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howtogeek.com

Registered 2006 · site is live · HTTPS valid

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howtogeek.com

aboutus.com/howtogeek.comScores refreshed Sep 30, 2026Not an official or audited rating

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Authority

Link-graph prominence, 0–99

Safety

No known risk flags

Known risk signals, not a check pass rate

Registered: Sep 11, 200620 years old · RDAP fetched Sep 19, 2026
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC

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On record since 2006 — see history

All 4 safety checks passed (Oct 4, 2026).

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Current facts

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Authority & Safety, with the evidence

How this is scored →

Authority 83/100 — ahead of 83% of the August 2026 scored sampleClear

Why this authority score

83 is a percentile: higher than 83% of sites we score.

How it's calculated

Prominence (Tranco rank #4,529)+9
Verified continuity: 20.1 years (RDAP registration)+10
Security & email hygiene+5
Calibration adjustment (published map)+18

Model score: 42/99 — what these reason lines add up to.

Published Authority (percentile): 83/100 — 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 4 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 4 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.

2006
Domain registered (Sep 11, 2006).
2007
First tracked by AboutUs (Jan 10, 2007); profile edited 4 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“HowToGeek.com Offers tutorials, tips and how-to guides for Windows and Linux”
2026
Checked today — All 4 safety checks passed (Oct 4, 2026).

✓ domain continuity 20 years registered✓ live verified Oct 4, 2026

Common questions

Is howtogeek.com legit or a scam?

howtogeek.com was registered Sep 11, 2006 (20 years old), per public registration records. AboutUs doesn't label sites "legit" or "a scam": this page lists the dated registration, DNS, HTTPS, mail-authentication and safety checks we could verify, each with its source, so you can decide for yourself.

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Nobody has completed AboutUs's owner verification for howtogeek.com. That's true of most sites here — it isn't itself a warning sign.

When was howtogeek.com registered?

howtogeek.com's registration dates to Sep 11, 2006 (20 years old), per public registration records. GoDaddy.com, LLC is the registrar on record today.

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