What one page load of popmatters.com brought in
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- Ad entities
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- Third-party domains
- 8
- Layout shift (CLS)
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- Tranco rank
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How it scores
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- Design
- 7
- Reach
- 7
- Editorial
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- Signal-to-noise
- 5
- Access
- 8
- Cadence
- 7
- Independence
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What it looks like
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- Stephen Greenblatt’s Distinctly Modern Sir Walter Raleigh
- The Rolling Stones’ Dionysian Passion
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- Amazing Evening with Gregory Alan Isakov and Symphony at Red Rocks
- Bill Gunn’s ‘Personal Problems’ Is a Milestone in American Indie Filmmaking
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