Publish on Mercury News

mercurynews.comCalifornia, United StatesMetrics updated 2026-06-08
General news coverage for readers in California, United States, since 1996.
59B
VFCore Score
88
Domain rating
91
Domain authority
316K
Monthly traffic

Short answer

Mercury News publishes general news for readers in California, United States, with a domain rating of 88 and about 316k monthly visitors. A placement runs as an editorial article with a nofollow link and carries a sponsored or partner label, typically live in 3 to 5 business days.

What you get

  • One published editorial article on mercurynews.com
  • A nofollow link
  • Live URL and a dated screenshot in your case

Specification

Format
Article
Tier
Tier 1
Region
California, United States
Founded
1996
Link type
Nofollow
Links allowed
1
Sponsored label
Sponsored
Google indexing
Not indexed
AI answer engines
Blocked
Permanence
permanent
Writing
Included, or send your own

SEO authority and reach

How easily Mercury News ranks on Google and how much of the web points at it. Sources: Moz, Ahrefs, SEMrush, Tranco.

91
Domain authority

Moz, 0 to 100

51
Authority score

SEMrush, 0 to 100

316K
Organic visits / mo

From Google search

364K
Ranking keywords

Top 100 positions

11.2M
Backlinks

Links pointing in

138K
Referring domains

Unique linking sites

#4,841
Tranco rank

Lower is bigger

Blocked from AI answers

Mercury News blocks the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews. A placement still carries reader and search credibility, but it is unlikely to be cited in AI answers. If AI visibility is the goal, filter the directory by AI-citable.

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Where it lives

About Mercury News

Mercury News (mercurynews.com) has been publishing since 1996 and covers general news for readers in California, United States. It reaches roughly 316k visitors a month, and ranks for 364k search keywords. On authority it has a domain rating of 88, a domain authority of 91 and links from about 138k other websites, and sits at #4,841 in the Tranco global ranking. It blocks the crawlers behind AI answer engines, so an article here builds reader and search credibility but is unlikely to be cited in AI answers. Every placement is quoted per case and paid into escrow; the money is released only when the live URL and a dated screenshot are posted into your case.

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