What powers merlinmann.com?
Last seen Oct 2026 · 13 technologies across 10 categories
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CMS
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AI Crawlers
Doesn't name any of the 33 AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt. Catch-all rules (User-agent: *) restrict some paths for every crawler, AI or not. Checked Nov 2026.
- robots.txt found
- llms.txt not found
- ai.txt not found
Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| merlin mann | #1 | 120 |
| roderick on the line | #1 | 84 |
| merlin mann wisdom project | #28 | 0 |
| troll from merlin | #34 | 0 |
| on the line podcast | #49 | 0 |
| anchorage tinder | #68 | 0 |
| merlinone | #73 | 0 |
| john roderick podcast | #77 | 0 |
| roderick rat | #86 | 0 |
| telephone clubs | #99 | 0 |
The site's top keywords in Google (US), with the visits each one is estimated to bring per month.
Top backlinks
Top links pointing at the site, one per source domain, strongest first. The anchor text opens the page carrying the link.
AI Crawlers
No AI crawlers blocked
Audience
United States
Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.
Open Page Rank
5.44 / 10 · ranked #166,290 of all domains
288 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
210 est. monthly organic visits (US)
10 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.5 s |
| INP | 250 ms |
| CLS | 0.05 |
| TTFB | 700 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Sep 2026.
Page
- Language: English
- Weight: 0.5 MB · 32 requests
- Structured data: OpenGraph
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Oct 2026.
Infrastructure
- Registered Oct 2000 (26 years) via GoDaddy.com, LLC, renews Oct 2027
- Hosted on Squarespace (198.49.23.160)
- DNS: GoDaddy DNS
- Email: Microsoft 365
- Email security: SPF (hard fail), no DMARC record
- SSL: Let's Encrypt, RSA 2048, expires Jan 2027
- Common Crawl link graph: rank 455,302, 7 hosts
DNS records as swept Nov 2026, certificate as seen Nov 2026, registration from the registry's RDAP service. How the web is hosted