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Ensembl genome browser 116

Last scanned Jul 25, 2026, 6:25 AM · 2 views

82

Overall score

Great

Summary

This website uses Apache hosted on JANET - Jisc Services Limited, GB. SEO is fair (70/100) and accessibility is good (75/100). Security scores good (85/100) and performance excellent (100/100). Top issue: Missing meta description.

United Kingdom
Hosted on JANET - Jisc Services Limited, GB

Top issues to fix

9 issues found · 3 high priority

  • Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

    Security

    Add HSTS so browsers always use HTTPS — this closes the protocol-downgrade attack window.

  • Missing meta description

    SEO

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

  • No H1 heading found

    SEO

    Add exactly one H1 describing the page's main topic — it anchors the document outline for search engines and screen readers.

  • Missing X-Content-Type-Options header

    Security

    Add X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff to stop MIME-sniffing attacks.

  • 4 cookies without Secure/HttpOnly flags

    Security

    Set Secure and HttpOnly on session cookies so they can't leak over HTTP or be read by injected scripts.

  • Missing canonical link

    SEO

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

+3 more issues — details in the sections below.

70

SEO

4 issue(s) found

100

Performance

538 ms

85

Security

HTTPS & header checks

75

Accessibility

2 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.

Organization

Company details published in this site's own structured data.

Contact

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

Meta tags

Title
Ensembl genome browser 116
Description
Canonical
Language
en-gb
Charset
Viewport
target-densitydpi=device-dpi, width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=2.0, user-scalable=yes
Robots meta
Manifest

OpenGraph & Twitter Card

OpenGraph

og:title
og:description
og:type
og:url

Twitter Card

twitter:card
twitter:title
twitter:description

Technologies

Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.

Hosting & CDN

CDN provider
IP address
193.62.193.83
ASN
AS786 (JANET - Jisc Services Limited, GB)

DNS records

TypeValue
A
  • 193.62.193.83
AAAA
MX
TXT
NS
CAA
CNAME
  • www6.ebi.ac.uk
IPv6 supportNo

TLS / SSL certificate

Version
TLS 1.3
Issuer
GoDaddy.com, Inc.
Subject
*.ensembl.org
Valid from
May 2, 2026
Valid to
Nov 16, 2026
Days until expiry
114
SAN domains
*.ensembl.org, ensembl.org

Security headers

  • Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing
  • Content-Security-PolicyEnabled
  • X-Frame-OptionsEnabled
  • X-Content-Type-OptionsMissing
  • Referrer-PolicyMissing
  • Permissions-PolicyMissing

Compression: gzip · 4 cookie(s) observed

Content & assets

Headings

H1 0 · H2 7 · H3 8

Links

39 internal · 18 external · 1 broken

Images

27 total · 7 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

3 scripts · 2 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

992 KB · 236 KB

Page size

227 KB

Robots.txt & Sitemap

robots.txt
Found
Disallow rules
143
sitemap.xml
Found
URLs in sitemap
-1

SEO issues

  • Missing meta description
  • Missing canonical link
  • No H1 heading found
  • Missing OpenGraph tags

Accessibility issues

  • More than 20% of images are missing alt text
  • No H1 heading found

Scan details

Requested URL
https://ensembl.org
Final URL
https://www.ensembl.org/index.html
HTTP status
200
HTTP version
HTTP/2
Response time
534 ms
HTML size
227 KB
Redirect chain
https://ensembl.org → https://www.ensembl.org/ → https://www.ensembl.org/index.html

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Frequently asked questions

What technology does ensembl.org use?
ensembl.org is built with Apache.
Is ensembl.org secure (HTTPS)?
Yes. ensembl.org uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by GoDaddy.com, Inc., valid until Nov 16, 2026.
Who hosts ensembl.org?
ensembl.org is hosted on JANET - Jisc Services Limited, GB.
What is ensembl.org's SEO score?
ensembl.org scored 70/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (fair).
What is ensembl.org's overall website score?
ensembl.org has an overall SiteGraph score of 82/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.