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mercurynews.com

The Mercury News - Bay Area news, sports, business, entertainment, lifestyle and commentary

The Mercury News is the leading source of breaking news, local news, sports, business, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion for Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area and beyond

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Updated 48d ago

Analyst read

Professional

5/100 trustNews & WeatherStale snapshot

Detected stack

WordPress

Quick read

How to read mercurynews.com quickly

mercurynews.com looks like news & weather. Traffic estimates are limited, so use the trust and structure modules first. Current AI trust scoring is 5/100.

What to do next

  • The stack appears to include WordPress.
  • Open the Traffic tab if you need audience scale and geography before outreach.
  • Open the Business tab if trust, monetization, or positioning is your first decision filter.

Provider Completeness

34/56 fields populated (61%)

11 providers

Providers with missing fields

ads: 0/5publisher: 3/5files: 2/3traffic: 0/10radar: 0/4
View field-level status

visual: 4/4

All expected fields present

meta: 3/3

All expected fields present

seo: 5/5

All expected fields present

dns: 4/4

All expected fields present

ads: 0/5

Missing: isAdvertiser, advertiserIds, advertiserNames, resultCount, transparencySignals

publisher: 3/5

Missing: directCount, resellerCount

files: 2/3

Missing: robotsSitemapUrls

traffic: 0/10

Missing: monthlyVisits, globalRank, countryRank, bounceRate, avgVisitDuration, pagesPerVisit, topCountry, topRegions, topKeywords, trafficSources

whois: 6/6

All expected fields present

radar: 0/4

Missing: globalRank, rankBucket, categories, sourceTimestamp

ai: 7/7

All expected fields present

Why this module matters

Start here before opening deeper tabs

This overview turns the raw report into a fast read: what kind of site this is, how it appears to perform, and which detail modules are most worth opening next.

  • Use the SEO card to judge structure quality.
  • Use traffic and rank signals to estimate market weight.
  • Use business and trust modules before outreach or partnership decisions.

SEO Overview

H1 Tags2
H2 Tags15
Internal Links9
External Links275
Images43

DNS & Infrastructure

DNS ProviderGoogle
Mail (MX)20 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
30 aspmx2.googlemail.com
20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
10 aspmx.l.google.com
30 aspmx3.googlemail.com
NS Records6 records
TXT Records22 records

Traffic Stats

Domain Age29.5 years

Taxonomy

IAB CategoryNews & Weather
IAB Sub-CategoryLocal News
Confidence98%
newslocal newsbay areasilicon valleynewspaperjournalismsportsbusinessentertainment

Technical Files

robots.txtFound
sitemap.xmlFound

AI Analysis

SummaryThe Mercury News is a major metropolitan daily newspaper serving the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley, providing comprehensive coverage of local, regional, and national news through digital and print formats.
Business ModelMedia (Subscription-based digital news with advertising revenue)
Trust Score5/100
SentimentProfessional

Publisher / Monetization

ads.txtFound
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Monetization Signals
has_ads_txthas_ad_systems

Visual / Brand

Dominant Color#100100100
Color Palette
StorageR2

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