What technology does independent.co.uk use?

We did not detect any specific technologies for independent.co.uk in the latest scan.

Is independent.co.uk secure (HTTPS)?

Yes. independent.co.uk uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa, valid until Mar 22, 2027.

Who hosts independent.co.uk?

Hosting provider information for independent.co.uk is not available yet.

What is independent.co.uk's SEO score?

independent.co.uk scored 85/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (great).

What is independent.co.uk's overall website score?

independent.co.uk has an overall SiteGraph score of 93/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.

Has independent.co.uk's score changed over time?

independent.co.uk's overall score has improved by 4 points (from 89 to 93) since Jul 15, 2026.

independent.co.uk

Independent Asia Edition

Last scanned Jul 29, 2026, 11:00 AM · 13 views

Overall score

Excellent

Summary

The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent. SEO is good (85/100) and accessibility is excellent (100/100). Security scores excellent (100/100) and performance excellent (90/100). Top issue: Multiple H1 headings found.

The Independent

The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.

Top issues to fix

5 issues found

8 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.
Multiple H1 headings found
SEO
Keep a single H1 per page and demote the others to H2/H3.
robots.txt not found
SEO
Publish /robots.txt with a Sitemap: directive to guide crawlers.
sitemap.xml not found
SEO
Publish an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt to speed up page discovery.
20 broken links on the page
SEO
Fix or remove broken links — they waste crawl budget and erode user trust.

SEO

3 issue(s) found

Performance

17 ms

100

Security

HTTPS & header checks

100

Accessibility

0 issue(s) found

Score history

+4 overall since Jul 15, 2026

Overall: 93
SEO: 85
Security: 100
Performance: 90
Accessibility: 100

Organization

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

The Independent

The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.

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Meta tags

Title: Independent Asia Edition
Description: The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Canonical: https://www.independent.co.uk/asia
Language: en
Charset: utf-8
Viewport: width=device-width,initial-scale=1,minimum-scale=1
Robots meta: max-image-preview:large,max-video-preview:-1
Manifest: https://www.independent.co.uk/manifest.json

Technologies

Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.

No technologies detected.

Hosting & CDN

Hosting provider: —
CDN provider: Fastly
IP address: —
ASN: —

DNS records

Type	Value
A	—
AAAA	—
MX	—
TXT	—
NS	—
CAA	—
CNAME	—
IPv6 support	No

TLS / SSL certificate

Version: TLS 1.3
Issuer: GlobalSign nv-sa
Subject: *.independent.co.uk
Valid from: Feb 18, 2026
Valid to: Mar 22, 2027
Days until expiry: 236
SAN domains: *.independent.co.uk

Security headers

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

Compression: gzip · 9 cookie(s) observed

Content & assets

Headings

H1 14 · H2 125 · H3 2

Links

291 internal · 18 external · 20 broken

Images

82 total · 6 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

22 scripts · 0 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

32.2 KB · 59.3 KB

Page size

336 KB

Robots.txt & Sitemap

robots.txt: Not found
Disallow rules: 0
sitemap.xml: Not found
URLs in sitemap: 0

SEO issues

Multiple H1 headings found
robots.txt not found
sitemap.xml not found

Scan details

Requested URL: https://independent.co.uk
Final URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/asia
HTTP status: 200
HTTP version: HTTP/2
Response time: 11 ms
HTML size: 336 KB
Redirect chain: https://independent.co.uk → https://www.independent.co.uk/ → https://www.independent.co.uk/asia

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Frequently asked questions

What technology does independent.co.uk use?: We did not detect any specific technologies for independent.co.uk in the latest scan.
Is independent.co.uk secure (HTTPS)?: Yes. independent.co.uk uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa, valid until Mar 22, 2027.
Who hosts independent.co.uk?: Hosting provider information for independent.co.uk is not available yet.
What is independent.co.uk's SEO score?: independent.co.uk scored 85/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (great).
What is independent.co.uk's overall website score?: independent.co.uk has an overall SiteGraph score of 93/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.
What company operates independent.co.uk?: independent.co.uk is operated by The Independent. The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Has independent.co.uk's score changed over time?: independent.co.uk's overall score has improved by 4 points (from 89 to 93) since Jul 15, 2026.