salon.com
Salon.com
Who runs Salon.com, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest online news and opinion alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- HuffPost
Measured from Salon.com’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Salon.com01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Salon.com
Salon.com salon.com
Wikidata: American progressive news and opinion website
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Salon.com tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
trackers that follow visitors
5 of the 14 alternatives below have fewer, 6 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 3 tools
Visitor analytics
Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
Third-party embeds
Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Salon.com
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Salon.com, thumbs down if it isn’t.
18 of the 60 sites closest to Salon.com match.
- 01
The New Republic
Founded in 1914, The New Republic is a media organization dedicated to addressing today’s most critical issues.
Very close - 02
Semafor - An intelligent, transparent global news platform for breaking stories, analysis and video
Transparent, global reporting by Semafor journalists on politics, policy, business, finance, technology, climate, energy, media, entertainment, world affairs, China, Asia, Europe, Africa for US and international readers.
Very close - 03
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Very close - 04
The Intercept
Fearless, adversarial journalism that holds the powerful accountable.
Very close - 05
Checking your browser
Very close - 06
The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers.
Curated by professional editors, The Conversation offers informed commentary and debate on the issues affecting our world. Plus a Plain English guide to the latest developments and discoveries from the university and research sector.
Very close - 07
Fortune - Fortune 500 Daily & Breaking Business News
Unrivaled access, premier storytelling, and the best of business since 1930.
Very close - 08
The Daily Wire - Redirecting...
American conservative website and media company
Very close - 09
Featured Content on Myspace
Featured Content on Myspace
Very close - 10
BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio
Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more
Very close - 11
News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
Very close - 12
International Business, World News & Global Stock Market Analysis
CNBC International is the world leader for news on business, technology, China, trade, oil prices, the Middle East and markets.
Very close - 13
NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News
Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.
Very close - 14
TechPowerUp
Leading tech publication, with fast news, thorough reviews, and a strong community.
Very close - 15
PS - The World's Opinion Page - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate - The World’s Opinion Page
Very close - 16
FanSided Sports News & Updates: NFL, NBA, MLB, College & More
FanSided - Your go-to source for sports, entertainment, and lifestyle. Stay updated on news, analysis, and fandom across a range of topics.
Very close - 17
Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
American nonprofit newspaper (1908-)
Very close - 18
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Salon.com’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Salon.com uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Salon.com adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 16 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,199
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 148 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Salon.com’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress page source: /wp-includes/
- Fonts
- Google Fonts page source: fonts.gstatic.com
- Analytics
- Chartbeat page source: static.chartbeat.com
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Security
- reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/api.js
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: NnFd2EiWZfqnm5lCbyL0jmsqB3V0TZMNTySUOGMwqmqTglWFb4b7lg==
- Hosting
- Amazon Web Services cookie AWSALB
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-includes/)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:sparkpos…
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:sparkpos…
- SparkPost TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:sparkpos…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1607.awsdns-08.co.uk
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=ToZocoVH2HQ_ELmCBBfCEYwD3cn86qhMrWuiNPTfHfk
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=tgeiwtothsyny0dy06usfbpl583mto
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on salon.com 16/20
- Google Workspace 15/20
- Meta Business Suite 14/20
- Amazon Route 53 10/20
- Apple Business · not on salon.com 9/20
- Atlassian · not on salon.com 9/20
- GlobalSign · not on salon.com 9/20
- OpenAI · not on salon.com 9/20
- Adobe · not on salon.com 8/20
- Fastly · not on salon.com 8/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on salon.com 8/20
- Google Tag Manager 7/20
- Amazon SES 6/20
- OneTrust · not on salon.com 6/20
- Zoom · not on salon.com 6/20