Publish on The Real Deal

therealdeal.comUnited StatesAI-citableMetrics updated 2026-06-08
General news coverage for readers in the United States, since 1997.
59B
VFCore Score
84
Domain rating
81
Domain authority
169K
Monthly traffic

Short answer

The Real Deal publishes general news for readers in the United States, with a domain rating of 84 and about 169k monthly visitors. A placement runs as an editorial article with a nofollow link and carries a sponsored or partner label, typically live in 5 to 10 business days.

What you get

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

Specification

Format
Article
Tier
Tier 1
Region
United States
Founded
1997
Link type
Nofollow
Links allowed
1
Sponsored label
Sponsored
Google indexing
Indexed
AI answer engines
Can cite it
Permanence
permanent
Writing
Included, or send your own

SEO authority and reach

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

81
Domain authority

Moz, 0 to 100

53
Authority score

SEMrush, 0 to 100

169K
Organic visits / mo

From Google search

192K
Ranking keywords

Top 100 positions

2M
Backlinks

Links pointing in

38K
Referring domains

Unique linking sites

#21,077
Tranco rank

Lower is bigger

Citable by AI answer engines

The Real Deal 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 Real Deal

The Real Deal (therealdeal.com) has been publishing since 1997 and covers general news for readers in the United States. It reaches roughly 169k visitors a month, and ranks for 192k search keywords. On authority it has a domain rating of 84, a domain authority of 81 and links from about 38k other websites, and sits at #21,077 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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