How to Detect What Technology Any Website Uses (Without Asking)
Every website leaves fingerprints. Here's how to read them — and why it matters for agencies, developers, and competitive intelligence.
Expert articles on website security, performance, SEO, and technology — written by the SiteReveal team.
Every website leaves fingerprints. Here's how to read them — and why it matters for agencies, developers, and competitive intelligence.
SEMrush is the industry standard for SEO agencies. SiteReveal is built for website intelligence. Here's an honest comparison of both tools — what each does best, where each falls short, and which one is right for your agency.
The best agencies don't walk into a pitch blind. Before every new business meeting, they run a quick intelligence check on the prospect's website. Here are the 6 things they look for — and how to check all of them in under 2 minutes.
Most agency website audits take hours. Here's how to run a complete, professional audit for any client in under 30 seconds — and send them a branded PDF report the same day.

Everything you need to know about migrating your website from HTTP to HTTPS without losing traffic, rankings, or functionality — including SSL certificate setup, redirect configuration, and post-migration verification.

A step-by-step guide to auditing your website's technical SEO — covering crawlability, indexability, structured data, Core Web Vitals, and how to use website intelligence tools to automate the process.

A comprehensive technical guide to making your website faster in 2025 — covering CDNs, image optimisation, Core Web Vitals, caching strategies, and how speed affects your WIS performance score.

Learn how to interpret every section of a SiteReveal website intelligence report — from the WIS score breakdown to the technology stack, actionable recommendations, and competitive benchmarks.

A practical checklist of every HTTP security header your website should have in 2025 — with implementation examples, score impact, and common mistakes to avoid.

The WIS is a composite 0–100 score across six dimensions of website quality. This article explains exactly how it is calculated, what each dimension measures, and what a good score looks like for your industry.

Meta tags are the foundation of on-page SEO. This checklist covers every meta tag that matters in 2025 — from the basics to Open Graph, Twitter Cards, and structured data — with copy-paste examples for each.

How does a tool know your site runs on Next.js, uses Cloudflare, and has Google Analytics installed — just from a URL? This article explains the detection techniques used by SiteReveal and what they reveal about your stack.

Core Web Vitals directly affect your Google ranking. This guide explains LCP, CLS, and INP in plain English and gives you a prioritised action list to improve each metric without a full site rebuild.

Security scores can feel abstract. This guide explains exactly what a strong website security score looks like, which HTTP headers matter most, and how to move from a failing grade to best-in-class in under an hour.