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How-To Geek - We Explain Technology

Last scanned Jul 21, 2026, 11:40 AM · 2 views

88

Overall score

Great

Top issues to fix

2 issues found · 1 high priority

  • 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.

  • 6 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.

Summary

We explain technology. This website uses WordPress hosted on AWS. SEO is excellent (90/100) and accessibility is excellent (90/100). Security scores excellent (100/100) and performance fair (70/100). Top issue: No H1 heading found.

90

SEO

1 issue(s) found

70

Performance

2.83 s

100

Security

HTTPS & header checks

90

Accessibility

1 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
How-To Geek - We Explain Technology
Description
We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.
Canonical
https://www.howtogeek.com/
Language
en
Charset
UTF-8
Viewport
width=device-width, initial-scale=1
Robots meta
max-image-preview:large
Manifest

OpenGraph & Twitter Card

OpenGraph

og:title
How-To Geek - We Explain Technology
og:description
We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.
og:type
website
og:url
https://www.howtogeek.com/

Twitter Card

twitter:card
summary_large_image
twitter:title
How-To Geek - We Explain Technology
twitter:description
We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.

Technologies

Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.

Hosting & CDN

Hosting provider
AWS
CDN provider
IP address
3.222.102.97
ASN
AS14618 (AMAZON-AES - Amazon.com, Inc., US)

DNS records

TypeValue
A
  • 3.222.102.97
AAAA
MX
  • aspmx3.googlemail.com
  • aspmx2.googlemail.com
  • alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
  • aspmx.l.google.com
  • alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
TXT
NS
  • ns22.digicertdns.com
  • ns25.digicertdns.net
  • ns20.digicertdns.com
  • ns24.digicertdns.net
  • ns23.digicertdns.net
  • ns21.digicertdns.com
CAA
  • 0 issue "amazontrust.com"
  • 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"
  • 0 issue "amazonaws.com"
  • 0 issuewild "amazonaws.com"
  • 0 issue "amazon.com"
  • 0 issuewild "amazon.com"
  • 0 issuewild "amazontrust.com"
  • 0 issuewild "letsencrypt.org"
CNAME
  • howtogeek.com
IPv6 supportNo

TLS / SSL certificate

Version
TLS 1.3
Issuer
Let's Encrypt
Subject
howtogeek.com
Valid from
Jul 11, 2026
Valid to
Oct 9, 2026
Days until expiry
80
SAN domains
*.howtogeek.com, *.reviewgeek.com, howtogeek.com, reviewgeek.com

Security headers

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

Compression: gzip · 6 cookie(s) observed

Content & assets

Headings

H1 0 · H2 14 · H3 23

Links

158 internal · 14 external · 0 broken

Images

59 total · 0 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

43 scripts · 5 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

605 KB · 480 KB

Page size

842 KB

Robots.txt & Sitemap

robots.txt
Found
Disallow rules
23
sitemap.xml
Found
URLs in sitemap
-1

SEO issues

  • No H1 heading found

Accessibility issues

  • No H1 heading found

Products & pricing

Product and pricing information published in this site's own structured data.

A Pi makes a decent backup server

$20 USD

Careers

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This company has an active careers page, but individual openings weren't reliably parsed from it — visit the page above for current listings.

Scan details

Requested URL
https://howtogeek.com
Final URL
https://www.howtogeek.com/
HTTP status
200
HTTP version
HTTP/2
Response time
2.81 s
HTML size
842 KB
Redirect chain
https://howtogeek.com → https://www.howtogeek.com/

Frequently asked questions

What technology does howtogeek.com use?
howtogeek.com is built with WordPress, Google Analytics, Nginx.
Is howtogeek.com secure (HTTPS)?
Yes. howtogeek.com uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Oct 9, 2026.
Who hosts howtogeek.com?
howtogeek.com is hosted on AWS.
What is howtogeek.com's SEO score?
howtogeek.com scored 90/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (excellent).
What is howtogeek.com's overall website score?
howtogeek.com has an overall SiteGraph score of 88/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.
What products does howtogeek.com offer?
howtogeek.com offers A Pi makes a decent backup server.
Is howtogeek.com hiring?
howtogeek.com has a careers page; check it directly for current openings.