Publish on SF Weekly

sfweekly.comCalifornia, United StatesMetrics updated 2026-06-08
General news coverage for readers in California, United States, since 1995.
63B+
VFCore Score
80
Domain rating
74
Domain authority
—
Monthly traffic

Short answer

SF Weekly publishes general news for readers in California, United States, with a domain rating of 80. A placement runs as an editorial article with a dofollow link and carries no sponsored label, typically live in 1 to 3 business days.

What you get

  • One published editorial article on sfweekly.com
  • A dofollow link
  • Live URL and a dated screenshot in your case
  • Indexed by Google

Specification

Format
Article
Tier
Tier 1
Region
California, United States
Language
English
Topics
General News
Founded
1995
Link type
Dofollow
Links allowed
1
Sponsored label
No label
Google indexing
Indexed
AI answer engines
Blocked
Permanence
permanent
Writing
Included, or send your own

SEO authority and reach

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

74
Domain authority

Moz, 0 to 100

44
Authority score

SEMrush, 0 to 100

36K
Ranking keywords

Top 100 positions

614K
Backlinks

Links pointing in

26K
Referring domains

Unique linking sites

#32,172
Tranco rank

Lower is bigger

Blocked from AI answers

SF Weekly 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 SF Weekly

SF Weekly (sfweekly.com) has been publishing since 1995 and covers general news for readers in California, United States, in English. On authority it has a domain rating of 80, a domain authority of 74 and links from about 26k other websites, and sits at #32,172 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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