Site Health Report Card

forbes.com

  • Forbes
  • News · Business
  • Online since 1996
  • Checked Sep 30, 2026

“Thought of the day: fewer scripts.”

Pica's take. Forbes makes you wait, then shows a quote, then an ad, then the article, carrying eighty-eight outside scripts and twelve megabytes. The foundations are fine. The furniture is mostly billboards.

B-82 / 100

Overall health

#98 of 100 sites graded

  • Largest paint

    6.1s

  • Page weight

    11.9 MB

  • Requests

    370

  • Third-party scripts

    88

  • Domain age

    30 yrs

  • Blocklists

    0 / 60

Timed by our own browser

Site Speed

F
55

Pica is worried.

Largest paint (LCP)
6.1s
First paint (FCP)
2.8s
Server response (TTFB)
450 ms
Layout shift (CLS)
0.23
Page weight
11.9 MB
Requests
370

Pica: Twelve megabytes. I read the thought of the day four times.

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A look from the outside

Security Check

C+
79

Gets there, with notes.

HTTPS everywhere
Yes
HSTS
Yes
TLS
1.3
Content Security Policy
Missing
Mixed content
None
Third-party scripts
88

Pica: Eighty-eight outside scripts and no content policy. A whole list of them.

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What the internet says about it

Reputation Check

A
95

In excellent shape.

Domain age
30 years
Blocklists
0 of 60
Malware reports
None
Email authentication
DMARC reject
Certificate
Valid · 80 days
Lookalike domains
Plenty

Pica: Thirty years online. Zero blocklists.

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Is it in a good neighborhood?

Hosting Check

A+
100

In excellent shape.

Network
Fastly · AS54113
Content delivery
Fastly
IPv6
Yes
HTTP/3
Yes
Shared-IP neighbors
Shared CDN, well kept
Flagged neighbors
0

Pica: Fastly. Very expensive neighborhood.

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How we grade. Four checks, weighted equally: speed timed by our own browser, a security look from the outside, public reputation signals, and the network the site lives on. A look from the outside is not a server audit.