Based on 831 businesses audited.
Merriam-Webster has 22.7 points more reputation than the average for Media, News & Publishing.
Media, News & Publishing Reputation: Merriam-Webster (merriam-webster.com)
This site is a benchmark for low-BS publishing, where the value proposition is immediately accessible and the substance matches the signal. It avoids the ‘investigative’ or ‘award-winning’ cliches of the news industry, opting for a functional authority that is technically and editorially sound.
Media, News & Publishing Reputation: Merriam-Webster (merriam-webster.com)
The site is an exact match for the Media, News & Publishing category, specifically within the reference and educational sub-sectors. The content focuses entirely on lexical data, grammar guidance, and linguistic wordplay as expected from a primary reference authority.
“The score of 88 is driven by a very low Commodity Fingerprint and high Information Density. Minor points were only deducted for the presence of generic industry adjectives like 'trusted' and 'authoritative' and minor heading hierarchy repetitions in the technical crawl.”