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BBC World Service — website check

International radio station of the BBC, founded 1932, based in Broadcasting House. BBC World Service’s website (www.bbc.co.uk) runs on Next.js. Email from the domain is protected by an enforced DMARC policy.

Logo: BBC · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
64
Brand Web Indexout of 100

Share of 26 technical checks the site passes: security, speed, email and SEO. A measurement of the website — not a popularity ranking.

67
Security
40
Speed & delivery
63
Email & domain
73
SEO & markup
Official siteChecked 23 Oct 2026

About the brand

Founded1932
CountryUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersBroadcasting House
Official websitewww.bbc.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Built with

Web frameworksNext.jsReact
JavaScript librariesRequireJS
Web serversVarnish

Hosting & delivery

ServerBBC-GTM
Network (AS)Bbc Bbc Internet Services Uk
HTTP versionHTTP/3
TLSTLS 1.3
CertificateGlobalSign nv-sa · valid until 2027-01-24
First response10,655 ms
Homepage weight255 KB
IPv6no

Email & domain

Mail providerOther
SPFyes
DMARC policyp=reject
BIMIno
DNSSECno
CAAno
Verified servicesGlobalSign

SEO & social

Title40 characters
Meta description42 characters
Canonicalyes
Structured datano
Language versions3
Open Graphyes
Social profiles linkedYoutube

AI crawlers & robots

AI crawlers blockednone
llms.txtno
ads.txtyes
security.txtyes

Checklist

Security

  • HTTPS by default
  • HSTS header
  • TLS 1.3
  • Content-Security-Policy
  • X-Content-Type-Options
  • Referrer-Policy

Speed & delivery

  • HTTP/3
  • IPv6
  • First response under 1.5 s
  • Homepage under 1.5 MB

Email & domain

  • SPF record
  • DMARC record
  • DMARC enforced (quarantine / reject)
  • BIMI logo record
  • DNSSEC
  • CAA record

SEO & markup

  • Title tag 10–70 characters
  • Meta description
  • Canonical link
  • Exactly one H1
  • Structured data (JSON-LD)
  • Open Graph title and image
  • All images have alt text
  • XML sitemap
  • robots.txt
  • security.txt

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Data from our own crawler: homepage, DNS, TLS and robots.txt of each brand’s official website. coolbrands.uk.com is an independent catalogue. It is not affiliated with Superbrands (UK) Ltd or the CoolBrands® awards programme, and does not publish their results.

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