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cnet.com is ranked #737 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 12 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Mar 5, 1994, 32 years, 7 months ago, through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., and is paid up until Mar 6, 2029. Its homepage uses WordPress and Google Tag Manager. It is served by Nginx.

Global rank

#737

▼ 1 this week

Domain age

32 years

since Mar 5, 1994

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

89/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#737 of the top 1 million sites in the Tranco research ranking, which averages several traffic and DNS sources over 30 days. Best rank in the period shown: #609.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where cnet.com sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

Registered: Mar 5, 1994 (32 years, 7 months ago)
Expires: Mar 6, 2029
Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Name servers: aria.ns.cloudflare.com, owen.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC: Not signed

From the registry's public RDAP record, checked Oct 1, 2026.

Technology stack

CMS & site builders

WordPress 6.9.10

Analytics

Google Tag Manager

Web servers

Nginx

Detected from the homepage HTML and response headers on Oct 14, 2026. Tools loaded only after scripts run (or after consent banners) may be missing.

Homepage SEO check

Checked from the HTML our scanner received on Oct 14, 2026. Content added later by JavaScript isn't counted.

89/100

https://www.cnet.com/

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19 passed · 3 warnings · 1 failed

Content

✓Title65 characters
✓Meta description130 characters
✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
✓Subheadings31 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 79 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 2,809 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.cnet.com/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen-US
✓Structured dataPerson, Organization, WebSite, ImageObject, WebPage, Article

Social sharing

✓Open GraphTitle, description and image set
✓Twitter / X cardsummary_large_image

Technical

✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
✓Mobile viewportFound
✓FaviconFound
✓Character encodingUTF-8

Security headers

✓Strict-Transport-SecuritySet
!Content-Security-PolicyNot set
!Clickjacking protectionNot set
!X-Content-Type-OptionsNot set
✓Referrer-PolicySet

Server response

Final URL: https://www.cnet.com/
HTTP status: 200
Server: nginx
Response time: 1.16 s (first byte 1.14 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 428 KB
Compression: br

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Rank	Website	Registered	Built with
#732	box.com	1999	Drupal, Cloudflare
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#735	bamgrid.com	2012	—
#736	nmrodam.com	2019	—
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#739	pushy.io	2017	Nginx, jQuery, Google Analytics
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Questions about cnet.com

How popular is cnet.com?

cnet.com is #737 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is cnet.com?

cnet.com was registered on Mar 5, 1994, which makes the domain 32 years, 7 months old.

What is cnet.com built with?

We detected WordPress, Google Tag Manager and Nginx on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of cnet.com?

CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., according to the registry's RDAP record.