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zdnet.com is ranked #1,954 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 94 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Apr 27, 1995, 31 years, 5 months ago, through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., and is paid up until Apr 28, 2029. Its homepage uses WordPress and Google Tag Manager. It is served by Nginx.

Global rank

#1,954

▲ 5 this week

Domain age

31 years

since Apr 27, 1995

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

87/100

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Popularity rank

#1,954 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: #1,761.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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Domain registration

Registered: Apr 27, 1995 (31 years, 5 months ago)
Expires: Apr 28, 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.

87/100

https://www.zdnet.com/

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18 passed · 4 warnings · 1 failed

Content

✓Title65 characters
!Meta description14 characters — aim for 50–170
✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
✓Subheadings8 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 48 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 1,522 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.zdnet.com/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen-US
✓Structured dataOrganization, WebSite, ImageObject, WebPage, Person, 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.zdnet.com/
HTTP status: 200
Server: nginx
Response time: 57 ms (first byte 28 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 327 KB
Compression: br

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Questions about zdnet.com

How popular is zdnet.com?

zdnet.com is #1,954 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is zdnet.com?

zdnet.com was registered on Apr 27, 1995, which makes the domain 31 years, 5 months old.

What is zdnet.com built with?

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

Who is the registrar of zdnet.com?

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