue

Sans31px

Body Font

Helvetica Neue

Sans14px

Contrast Ratio

Reading Comfort

~40 CPL

Needs attention

31px

20px

26px

14px

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

✅ Optimal line spacing: 1.43 ratio ensures comfortable reading.

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

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

✅ 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.

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Business & Marketing Stack

6 Tools Detected

Enterprise

Behavior Analytics

Google Tag ManagerFree

Google AnalyticsFree

SegmentEnterprise

User behavior and product analytics

Advertising

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

30 Resources

Scripts

Styles

Async

Defer

Top Script Sources

googletagmanager.com(9)connect.facebook.net(2)sdk.mrf.io(2)gstatic.com(2)launchpad.privacymanager.io(1)

Website Identity

Facebook X (Twitter)Instagram

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Last analyzed: 18 Feb 2026 at 09:58

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