What technology does westernmassnews.com use?

We did not detect any specific technologies for westernmassnews.com in the latest scan.

Is westernmassnews.com secure (HTTPS)?

Yes. westernmassnews.com uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Sep 13, 2026.

Who hosts westernmassnews.com?

Hosting provider information for westernmassnews.com is not available yet.

What is westernmassnews.com's SEO score?

westernmassnews.com scored 70/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (fair).

What is westernmassnews.com's overall website score?

westernmassnews.com has an overall SiteGraph score of 82/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.

Has westernmassnews.com's score changed over time?

westernmassnews.com's overall score has declined by 3 points (from 85 to 82) since Jul 27, 2026.

westernmassnews.com

WGGB | Western Mass News: Springfield News, Weather, and Sports

Last scanned Aug 4, 2026, 3:00 PM · 8 views

Overall score

Great

Summary

Western Mass News is digging deeper and getting answers for you on the latest headlines and breaking news from Springfield and across the Pioneer Valley. SEO is fair (70/100) and accessibility is excellent (90/100). Security scores good (80/100) and performance excellent (90/100). Top issue: Title longer than 60 characters.

Western Mass News is digging deeper and getting answers for you on the latest headlines and breaking news from Springfield and across the Pioneer Valley. Keywords: Springfield, Holyoke, Pioneer Valley, Northampton, Greenfield, Westfield, Palmer, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Franklin County, News, Weather, Sports, Traffic

Top issues to fix

8 issues found · 2 high priority

Missing Strict-Transport-Security header
Security
Add HSTS so browsers always use HTTPS — this closes the protocol-downgrade attack window.
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-Frame-Options header
Security
Add X-Frame-Options (or a CSP frame-ancestors rule) to prevent clickjacking via hidden iframes.
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.
robots.txt not found
SEO
Publish /robots.txt with a Sitemap: directive to guide crawlers.

+2 more issues — details in the sections below.

SEO

5 issue(s) found

Performance

953 ms

Security

HTTPS & header checks

Accessibility

1 issue(s) found

Score history

-3 overall since Jul 27, 2026

Overall: 82
SEO: 70
Security: 80
Performance: 90
Accessibility: 90

Organization

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

Facebook X (Twitter)Instagram YouTube

Contact

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

Email: patience.hettrick@westernmassnews.com

Meta tags

Title: WGGB | Western Mass News: Springfield News, Weather, and Sports
Description: Western Mass News is digging deeper and getting answers for you on the latest headlines and breaking news from Springfield and across the Pioneer Valley. Keywords: Springfield, Holyoke, Pioneer Valley, Northampton, Greenfield, Westfield, Palmer, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Franklin County, News, Weather, Sports, Traffic
Canonical: https://www.westernmassnews.com
Language: en
Charset: utf-8
Viewport: width=device-width, minimum-scale=1, initial-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover
Robots meta: index,follow,noarchive
Manifest

Technologies

Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.

No technologies detected.

Hosting & CDN

Hosting provider: —
CDN provider: —
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: Let's Encrypt
Subject: gray5.web.arc-cdn.net
Valid from: Jun 15, 2026
Valid to: Sep 13, 2026
Days until expiry: 40
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Security headers

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

Compression: gzip · 0 cookie(s) observed

Content & assets

Headings

H1 0 · H2 1 · H3 4

Links

102 internal · 17 external · 20 broken

Images

40 total · 0 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

27 scripts · 5 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

231 KB · 0 B

Page size

375 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
No H1 heading found
robots.txt not found
sitemap.xml not found

Scan details

Requested URL: https://westernmassnews.com
Final URL: https://www.westernmassnews.com:443/
HTTP status: 200
HTTP version: HTTP/2
Response time: 946 ms
HTML size: 375 KB
Redirect chain: https://westernmassnews.com → https://www.westernmassnews.com:443/

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Frequently asked questions

What technology does westernmassnews.com use?: We did not detect any specific technologies for westernmassnews.com in the latest scan.
Is westernmassnews.com secure (HTTPS)?: Yes. westernmassnews.com uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Sep 13, 2026.
Who hosts westernmassnews.com?: Hosting provider information for westernmassnews.com is not available yet.
What is westernmassnews.com's SEO score?: westernmassnews.com scored 70/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (fair).
What is westernmassnews.com's overall website score?: westernmassnews.com has an overall SiteGraph score of 82/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.
Has westernmassnews.com's score changed over time?: westernmassnews.com's overall score has declined by 3 points (from 85 to 82) since Jul 27, 2026.