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Document Encoding

UTF-8

UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode Transformation Format) is a variable-length character encoding for Unicode. It is the preferred encoding for web pages.

Document Standards

X-UA-Compatible

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Meta Robot

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Cascading Style Sheets

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML

Referrer Policy

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HTML5 DocType

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HTML 5 Specific Tags

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Content Type Options

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Strict Transport Security

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Mobile

Viewport Meta

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SSL Certificates

HSTS

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