Skip to main content
SGSiteGraph

snopes.com

Snopes.com | The definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

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

79

Overall score

Fair

Top issues to fix

8 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 Content-Security-Policy header

    Security

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

  • Slow estimated load (10.2s)

    Performance

    Use a CDN, enable caching/compression, and cut render-blocking assets — every extra second costs conversions.

  • Missing X-Content-Type-Options header

    Security

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

  • Title longer than 60 characters

    SEO

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

  • robots.txt not found

    SEO

    Publish /robots.txt with a Sitemap: directive to guide crawlers.

+2 more issues — details in the sections below.

Summary

The definitive Internet reference source for researching urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. This website uses Google Analytics behind Cloudflare CDN. SEO is good (85/100) and accessibility is excellent (100/100). Security scores good (75/100) and performance fair (60/100). Top issue: Title longer than 60 characters.

85

SEO

3 issue(s) found

60

Performance

10.22 s

75

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.

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
Snopes.com | The definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
Description
The definitive Internet reference source for researching urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
Canonical
https://www.snopes.com/
Language
en
Charset
utf-8
Viewport
width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=5.0
Robots meta
max-image-preview:large
Manifest

OpenGraph & Twitter Card

OpenGraph

og:title
Snopes.com
og:description
The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
og:type
og:url
https://www.snopes.com

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
Let's Encrypt
Subject
snopes.com
Valid from
Jul 7, 2026
Valid to
Oct 5, 2026
Days until expiry
76
SAN domains
*.snopes.com, snopes.com

Security headers

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

Compression: gzip · 1 cookie(s) observed

Content & assets

Headings

H1 1 · H2 2 · H3 54

Links

92 internal · 9 external · 2 broken

Images

63 total · 0 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

47 scripts · 2 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

66.3 KB · 340 KB

Page size

579 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
  • robots.txt not found
  • sitemap.xml not found

Accessibility issues

No accessibility issues detected.

Scan details

Requested URL
https://snopes.com
Final URL
https://www.snopes.com/
HTTP status
200
HTTP version
HTTP/2
Response time
10.21 s
HTML size
579 KB
Redirect chain
https://snopes.com → https://www.snopes.com/

Frequently asked questions

What technology does snopes.com use?
snopes.com is built with Google Analytics.
Is snopes.com secure (HTTPS)?
Yes. snopes.com uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Oct 5, 2026.
Who hosts snopes.com?
Hosting provider information for snopes.com is not available yet.
What is snopes.com's SEO score?
snopes.com scored 85/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (great).
What is snopes.com's overall website score?
snopes.com has an overall SiteGraph score of 79/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.