smh.com.au

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smh.com.au is ranked #2,607 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 26 places in four weeks. Its homepage uses Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager and Google Ad Manager. It is served through Fastly.

Global rank

#2,607

▲ 6 this week

Domain age

—

Registration date unavailable

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

98/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#2,607 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: #2,122.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where smh.com.au sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

Registered: —
Expires: —
Registrar: Corporation Service Company (Aust) Pty Ltd
Name servers: ns-1164.awsdns-17.org, ns-2042.awsdns-63.co.uk, ns-322.awsdns-40.com, ns-609.awsdns-12.net
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

UI frameworks & fonts

Analytics

Advertising

CDN

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.

98/100

https://www.smh.com.au/

Australian Breaking News Headlines & World News Online | SMH.com.au

Breaking news from Sydney, Australia and the world. Features the latest business, sport, entertainment, travel, lifestyle, and technology news.

22 passed · 1 warnings · 0 failed

Content

!Title67 characters — aim for 15–65
✓Meta description143 characters
✓H1 headingExactly one H1
✓Subheadings26 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 89 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 2,545 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.smh.com.au/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
✓Structured dataWebPage

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.smh.com.au/
HTTP status: 200
Server: —
Response time: 2.17 s (first byte 2.14 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 1.2 MB
Compression: gzip

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Questions about smh.com.au

How popular is smh.com.au?

smh.com.au is #2,607 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

What is smh.com.au built with?

We detected Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager, Google Ad Manager and Fastly on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of smh.com.au?

Corporation Service Company (Aust) Pty Ltd, according to the registry's RDAP record.