fredericksburg.com

Fredericksburg.com is the website for The Free Lance-Star Publishing Co., a family-owned media company in Fredericksburg, Virginia that publishes a daily newspaper, operates three radio stations, and maintains a local directory. The site serves residents and businesses in the Fredericksburg region with news, classified ads, event listings, and newspaper archives.

Authority

65/100

Safety

90/100

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1 of 4 safety checks passed (Sep 29, 2026).

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Current facts

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Authority & Safety, with the evidence

How this is scored →

Authority 65/100 — ahead of 65% of the August 2026 scored sampleClear

Why this authority score

65 is a percentile: higher than 65% of sites we score.

How it's calculated

Prominence (Tranco rank #71,656)+7
Verified continuity: 27.9 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+3
Calibration adjustment (published map)+12

Model score: 33/99 — what these reason lines add up to.

Published Authority (percentile): 65/100 — this site's rank against the August 2026 scored sample. Public Authority is capped at 99.

Safety evidence

No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 39 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 39 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.

Site history

Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2013 record.

1998
Domain registered (Nov 17, 1998).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 20, 2006); profile edited 6 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“Fredericksburg.com homepage of the Free Lance Star newspaper.”
2026
Checked today — 1 of 4 safety checks passed (Sep 29, 2026).

✓ domain continuity 27 years registered✓ live verified Sep 29, 2026

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