Publish on The Manual

themanual.comUnited StatesAI-citableMetrics updated 2026-06-08
General news coverage for readers in the United States, since 1996.
61B+
VFCore Score
77
Domain rating
76
Domain authority
—
Monthly traffic

Short answer

The Manual publishes general news for readers in the United States, with a domain rating of 77. A placement runs as an editorial article with a dofollow link and carries no sponsored label, typically live in 5 business days.

What you get

  • One published editorial article on themanual.com
  • A dofollow link
  • Live URL and a dated screenshot in your case
  • Indexed by Google
  • Readable by AI answer engines

Specification

Format
Article
Tier
Tier 2
Region
United States
Founded
1996
Link type
Dofollow
Links allowed
1
Sponsored label
No label
Google indexing
Indexed
AI answer engines
Can cite it
Permanence
permanent
Writing
Included, or send your own

SEO authority and reach

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

76
Domain authority

Moz, 0 to 100

45
Authority score

SEMrush, 0 to 100

247K
Ranking keywords

Top 100 positions

305K
Backlinks

Links pointing in

28K
Referring domains

Unique linking sites

#44,723
Tranco rank

Lower is bigger

Citable by AI answer engines

The Manual lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews read its pages, so an article here can be surfaced and cited when someone asks an assistant about you.

Read from the outlet’s robots.txt.

Where it lives

About The Manual

The Manual (themanual.com) has been publishing since 1996 and covers general news for readers in the United States. On authority it has a domain rating of 77, a domain authority of 76 and links from about 28k other websites, and sits at #44,723 in the Tranco global ranking. Its robots.txt lets the AI answer engines in, so an article here can be read and cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews. 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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