ad.uk

We performed a comprehensive analysis of ad.uk on 2026-06-28. The website returned an HTTP 200 status code with a server response time of 15019ms. The page is served over HTTP/2 protocol with Gzip compression enabled, achieving approximately 60.0% size reduction. The total page weight is 2296 KB, and the site is served behind a CDN (Content Delivery Network). Warning: The website does not have a valid SSL certificate. Visitors may see security warnings in their browser, and data transmitted to and from this website is not encrypted. The security headers analysis reveals a score of 15/100 (poor). The following security headers are properly configured: X-Content-Type-Options. However, the site is missing Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS), X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy, and Permissions-Policy, which could expose the site and its users to cross-site scripting (XSS), clickjacking, and other web-based attacks. Our technology detection scan identified 7 technologies across 6 categories powering ad.uk. The detected stack includes Angular, React, Google Tag Manager, Shop Pay, reCAPTCHA v3, Fastly, and Amazon CloudFront. The site uses Angular as its primary framework. The UI is built with React. Based on our comprehensive analysis of domain age, SSL configuration, email authentication, security headers, and blacklist status, ad.uk receives an overall trust score of 58/100, classified as "Caution Advised".

After conducting a thorough safety and legitimacy analysis, ad.uk receives a trust score of 58/100, which places it in the "Caution Advised" category. This score is calculated by evaluating multiple factors including SSL certificate validity, domain registration history, email authentication protocols, security header configuration, and blacklist status across major threat intelligence databases. The analysis identified several positive trust signals: a valid HTTPS connection protecting data in transit and DMARC email authentication with a reject policy — the strongest available setting. Areas of concern include: the absence of a Content-Security-Policy header, which leaves the site more vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, no X-Frame-Options header, which could allow the site to be embedded in malicious iframes (clickjacking), missing Referrer-Policy, potentially leaking URL information to third parties, the domain's WHOIS information is hidden behind a privacy service, making it harder to verify the owner's identity, and DNSSEC is not enabled, leaving DNS queries vulnerable to spoofing attacks. While these issues don't necessarily indicate malicious intent, they represent areas where the website's security posture could be improved. We checked ad.uk against 8 major blacklist databases including Google Safe Browsing, Phishtank, Urlhaus, Openphish, Dnsfilter, Spamhaus Dbl, Surbl, and Virustotal. The domain passed all 8 checks with a clean status, meaning it has not been flagged for phishing, malware distribution, spam, or other malicious activities by any of the tested threat intelligence providers.

Our technology detection engine scanned ad.uk and identified 7 distinct technologies across 6 categories. This analysis is performed by examining HTTP response headers, HTML source code patterns, JavaScript library fingerprints, CSS framework signatures, and DNS records. Framework: Angular — provides the application framework and routing for ad.uk. UI Library: React — handles the user interface rendering and component management for ad.uk. Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager — manages marketing and analytics tags without code changes for ad.uk. Payments: Shop Pay — processes payment transactions for ad.uk. Security: reCAPTCHA v3 — provides security features like bot detection and CAPTCHA for ad.uk. CDN: Fastly and Amazon CloudFront — accelerates content delivery by caching assets at edge locations worldwide for ad.uk. We also extracted the following tracking identifiers: Google Tag Manager container GTM-MRVDKNL. These IDs can be used to identify other websites operated by the same organization.

ad.uk delivers its homepage in 15019ms (server response time), which is considered slow by industry standards. The total page weight is 2296 KB, and we detected 377 resource requests loading assets from 29 third-party domains. A high number of third-party domains can significantly impact page load time due to additional DNS lookups and TLS handshakes required for each domain. The website uses Gzip compression for text-based assets, achieving an estimated 60.0% reduction in transfer size. This reduces bandwidth usage and improves page load times, especially for visitors on slower connections. Asset minification status: 0 out of 0 CSS files and 0 out of 30 JavaScript files are minified. Minifying the remaining 30 unminified file(s) could further reduce page weight by 10-30% for those assets. Minification is a best practice that reduces download sizes without affecting functionality. The site is served through a Content Delivery Network (CDN), which caches static assets at edge servers around the world. This means visitors from different geographic regions receive content from the nearest edge server, significantly reducing latency. CDN usage is particularly important for websites with a global audience, as it can reduce page load times by 40-60% for distant visitors. From an environmental perspective, each page view of ad.uk produces approximately 1.12g of CO₂, earning a carbon rating of F. The website's carbon footprint could be reduced by optimizing images, enabling compression, reducing third-party scripts, and leveraging caching. For reference, the average web page produces about 0.5g of CO₂ per page view. The page weight of 2296 KB is the primary factor in this calculation. Core Web Vitals data from the Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) is not available for ad.uk. This typically means the site doesn't have enough real-world Chrome user traffic to generate statistically significant field data, or the domain is not included in the CrUX dataset. Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) are important Google ranking factors that measure real user experience.

ad.uk resolves to the IPv4 address 165.160.13.20, but does not support IPv6. IPv6 adoption is increasingly important as IPv4 address space becomes exhausted, and some ISPs and regions are transitioning to IPv6-only connectivity. The domain has 2 A record(s) configured. The domain name system is managed by 2 name servers: dns1.cscdns.net and dns2.cscdns.net. Having 2 name servers provides good redundancy — if one fails, the others can continue serving DNS queries. The choice of name servers often indicates the DNS hosting provider or CDN service being used. Email for ad.uk is handled by cscdns.net with 1 MX records configured: custmx.cscdns.net. Multiple MX records provide failover redundancy — if the primary mail server is unavailable, email will be routed to the next available server. SPF is not configured, meaning any server could potentially send emails pretending to be from this domain. This is a significant email security concern. DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) is configured with a reject policy — the strongest setting, instructing receiving servers to reject unauthorized emails entirely. DKIM was not detected. Without DKIM, recipients cannot cryptographically verify that emails claiming to be from this domain are authentic. DNSSEC is not enabled for ad.uk. While not critical for most websites, DNSSEC adds an important security layer by ensuring DNS responses haven't been tampered with during transit. Enabling DNSSEC is recommended for domains handling sensitive data or financial transactions. Our subdomain enumeration scan discovered 25 active subdomains for ad.uk: admin.ad.uk, api.ad.uk, app.ad.uk, apps.ad.uk, blog.ad.uk, cdn.ad.uk, community.ad.uk, and dev.ad.uk. Plus 17 additional subdomains. Active subdomains can reveal the organization's infrastructure, including development environments, API endpoints, and third-party service integrations.

The homepage of ad.uk contains 1,793 words of visible text content. This is a substantial amount of content that provides good opportunities for search engine indexing. The page is structured with 7 H2 headings, 92 H3 headings, 0 H4 headings, 0 H5, and 1 H6 headings. The page includes 96 images. 16 images (17%) are missing alt text attributes, which is a significant concern for both accessibility and SEO. Screen readers rely on alt text to describe images to visually impaired users, and search engines use alt text to understand image content. Only 83% of images have proper alt text — we recommend adding descriptive alt attributes to all images. The link structure consists of 136 internal links pointing to other pages on the same domain and 23 external links pointing to third-party websites. The high number of internal links suggests a well-interconnected site structure, which helps search engines discover and crawl all pages efficiently. There are 30 external JavaScript files, 0 CSS stylesheets, and 1 iframes on the page. The site implements the following web standards and features: Schema.org structured data (CollectionPage, ImageObject, ItemList, ListItem, Organization, SearchAction, and WebSite) and RSS feed for content syndication. Notable missing features: XML Sitemap and robots.txt. Adding these could improve search engine discoverability and rich result eligibility. We detected the following payment methods accepted on ad.uk: Discover and JCB. Offering multiple payment options including credit cards and digital wallets improves customer trust and can increase conversion rates. The website has social media presence across 5 platforms: Facebook (@architecturaldigest"}), Twitter (@archdigest"}), Instagram (@archdigest), Tiktok (@archdigest), and Pinterest (@archdigest). An active social media presence is a positive trust indicator and helps build brand awareness and customer engagement.

The title tag for ad.uk is well-optimized at 52 characters: "Architectural Digest Homepage | Architectural Digest". The length falls within the ideal range for Google search results, ensuring the full title is displayed without truncation. The meta description is 111 characters (well-optimized): "Architectural Digest is the international design authority, featuring the work of top architects and designers.". Google typically displays up to 155-160 characters of the meta description in search results. A compelling meta description with a clear call-to-action can significantly improve click-through rates from search results. The canonical url is correctly set to https://www.architecturaldigest.com/, preventing duplicate content issues, the page language is declared as en-us, the meta robots directive is set to index, follow, max-image-preview:large, and a favicon is configured. Open Graph meta tags are configured with 4/4 recommended fields: OG title ("Architectural Digest Homepage..."), OG description, OG image (social sharing thumbnail), OG type (website). These tags control how the page appears when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms that support the Open Graph protocol. The site implements Schema.org structured data with the following types: CollectionPage, ImageObject, ItemList, ListItem, Organization, SearchAction, and WebSite. Structured data helps search engines understand the page content and can enable rich results (featured snippets, knowledge panels, star ratings) in Google search results, which can significantly increase click-through rates.