Technical Information
| HTTP Status Code | 200 |
| HTTP Version | HTTP/1.1 |
| HTTPS | ✔ Available |
| IP Address | 99.86.109.85 |
| Server Software | CloudFront |
| CDN | CDN (Miss from cloudfront) |
| Compression | gzip |
|
🕐 🔴 Very Slow Response (3070 ms) | Response time exceeds 3 seconds. This severely impacts SEO and user experience. |
|
ℹ 🔵 Missing X-Frame-Options | The site can be embedded in iframes by third parties (clickjacking risk). |
HTTP Status Code 200
HTTP Version HTTP/1.1
HTTPS ✔ Available
IP Address 99.86.109.85
Server Software CloudFront
CDN CDN (Miss from cloudfront)
Compression gzip
🕐 🔴 Very Slow Response (3070 ms) Response time exceeds 3 seconds. This severely impacts SEO and user experience.
ℹ 🔵 Missing X-Frame-Options The site can be embedded in iframes by third parties (clickjacking risk).
Performance
| DNS Lookup | 5.2 ms |
| TCP Connect | 6.1 ms |
| TLS Handshake | 4 ms |
| Time To First Byte (TTFB) | 2279 ms |
| Content Download | 790.7 ms |
| Total Response Time | 3069.7 ms |
DNS Lookup 5.2 ms
TCP Connect 6.1 ms
TLS Handshake 4 ms
Time To First Byte (TTFB) 2279 ms
Content Download 790.7 ms
Total Response Time 3069.7 ms
Security
| HTTPS | ✔ Enabled |
| HSTS | ✔ max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains |
| CSP | ✔ Configured |
| X-Frame-Options | ⚠ Not configured |
| X-Content-Type-Options | ⚠ Not configured |
| HTTP/2 | ⚠ HTTP/1.1 |
HTTPS ✔ Enabled
HSTS ✔ max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
CSP ✔ Configured
X-Frame-Options ⚠ Not configured
X-Content-Type-Options ⚠ Not configured
HTTP/2 ⚠ HTTP/1.1
SEO Quick Check
| Title | Search |
| Meta Description | The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. |
| Canonical | https://thewest.com.au/ |
| Robots Meta | max-image-preview:large |
| Open Graph Title | The West Australian | Perth, WA, National & World News |
| Open Graph Description | The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. |
| Open Graph Image | https://thewest.com.au/static/share-images/share-400x400.png |
| Twitter Card | summary_large_image |
| Twitter Title | The West Australian | Perth, WA, National & World News |
| Twitter Description | The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. |
| Twitter Image | https://thewest.com.au/static/share-images/share-400x400.... |
Title Search Meta Description The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. Canonical https://thewest.com.au/ Robots Meta max-image-preview:large Open Graph Title The West Australian | Perth, WA, National & World News Open Graph Description The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. Open Graph Image https://thewest.com.au/static/share-images/share-400x400.png Twitter Card summary_large_image Twitter Title The West Australian | Perth, WA, National & World News Twitter Description The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. Twitter Image https://thewest.com.au/static/share-images/share-400x400.... Detected Technologies
| Technology | Google Analytics Google Tag Manager |
Technology Google Analytics Google Tag Manager
HTTP Headers
| Server
| CloudFront |
| Content-type
| text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| Date
| Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:37:54 GMT |
| Content-encoding
| gzip |
| Reporting-endpoints
| csp-violations="https://thewest.com.au/csp-report" |
| Content-security-policy
| default-src 'self' data: https:;font-src 'self' https: data:;form-action 'self' https://*.dotmetrics.net;frame-ancestors https://cue.wanews.com.au 'self';img-src 'self' data: https:;object-src 'none';script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' data: https:;style-src 'self' https: 'unsafe-inline';upgrade-insecure-requests;report-to csp-violations;report-uri https://thewest.com.au/csp-report;connect-src 'self' https: data: wss:;frame-src 'self' https:;media-src 'self' data: blob: https:;worker-src 'self' https: data: blob: |
| Strict-transport-security
| max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains |
| Cache-control
| public, max-age=120 |
| Etag
| W/"26ca3f-5cS0E+OICejzxMQjV/aZAfV1TSk" |
| Vary
| Accept-Encoding |
| Via
| 1.1 2f182219c600aa690168d1173eed537c.cloudfront.net (CloudFront) |
| Alt-svc
| h3=":443"; ma=86400 |
| Set-cookie
| wanon_id=8plY88iDz6zYJ42l33gZiTDwxrhtVC61JF5ED9-tStYfIKJ2J9MtAw==; Path=/; Secure; SameSite=Lax; Max-Age=315360000 |
| X-cache
| Miss from cloudfront |
| X-amz-cf-pop
| CDG52-P7 |
| X-amz-cf-id
| 8plY88iDz6zYJ42l33gZiTDwxrhtVC61JF5ED9-tStYfIKJ2J9MtAw== |
Meta Tags
| X-UA-Compatible | IE=edge |
| Viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| Msvalidate.01 | AAB93AFA533AEBE913449C2EE9895627 |
| Robots | max-image-preview:large |
| Msapplication-config | https://thewest.com.au/static/favicons/browserconfig.xml?v=21 |
| Description | The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. |
| Fb:app_id | 1021197201339028 |
| Fb:pages | 290190314438 |
Server CloudFront
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Date Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:37:54 GMT
Content-encoding gzip
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Cache-control public, max-age=120
Etag W/"26ca3f-5cS0E+OICejzxMQjV/aZAfV1TSk"
Vary Accept-Encoding
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Alt-svc h3=":443"; ma=86400
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X-cache Miss from cloudfront
X-amz-cf-pop CDG52-P7
X-amz-cf-id 8plY88iDz6zYJ42l33gZiTDwxrhtVC61JF5ED9-tStYfIKJ2J9MtAw==
