vccs.edu

We performed a comprehensive analysis of vccs.edu on 2026-06-29. The website returned an HTTP 200 status code with a server response time of 14788ms. The page is served over HTTP/2 protocol with Gzip compression enabled, achieving approximately 60.0% size reduction. The total page weight is 299 KB. The website uses a secure HTTPS connection with a valid SSL certificate issued by Entrust Limited (OV type). The connection is encrypted using TLS 1.3 with the TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 cipher suite and sha256WithRSAEncryption signature algorithm. The certificate covers 2 domain(s) (Subject Alternative Names) and expires on 2027-01-02, which is 187 days from now. The security headers analysis reveals a score of 20/100 (poor). The following security headers are properly configured: Content-Security-Policy. However, the site is missing Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS), X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-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 13 technologies across 10 categories powering vccs.edu. The detected stack includes WordPress, WooCommerce, Bootstrap, Google Analytics 4, FullStory, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, Twitter Pixel, Cloudflare, Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts, jQuery, and Font Awesome. The primary e-commerce platform is WooCommerce. Based on our comprehensive analysis of domain age, SSL configuration, email authentication, security headers, and blacklist status, vccs.edu receives an overall trust score of 68/100, classified as "Likely Safe".

After conducting a thorough safety and legitimacy analysis, vccs.edu receives a trust score of 68/100, which places it in the "Likely Safe" 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, a valid SSL certificate issued by Entrust Limited with 187 days until expiration, SPF (Sender Policy Framework) email authentication preventing email spoofing, and DMARC email authentication with a reject policy — the strongest available setting. Areas of concern include: 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 vccs.edu 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 vccs.edu and identified 13 distinct technologies across 10 categories. This analysis is performed by examining HTTP response headers, HTML source code patterns, JavaScript library fingerprints, CSS framework signatures, and DNS records. CMS: WordPress — manages the content and page structure for vccs.edu. Ecommerce: WooCommerce — powers the online store and shopping functionality for vccs.edu. CSS Framework: Bootstrap — provides the styling and responsive layout system for vccs.edu. Analytics: Google Analytics 4 and FullStory — tracks visitor behavior and provides traffic insights for vccs.edu. Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager — manages marketing and analytics tags without code changes for vccs.edu. Advertising: Meta Pixel and Twitter Pixel — handles advertising pixel tracking and conversion measurement for vccs.edu. CDN: Cloudflare — accelerates content delivery by caching assets at edge locations worldwide for vccs.edu. Fonts: Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts — delivers web fonts for typography for vccs.edu. JavaScript Library: jQuery — provides utility functions and DOM manipulation for vccs.edu. Icon Set: Font Awesome — provides additional functionality for vccs.edu. We also extracted the following tracking identifiers: Google Analytics 4 Measurement ID G-3GSW3B2CPY, Google Tag Manager container GTM-PFRG5D4, and Meta (Facebook) Pixel ID 2450163582091934. These IDs can be used to identify other websites operated by the same organization.

vccs.edu delivers its homepage in 14788ms (server response time), which is considered slow by industry standards. The total page weight is 299 KB, and we detected 582 resource requests loading assets from 37 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: 23 out of 56 CSS files and 19 out of 36 JavaScript files are minified. Minifying the remaining 50 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. From an environmental perspective, each page view of vccs.edu produces approximately 0.15g of CO₂, earning a carbon rating of A. This places the website among the cleanest on the web, demonstrating efficient use of server resources and optimized content delivery. For reference, the average web page produces about 0.5g of CO₂ per page view. The page weight of 299 KB is the primary factor in this calculation. Core Web Vitals data from the Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) is not available for vccs.edu. 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.

vccs.edu resolves to the IPv4 address 104.197.87.201, 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 1 A record(s) configured. The domain name system is managed by 2 name servers: ns1.vccs.edu and ns2.vccs.edu. 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 vccs.edu is handled by Microsoft 365 with 1 MX records configured: vccs-edu.mail.protection.outlook.com. Multiple MX records provide failover redundancy — if the primary mail server is unavailable, email will be routed to the next available server. SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is configured, which specifies which mail servers are authorized to send email on behalf of this domain. This helps prevent email spoofing and improves email deliverability. 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 vccs.edu. 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.

The homepage of vccs.edu contains 1,614 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 5 H2 headings, 12 H3 headings, 40 H4 headings. The page includes 80 images. 14 images (18%) 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 82% of images have proper alt text — we recommend adding descriptive alt attributes to all images. The link structure consists of 249 internal links pointing to other pages on the same domain and 74 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 36 external JavaScript files, 56 CSS stylesheets, and 1 iframes on the page. The site implements the following web standards and features: XML Sitemap (helps search engines discover all pages), robots.txt (controls search engine crawling behavior), and Schema.org structured data (BreadcrumbList, EntryPoint, ImageObject, ListItem, Organization, PropertyValueSpecification, ReadAction, SearchAction, WebPage, and WebSite). The website has social media presence across 2 platforms: Facebook (@tr) and Twitter (@VCCS_SO). An active social media presence is a positive trust indicator and helps build brand awareness and customer engagement.

The title tag for vccs.edu is too long at 81 characters: "Virginia’s Community Colleges | Affordable Degrees, Certificates, Career Trainin...". At 81 characters, the title will likely be truncated in Google search results (recommended: 50-60 characters). Consider shortening it while keeping the most important keywords at the beginning. The meta description is 199 characters (slightly long): "Virginia’s Community Colleges is a system of 23 community colleges, with one goal: student success. Earn an affordable a...". 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.vccs.edu/, 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, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1, and a favicon is configured. Open Graph meta tags are configured with 4/4 recommended fields: OG title ("Virginia’s Community Colleges | Affordable Degrees, Certific..."), 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. A Twitter Card of type summary_large_image is configured, which controls how links appear when shared on Twitter/X. The "summary_large_image" type displays a large image preview, which typically generates higher engagement rates than the basic card type. The site implements Schema.org structured data with the following types: BreadcrumbList, EntryPoint, ImageObject, ListItem, Organization, PropertyValueSpecification, ReadAction, SearchAction, WebPage, 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.