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Authority

100/100

Safety

90/100

Registered

Dec 30, 1998

27 years old · CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

On record

since 2006

All 5 safety checks passed (Sep 3, 2026).

Current facts

What AboutUs observed on the live site and in WHOIS/DNS today. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.

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Domain registered Dec 30, 1998 — 27 years old.

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Registrar today: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Aug 17, 2026).

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Live site responds over HTTPS.

Trust record

Authority & Safety, with the evidence

How this is scored →

Authority 100/100 — in the top 1% of scored sitesClear

Why this authority score

Prominence (Tranco rank #1,840; Open PageRank 5.9/10)+18
Verified continuity: 27.6 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+4
Prominence × continuity interaction+1
Calibration adjustment (published map)+27

Every point maps to a sentence. These lines sum to the model score of 61/99, which is what places this site at 100/100 against every other scored site.

Safety evidence

All checked sources came back clean

Site history

Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2014 record.

1998
Domain registered (Dec 30, 1998).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Sep 28, 2006); profile edited 5 times through 2014.
2014
Self-description at the time:
“ArsTechnica.com Hardware & gadgets news, guides, reviews, features & more”
2026
Checked today — All 5 safety checks passed (Sep 3, 2026).

✓ domain continuity 27 years registered✓ live verified Sep 3, 2026

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