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The Observer — website check
British weekly newspaper, founded 1791, based in Kings Place. The Observer’s website (observer.co.uk) runs on Next.js. Email from the domain is protected by an enforced DMARC policy.
67
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
82
SEO & markup
Official siteChecked 22 Oct 2026
About the brand
Facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Built with
Cookie consent (CMP)SourcepointIAB TCF v2 API
Tag managersGoogle Tag Manager
Advertising & pixelsGoogle Marketing Platform (DV360/CM360)
Hosting platformsVercel
Social & widgetsInstagram embed
Hosting & delivery
ServerVercel
Network (AS)Amazon Web Services
HTTP versionHTTP/3
TLSTLS 1.3
CertificateLet's Encrypt · valid until 2026-11-28
First response4,034 ms
Homepage weight865 KB
IPv6no
Email & domain
Mail providerMimecast
SPFyes
DMARC policyp=quarantine
BIMIno
DNSSECno
CAAno
Verified servicesAtlassian Cloud, Google Search Console, Microsoft 365, Zoom
SEO & social
Title39 characters
Meta description151 characters
Canonicalyes
Structured dataNewsMediaOrganization, PostalAddress, WebPage
Language versions0
Open Graphyes
Social profiles linkedBluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, X
AI crawlers & robots
AI crawlers blockedGPTBot, ClaudeBot, anthropic-ai, Claude-Web, Google-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider, Applebot-Extended
llms.txtno
ads.txtyes
security.txtno
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
More media, music & games brands All
| Brand | Website | Platform | Security | Speed & delivery | Email & domain | SEO & markup | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBC | www.bbc.co.uk | — | 100 | 60 | 88 | 100 | 91 |
| D. C. Thomson | www.dcthomson.co.uk | HubSpot CMS | 89 | 100 | 63 | 91 | 85 |
| London Review of Books | www.lrb.co.uk | — | 100 | 40 | 75 | 91 | 82 |
| Time Out | www.timeout.com | — | 100 | 80 | 75 | 73 | 82 |
| Classic FM | www.classicfm.com | — | 89 | 20 | 75 | 100 | 79 |
| LBC | www.lbc.co.uk | — | 100 | 20 | 75 | 91 | 79 |
| Smooth Radio | www.smoothradio.com | — | 89 | 20 | 75 | 100 | 79 |
| Capital | www.capitalfm.com | — | 89 | 20 | 63 | 100 | 76 |
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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