Web Quality Index
Scan complete · Scanned May 11, 2026 · 58 of 58 standards scored (42 didn’t apply)

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blogs.gov.scot

Corporate / B2B site based in United Kingdom, served through cloudflare.

Site typeCorporate / B2B
Built onwordpress
Hosted byAWS EC2 (eu-west-2)
Hosted fromUnited Kingdom
Managed hostAWS EC2 (eu-west-2)
CDN / WAFcloudflare
Web Quality Score
49/100
Needs work
Some essentials are in place, but several key standards are failing.
Check breakdown
57 scored
A further 21 standards didn’t apply to this site — most are accessibility and privacy tests that need page contents to evaluate.
Is email from this domain trustworthy?
24
Needs work
13 standards behind this question
Review1Fail4
Fail

Stops scammers from emailing customers as you

You have DMARC set up, but in monitor-only mode — it's not actually rejecting spoofed mail.

WEBQ-01
Fail

Lists who's allowed to email as your business

No SPF record is published, so nothing tells mail providers who's allowed to send as you.

WEBQ-03
Fail

You email from your own domain, not Gmail

Your published contact email is on a free service, not your own domain.

WEBQ-75
Fail

Your email is being forwarded, not hosted

We didn't detect any mail forwarding — your inbox provider is unclear.

WEBQ-85
Review

A clickable email link on your site

We couldn't find a tap-to-email link anywhere on your site.

WEBQ-84

8 additional standards didn't apply to this site

Does this look like a real business?
53
Needs work
12 standards behind this question
Pass2Review1Fail5
Fail

Your listing on Google Maps and search

We couldn't find a Google Business Profile linked to this domain.

WEBQ-19
Fail

Your reviews on Yelp

We couldn't find a Yelp listing for this business. Local-business searches and recommendation engines lean on Yelp as a signal.

WEBQ-59
Fail

Your reviews on Trustpilot

We couldn't find a Trustpilot listing. Many consumers check Trustpilot before buying — a missing listing reads as a missing reputation.

WEBQ-60
Fail

Your company page on LinkedIn

We couldn't find a LinkedIn Company Page for this business. B2B prospects look for it before reaching out.

WEBQ-62
Fail

Your listing on Apple Maps

We couldn't find an Apple Business Connect listing. Apple Maps visitors and Siri queries can't find you cleanly.

WEBQ-64
Review

Whether anyone's written about you lately

No news mentions of this domain in the last 30 days.

WEBQ-20
Pass

Whether you have a Wikipedia entry

Your business has a Wikipedia entry — a strong reputation signal.

WEBQ-21
Pass

A contact form people can actually find

A visible contact form is reachable from your homepage.

WEBQ-83

4 additional standards didn't apply to this site

Is it safe to visit?
63
Solid
21 standards behind this question
Pass6Review4Fail6
Fail

WordPress isn't leaking your usernames

Your WordPress site exposes its user list through the REST API. Attackers can enumerate every account by username — the first half of any credential-stuffing attack is already done for them.

WEBQ-06
Fail

Browser-level protections for visitors

Your site isn't sending any of the standard browser-protection headers.

WEBQ-04
Fail

Your domain can't be quietly hijacked

DNSSEC is not enabled on your domain.

WEBQ-22
Fail

Only your approved vendors can issue your padlock

There's no CAA record at your registrar saying which companies are allowed to issue certificates for you.

WEBQ-23
Fail

Visitors connect faster on the first click

Your server doesn't staple OCSP. Visitors' browsers may have to contact the CA themselves, slowing first connects.

WEBQ-91
Fail

Strict mode for your padlock check

Neither OCSP stapling nor Must-Staple is in play. A revoked cert wouldn't be caught quickly.

WEBQ-96
Review

Your padlock isn't using outdated keys

Your certificate uses outdated key strength or a SHA-1 signature. Reissue with a modern ACME-class cert.

WEBQ-89
Review

Your certificate is publicly logged

Your certificate carries only one embedded SCT — modern browsers want at least two. Reissue from a CA that includes them.

WEBQ-92
Review

Your padlock renews on a healthy schedule

Your certificate lifetime is on the longer end (> 90 days). ACME-class certs renew every 60-90 days and rotate cleanly.

WEBQ-95
Review

Your padlock isn't about to expire

Your SSL certificate expires soon, or is already invalid.

WEBQ-05
Pass

Private files aren't open to the public

None of the common admin or developer paths are publicly reachable.

WEBQ-07
Pass

Old TLS versions are turned off

Only modern TLS (1.2 and above) is offered — TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are turned off.

WEBQ-27
Pass

Forgotten subdomains aren't an open door

No forgotten or claimable subdomains were found.

WEBQ-28
Pass

Your padlock loads cleanly on every device

Your server sends the full certificate chain — every device builds the path to a trusted root cleanly.

WEBQ-90
Pass

Your padlock comes from a reputable vendor

Your certificate is issued by a tier-1 publicly trusted CA (Let's Encrypt, DigiCert, Google Trust, Sectigo, etc.).

WEBQ-97
Pass

Your site finishes its handshake quickly

Your TLS handshake completes quickly — under 300ms on a cold connection.

WEBQ-98

5 additional standards didn't apply to this site

Is it fast?
63
Solid
14 standards behind this question
Pass3Review1Fail3
Fail

Your site uses the newest connection style

Your server still serves over the older HTTP/2 protocol — not the newer, faster HTTP/3.

WEBQ-30
Fail

Your photos are saved in modern formats

Your images are served as JPEG or PNG when modern formats (WebP, AVIF) would cut their size by 30–60% with no visible loss.

WEBQ-32
Fail

Your text shows up while fonts load

Your fonts aren't using font-display: swap. Visitors see invisible text for a moment while the font downloads — Google penalises this.

WEBQ-36
Review

How fast your site loads on a phone

Your homepage is mid-pack on mobile. Reasonable but Google's ranking signal rewards faster sites.

WEBQ-08
Pass

Pages get squeezed before they're sent

Your server compresses pages with Brotli or gzip — visitors download a fraction of the raw size.

WEBQ-10
Pass

Reachable on the modern internet

Your domain is reachable on IPv6.

WEBQ-31
Pass

Your homepage isn't bloated

Your homepage downloads at a reasonable size.

WEBQ-37

7 additional standards didn't apply to this site

Can everyone use it?
77
Excellent
7 standards behind this question
Pass4Fail2
Fail

Your photos have written descriptions

Some images on your homepage are missing alt text. Screen reader users hear silence where they should hear a description.

WEBQ-54
Fail

A way to skip past the menu

No skip-to-content link is published. Keyboard users have to tab through every nav item on every page before reaching the content.

WEBQ-58
Pass

You have an accessibility statement

Your accessibility statement page is published — visitors can find out what standards you commit to.

WEBQ-52
Pass

Your headings are in a sensible order

Your heading levels are properly nested — H1, then H2s, then H3s — and screen readers can navigate the outline.

WEBQ-55
Pass

Text is dark enough to read

Text on your homepage meets WCAG AA contrast minimums — readable by visitors with low vision.

WEBQ-56
Pass

Your buttons and forms are labeled for screen readers

Interactive elements have proper ARIA labels — screen reader users get a clear description of each control.

WEBQ-57

1 additional standard didn't apply to this site

Does it respect visitor privacy?
82
Excellent
6 standards behind this question
Pass3Review2
Review

Cookie consent banner for European visitors

No cookie banner detected, but trackers are present. If you serve EU or California traffic, this is a compliance gap.

WEBQ-46
Review

How many outside companies you let watch your visitors

Your homepage loads a moderate number of third-party trackers. Worth auditing what each one is for.

WEBQ-49
Pass

You have a privacy policy page

Your privacy policy page is reachable from the homepage.

WEBQ-47
Pass

You have a terms of service page

Your terms of service page is reachable from the homepage.

WEBQ-48
Pass

What your site actually drops on visitors' phones

Your homepage sets only essential cookies before consent. Non-essential cookies fire after opt-in.

WEBQ-51

1 additional standard didn't apply to this site

Can people find this site?
83
Excellent
15 standards behind this question
Pass7Review2Fail1
Fail

How well your site feeds AI the right facts

We couldn't find any organization details in your page's structured data.

WEBQ-45
Review

Hidden labels that explain your business to Google

Your homepage doesn't publish any Schema.org structured data. Search engines and AI tools fall back to guessing what your site is — and they guess wrong more often than not.

WEBQ-12
Review

A summary file for AI assistants

No /llms.txt file is published at your domain root.

WEBQ-15
Pass

How your site appears when shared or in search results

Your homepage has the title, description, OG, Twitter, and canonical tags.

WEBQ-11
Pass

Whether you're letting AI assistants read your site

You aren't blocking any AI crawlers in your robots.txt.

WEBQ-16
Pass

A clear headline on every page

Your homepage has a clear H1 heading — search engines and screen readers know what the page is about.

WEBQ-13
Pass

A map of your site for search engines

Your sitemap.xml and robots.txt are both published.

WEBQ-14
Pass

Whether your behind-the-scenes labels are valid

Your structured-data tags parse cleanly against Schema.org.

WEBQ-39
Pass

A trail showing where visitors are on your site

Your pages publish breadcrumb schema — search results show the path back to important sections.

WEBQ-40
Pass

How easy it is to reach your deepest pages

Important pages are reachable in just a click or two from your homepage.

WEBQ-43

5 additional standards didn't apply to this site