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Smithsonian Magazine: Explore History, Science, Arts & Culture

Last scanned Jul 29, 2026, 2:00 PM · 9 views

90

Overall score

Excellent

Summary

Discover the latest stories in history, archaeology, science, arts and culture from one of the top news magazines. This website uses Google Analytics behind Cloudflare CDN. SEO is good (75/100) and accessibility is excellent (100/100). Security scores excellent (90/100) and performance excellent (100/100). Top issue: Title longer than 60 characters.

Smithsonian Magazine

Discover the latest stories in history, archaeology, science, arts and culture from one of the top news magazines. Smithsonian Magazine brings you compelling, in-depth articles every day.

Top issues to fix

7 issues found · 1 high priority

  • Missing Content-Security-Policy header

    Security

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

  • Title longer than 60 characters

    SEO

    Shorten the title to under 60 characters so search results don't truncate it.

  • Meta description longer than 160 characters

    SEO

    Trim the meta description to under 160 characters to avoid truncation in search results.

  • Missing OpenGraph tags

    SEO

    Add og:title/og:description/og:image so shared links render a proper preview card.

  • 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.

+1 more issue — details in the sections below.

75

SEO

5 issue(s) found

100

Performance

501 ms

90

Security

HTTPS & header checks

100

Accessibility

0 issue(s) found

Score history

-2 overall since Jul 18, 2026

Overall
90
SEO
75
Security
90
Performance
100
Accessibility
100

Organization

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

Smithsonian Magazine

Discover the latest stories in history, archaeology, science, arts and culture from one of the top news magazines. Smithsonian Magazine brings you compelling, in-depth articles every day.

Contact

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

Meta tags

Title
Smithsonian Magazine: Explore History, Science, Arts & Culture
Description
Discover the latest stories in history, archaeology, science, arts and culture from one of the top news magazines. Smithsonian Magazine brings you compelling, in-depth articles every day.
Canonical
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/
Language
en
Charset
utf-8
Viewport
width=device-width, initial-scale=1
Robots meta
index, max-image-preview:large, follow, archive
Manifest
https://www.smithsonianmag.com:443/manifest.json

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

Hosting provider
CDN provider
Cloudflare
IP address
ASN

DNS records

TypeValue
A
AAAA
MX
TXT
NS
CAA
CNAME
IPv6 supportNo

TLS / SSL certificate

Version
TLS 1.3
Issuer
Google Trust Services
Subject
www.smithsonianmag.com
Valid from
Jun 13, 2026
Valid to
Sep 11, 2026
Days until expiry
44
SAN domains
www.smithsonianmag.com

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 14 · H3 47

Links

94 internal · 40 external · 20 broken

Images

51 total · 0 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

29 scripts · 1 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

10.8 KB · 0 B

Page size

115 KB

Robots.txt & Sitemap

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

SEO issues

  • Title longer than 60 characters
  • Meta description longer than 160 characters
  • Missing OpenGraph tags
  • robots.txt not found
  • sitemap.xml not found

Accessibility issues

No accessibility issues detected.

Scan details

Requested URL
https://smithsonianmag.com
Final URL
https://www.smithsonianmag.com:443/
HTTP status
200
HTTP version
HTTP/2
Response time
499 ms
HTML size
115 KB
Redirect chain
https://smithsonianmag.com → https://www.smithsonianmag.com:443/

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Frequently asked questions

What technology does smithsonianmag.com use?
smithsonianmag.com is built with Google Analytics, Cloudflare Analytics, Meta Pixel.
Is smithsonianmag.com secure (HTTPS)?
Yes. smithsonianmag.com uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Sep 11, 2026.
Who hosts smithsonianmag.com?
Hosting provider information for smithsonianmag.com is not available yet.
What is smithsonianmag.com's SEO score?
smithsonianmag.com scored 75/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (fair).
What is smithsonianmag.com's overall website score?
smithsonianmag.com has an overall SiteGraph score of 90/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.
What company operates smithsonianmag.com?
smithsonianmag.com is operated by Smithsonian Magazine. Discover the latest stories in history, archaeology, science, arts and culture from one of the top news magazines. Smithsonian Magazine brings you compelling, in-depth articles every day.
Has smithsonianmag.com's score changed over time?
smithsonianmag.com's overall score has declined by 2 points (from 92 to 90) since Jul 18, 2026.