Skip to main content
SGSiteGraph

archives.gov

National Archives | Home

Last scanned Jul 18, 2026, 8:49 PM

93

Overall score

Excellent

Top issues to fix

3 issues found · 2 high priority

  • Missing Content-Security-Policy header

    Security

    Add a CSP to control which sources can run scripts — the strongest single defense against XSS.

  • Missing meta description

    SEO

    Add a ~150-character meta description to control your search-result snippet and lift click-through rate.

  • Missing canonical link

    SEO

    Add <link rel="canonical"> so search engines know which URL variant to index.

Summary

This website uses Drupal hosted on AWS behind CloudFront CDN. SEO is good (85/100) and accessibility is excellent (100/100). Security scores excellent (90/100) and performance excellent (100/100). Top issue: Missing meta description.

85

SEO

2 issue(s) found

100

Performance

812 ms

90

Security

HTTPS & header checks

100

Accessibility

0 issue(s) found

Not enough scan history yet to show a trend — check back after this site has been re-scanned a few more times.

Contact

Email, phone, and address published on this site's own pages.

Meta tags

Title
National Archives | Home
Description
Canonical
Language
en
Charset
utf-8
Viewport
width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
Robots meta
Manifest

OpenGraph & Twitter Card

OpenGraph

og:title
National Archives
og:description
National Archives and Records Administration
og:type
article
og:url
https://www.archives.gov

Twitter Card

twitter:card
summary
twitter:title
National Archives
twitter:description

Technologies

Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.

Hosting & CDN

Hosting provider
AWS
CDN provider
CloudFront
IP address
18.66.57.99
ASN
AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)

DNS records

TypeValue
A
  • 18.66.57.99
  • 18.66.57.35
  • 18.66.57.55
  • 18.66.57.41
AAAA
  • 2600:9000:2379:ea00:f:fd2b:b880:93a1
  • 2600:9000:2379:9a00:f:fd2b:b880:93a1
  • 2600:9000:2379:600:f:fd2b:b880:93a1
  • 2600:9000:2379:2000:f:fd2b:b880:93a1
  • 2600:9000:2379:e000:f:fd2b:b880:93a1
  • 2600:9000:2379:9000:f:fd2b:b880:93a1
  • 2600:9000:2379:9600:f:fd2b:b880:93a1
  • 2600:9000:2379:a400:f:fd2b:b880:93a1
MX
TXT
NS
CAA
CNAME
IPv6 supportYes

TLS / SSL certificate

Version
TLS 1.3
Issuer
Entrust Limited
Subject
archives.gov
Valid from
Sep 30, 2025
Valid to
Oct 31, 2026
Days until expiry
105
SAN domains
archives.gov, nara.gov, www.archives.gov, www.nara.gov

Security headers

  • Strict-Transport-SecurityEnabled
  • Content-Security-PolicyMissing
  • X-Frame-OptionsEnabled
  • X-Content-Type-OptionsEnabled
  • Referrer-PolicyMissing
  • Permissions-PolicyMissing

Compression: gzip · 0 cookie(s) observed

Content & assets

Headings

H1 1 · H2 13 · H3 1

Links

62 internal · 10 external · 0 broken

Images

2 total · 0 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

54 scripts · 1 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

168 KB · 14.8 KB

Page size

30.1 KB

Robots.txt & Sitemap

robots.txt
Found
Disallow rules
4
sitemap.xml
Found
URLs in sitemap
-1

SEO issues

  • Missing meta description
  • Missing canonical link

Accessibility issues

No accessibility issues detected.

Scan details

Requested URL
https://archives.gov
Final URL
https://www.archives.gov/
HTTP status
200
HTTP version
HTTP/2
Response time
812 ms
HTML size
30.1 KB
Redirect chain
https://archives.gov → https://www.archives.gov/

Frequently asked questions

What technology does archives.gov use?
archives.gov is built with Drupal, Bootstrap, jQuery, Google Analytics.
Is archives.gov secure (HTTPS)?
Yes. archives.gov uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Entrust Limited, valid until Oct 31, 2026.
Who hosts archives.gov?
archives.gov is hosted on AWS, behind CloudFront CDN.
What is archives.gov's SEO score?
archives.gov scored 85/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (great).
What is archives.gov's overall website score?
archives.gov has an overall SiteGraph score of 93/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.
Is archives.gov hiring?
Yes. archives.gov has 7 open roles listed on their careers page.