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Authority

97/100

Safety

90/100

Registered

May 6, 1993

33 years old · CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

On record

since 2006

3 of 5 safety checks passed (Sep 6, 2026).

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Current facts

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

checked now

Domain registered May 6, 1993 — 33 years old.

checked now

Registrar today: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Jul 24, 2026).

Trust record

Authority & Safety, with the evidence

How this is scored →

Authority 97/100 — ahead of 97% of scored sitesClear

Why this authority score

Prominence (Tranco rank #15,015; Open PageRank 4.3/10)+13
Verified continuity: 33.3 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+4
Prominence × continuity interaction+1
Calibration adjustment (published map)+23

Every point maps to a sentence. These lines sum to the model score of 52/99, which is what places this site at 97/100 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 2013 record.

1993
Domain registered (May 6, 1993).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 21, 2006); profile edited 8 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“M-W.com Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online”
2026
Checked today — 3 of 5 safety checks passed (Sep 6, 2026).

✓ domain continuity 33 years registered✓ live verified Sep 6, 2026

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