What one page load of zdnet.com brought in
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- Ad entities
- 20
- Third-party domains
- 47
- Layout shift (CLS)
- 0.046
- Tranco rank
- 1,813
How it scores
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- Ad restraint
- 4
- Design
- 7
- Reach
- 9
- Editorial
- 5
- Signal-to-noise
- 5
- Access
- 9
- Cadence
- 9
- Independence
- 3
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