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The Markup

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#9
in Tech & AI
84
Signal score
9 vs 10
Ad restraint vs pillar median
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What one page load of themarkup.org brought in

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Ad entities
0

Not one ad entity on the page

Third-party domains
2
Layout shift (CLS)
0.045
Tranco rank
46,804

How it scores

Each dimension 0–10, weighted. How we measure and score →

Ad restraint
9

Measured

Design
8

Judged

Reach
7

Measured

Editorial
9

Judged

Signal-to-noise
9

Judged

Access
10

Judged

Cadence
6

Judged

Independence
9

Judged

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