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Authority
87/100
Safety
90/100
Registered
Dec 1, 1999
26 years old · Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC
On record
since 2006
3 of 4 safety checks passed (Sep 16, 2026).
AboutUs has not vetted this site. 1 of 4 automated safety check did not pass. Everything below is what we could measure automatically. Anything you do on the site — paying, sharing personal details, downloading — is between you and the site, not AboutUs.
Current facts
Latest available measurements; dated entries retain their dates. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
latest result
Domain registered Dec 1, 1999 — 26 years old.
latest result
Registrar on record: Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Jul 23, 2026).
Authority 87/100— ahead of 87% of the August 2026 scored sampleClear
Why this authority score
Prominence (Tranco rank #6,358)+10
Verified continuity: 26.8 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+4
Calibration adjustment (published map)+19
These lines explain the underlying model score of 44/99, which is what places this site at 87/100 using the August 2026 scored sample. Public Authority is capped at 99.
Safety evidence
No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 27 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 27 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2013 record.
1999
Domain registered (Dec 1, 1999).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 19, 2006); profile edited 3 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“CrossRef.org is an independent membership association.”