makeuseof.com

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makeuseof.com is ranked #5,429 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 10 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Jul 3, 2006, 20 years, 3 months ago, through GoDaddy.com, LLC, and is paid up until Jul 3, 2027. Its homepage uses Google Analytics. It is served through jsDelivr by Nginx.

Global rank

#5,429

▲ 6 this week

Domain age

20 years

since Jul 3, 2006

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

96/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#5,429 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: #4,946.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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

Domain registration

Registered: Jul 3, 2006 (20 years, 3 months ago)
Expires: Jul 3, 2027
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Name servers: ns10.dnsmadeeasy.com, ns11.dnsmadeeasy.com, ns12.dnsmadeeasy.com, ns13.dnsmadeeasy.com
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

Analytics

Google Analytics

CDN

jsDelivr

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.

96/100

https://www.makeuseof.com/

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MUO is your guide to modern tech. Learn how to make use of the tech and gadgets around you, and discover cool stuff on the internet.

22 passed · 0 warnings · 1 failed

Content

✓Title29 characters
✓Meta description132 characters
✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
✓Subheadings12 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 55 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 1,421 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.makeuseof.com/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
✓Structured dataWebSite

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-PolicySet
✓Clickjacking protectionSet
✓X-Content-Type-OptionsSet
✓Referrer-PolicySet

Server response

Final URL: https://www.makeuseof.com/
HTTP status: 200
Server: nginx
Response time: 230 ms (first byte 171 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 903 KB
Compression: br

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Questions about makeuseof.com

How popular is makeuseof.com?

makeuseof.com is #5,429 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is makeuseof.com?

makeuseof.com was registered on Jul 3, 2006, which makes the domain 20 years, 3 months old.

What is makeuseof.com built with?

We detected Google Analytics, jsDelivr and Nginx on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of makeuseof.com?

GoDaddy.com, LLC, according to the registry's RDAP record.