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thesun.co.uk looks like a blog or news site, is ranked in the top 1,000 sites and was registered in 1997. We couldn’t read its page: its robots.txt asks bots like ours to stay away.

This site asks bots like ours not to read its pages, so we didn’t. What public records say is below; the score needs the page.

Popularity

Website Traffic Checker

Among the top 1K sites.

A popularity band, not a visit count.

Tranco: #2,193 · Chrome UX Report: Top 5,000 · Majestic Million: #692

Each list, with its date
SourceSaysAs of
TrancoA research ranking that combines several traffic and link sources, published daily.#2,193list of 7 Oct 2026
Chrome UX ReportRank buckets from Google’s real Chrome traffic, published monthly.Top 5,000Aug 2026
Majestic MillionRanks sites by how many separate networks link to them (links, not visits), published daily. CC BY 3.0#692list of 8 Oct 2026

Technology

Tech Stack Checker

No framework or CMS shows in the page; it uses DNS, Email, SEO, Business tools.

Everything else it uses (10)

Around it: DNS, Email, SEO, Business tools.

Business tools can stay listed after a site stops using them.

Trust signals

Website Trust Checker

We couldn’t read the page; outside records are below.

Signals, not a judgement: missing details are common on small, honest sites.

  • Domain registered19 May 1997, 29 years agoNoted
  • HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
  • Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNoted
Every signal we looked at

On the site

  • Contact pageFollowing the site’s robots.txt, we didn’t read the pageCouldn’t check
  • About pageFollowing the site’s robots.txt, we didn’t read the pageCouldn’t check
  • Privacy policyFollowing the site’s robots.txt, we didn’t read the pageCouldn’t check
  • TermsFollowing the site’s robots.txt, we didn’t read the pageCouldn’t check
  • Refund or returns policyFollowing the site’s robots.txt, we didn’t read the pageCouldn’t check
  • Contact detailsFollowing the site’s robots.txt, we didn’t read the pageCouldn’t check
  • Company detailsFollowing the site’s robots.txt, we didn’t read the pageCouldn’t check
  • Payment providersFollowing the site’s robots.txt, we didn’t read the pageCouldn’t check
  • TrackersFollowing the site’s robots.txt, we didn’t read the pageCouldn’t check

Behind the site

  • Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNotedCloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filter
  • Domain registered19 May 1997, 29 years agoNoteddomain registry
  • HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
  • Protective settingsFollowing the site’s robots.txt, we didn’t read the pageCouldn’t check
  • Email protectionProtected against forged emailFoundDNS records

A second opinion on its security setup: Mozilla’s HTTP Observatory grades the site when you open it. Ten checks before you buy · A signal looks wrong? Report it

What it is

Website Summary

Looks like: Blog or news site.

We couldn’t read the page, so there are no words of its own to quote.

From what Wikidata says it is: we couldn’t read the page.

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Exhibit 1 · Wikidata
Q208875: The Sun, daily newspaper
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Who is behind it

  • WikidataThe Sun

Wikidata: Owned by News Group Newspapers Ltd; based in Wapping, United Kingdom.

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Exhibit 1 · Wikidata
Q208875: The Sun
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Each name is quoted from its source. A brand and the company that owns it often go by different names.

More about it: Wikidata, profiles, AI use, page facts

In Wikidata

  • The Sun: British tabloid newspaper · daily newspaper, tabloid newspaper · since 1964

Wikidata, the free knowledge base behind Wikipedia, lists this domain as the official website of this item. Volunteers write it; each item shows its sources.

AI use

  • All crawlers: asks every crawler without rules of its own to stay away, AI ones included.
  • AI training: names GPTBot with rules for some pages.
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Exhibit 1 · robots.txt, line 73
User-agent: GPTBot
Exhibit 2 · robots.txt, line 7
User-agent: * · Disallow: /
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What its robots.txt and robots tags ask of AI crawlers. Each crawler chooses whether to follow it.

Site name
Not given
Language
Not given
What it tells search engines
None

Read from what the page says about itself; we haven’t checked whether it’s true.

Built with AI?

AI Website Detector

We couldn’t read the page, so we couldn’t look for traces.

AI traces: Couldn’t check

How we know

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How we test it · Every builder we know · How to tell if a site was built with AI

Score breakdown

Site Score

No score: we couldn’t read the page, and outside records alone would mislead.

Why each part scored what it did

Domain history

Domain History

Registered in 1997; first archived in 1998.

  1. Domain registeredRDAP
  2. First captured by the web archiveInternet Archive
  3. This scanCheckAnySite

In the web archive: captured in 29 of 29 years · see the first capture

  1. 1998: captured
  2. 1999: captured
  3. 2000: captured
  4. 2001: captured
  5. 2002: captured
  6. 2003: captured
  7. 2004: captured
  8. 2005: captured
  9. 2006: captured
  10. 2007: captured
  11. 2008: captured
  12. 2009: captured
  13. 2010: captured
  14. 2011: captured
  15. 2012: captured
  16. 2013: captured
  17. 2014: captured
  18. 2015: captured
  19. 2016: captured
  20. 2017: captured
  21. 2018: captured
  22. 2019: captured
  23. 2020: captured
  24. 2021: captured
  25. 2022: captured
  26. 2023: captured
  27. 2024: captured
  28. 2025: captured
  29. 2026: captured
Changes, earlier scans and alerts
Since our previous scan
This is our first scan of the site.

How we scanned it

Only from what anyone can see: the site’s public pages and public records.

  • Politely. Our scanner, CheckAnySiteBot, says who it is and follows the site’s robots.txt.
  • With sources. Every fact above says where it came from and when.
  • Without guessing. When we couldn’t check something, we say so.
This scan, in numbers

924 checks on 13 Oct 2026, with version 0.5.0 of our checks and version 1.1 of the score.

How we work · What each version changed · About our scanner

Quick look

Built with AI?

Couldn’t checkWe couldn’t read the page.

“None found” never means “made by a person”: coding assistants leave no traces.

All the evidence →

Related

Quick look

How popular is it?

Top 1KBy the best of 3 public lists.

  • Tranco#2,193list of 7 Oct 2026
  • Chrome UX ReportTop 5,000Aug 2026
  • Majestic Million#692list of 8 Oct 2026

A popularity band, never a visit count.

The popularity section →

Related

Quick look

What is it built with?

DNS
Amazon Route 53
Email
Microsoft 365, Proofpoint
SEO
Google Search Console
Business tools
Atlassian, Zoom, Adobe, Miro, Figma, KnowBe4
Each with its evidence →

Related

Quick look

Which trust signals does it show?

On the site

  • Contact pageCouldn’t check
  • About pageCouldn’t check
  • Privacy policyCouldn’t check
  • TermsCouldn’t check
  • Refund or returns policyCouldn’t check
  • Contact detailsCouldn’t check
  • Company detailsCouldn’t check
  • Payment providersCouldn’t check
  • TrackersCouldn’t check

Behind the site

  • Security filterNoted
  • Domain registeredNoted
  • HTTPSFound
  • Security headersCouldn’t check
  • Software versionsCouldn’t check
  • NetworkNoted
  • Email setupFound
  • First certificateCouldn’t check
  • DNSSECNot found
  • Certificate authoritiesNot found

Signals, not a judgement: missing details are common on small, honest sites.

Every signal with its source →

Related

How has it changed? →

More sites like this: blog or news site

Automated findings from the site’s public home page and public records, as of 13 Oct 2026. They describe what we found, not the people or business behind the site, and they may be incomplete or out of date. This is information, not advice. Terms · Report an error

What this scan can’t tell you
  • Whether the business is real, honest or delivers what it sells.
  • Whether a site was made with AI when no traces were left: coding assistants and hand edits leave none.
  • How many people visit: we show popularity bands from public lists, not visits.
  • Anything beyond the home page as it was at the time of the scan.

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