sfgate.com

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sfgate.com is ranked #2,681 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 145 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Mar 29, 1994, 32 years, 6 months ago, through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., and is paid up until Mar 30, 2027. It is served through Fastly.

Global rank

#2,681

▼ 4 this week

Domain age

32 years

since Mar 29, 1994

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

59/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#2,681 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: #2,314.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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

Domain registration

Registered: Mar 29, 1994 (32 years, 6 months ago)
Expires: Mar 30, 2027
Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Name servers: ns1.hearstnp.com, ns2.hearstnp.com, ns3.hearstnp.com, ns4.hearstnp.com, ns5.hearstnp.com, ns6.hearstnp.com
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

CDN

Fastly

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.

59/100

https://www.sfgate.com/

Client Challenge

(no meta description)

8 passed · 10 warnings · 4 failed

Content

✓Title16 characters
✕Meta descriptionMissing
✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
!SubheadingsNo H2 headings in the served HTML
iImage alt textNo images in the served HTML
✕Content lengthAbout 36 words in the served HTML

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
!Canonical URLMissing
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
!Structured dataNo JSON-LD or microdata

Social sharing

✕Open GraphMissing
!Twitter / X cardMissing

Technical

✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
✓Mobile viewportFound
!FaviconMissing
!Character encodingNot declared

Security headers

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

Server response

Final URL: https://www.sfgate.com/
HTTP status: 200
Server: —
Response time: 2.82 s (first byte 2.82 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 3.0 KB
Compression: none reported

Sites ranked near sfgate.com

Rank	Website	Registered	Built with
#2,676	easybrain.com	2001	Cloudflare
#2,677	like.video	2017	Nginx, Yandex Metrica, reCAPTCHA
#2,678	edge.apple	2018	—
#2,679	harman.com	1995	—
#2,680	rumble.com	1998	Cloudflare
#2,682	ti.com	1986	Akamai, Apache
#2,683	visa.com	1994	Next.js, React, Cloudflare
#2,684	accor.com	1998	Next.js, React, Amazon CloudFront
#2,685	vidazoo.com	2014	Cloudflare
#2,686	wpscdn.com	2015	—

Questions about sfgate.com

How popular is sfgate.com?

sfgate.com is #2,681 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is sfgate.com?

sfgate.com was registered on Mar 29, 1994, which makes the domain 32 years, 6 months old.

What is sfgate.com built with?

We detected Fastly on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of sfgate.com?

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