MSD Manuals
msdmanuals.com
In its own wordsThe Trusted Provider of Medical Information since 1899The MSD Manuals are the global standard in medical reference for Doctors, Students & Consumers - since 1899.
msdmanuals
MSD Manuals (msdmanuals.com) is ranked in the top 10,000 sites and was registered in 2014. It is built with Next.js and Bootstrap; we found no traces of an AI site builder.
Popularity
Website Traffic CheckerAmong the top 10K sites.
A popularity band, not a visit count.
Top 1KTop 10KTop 100KTop 1MOutside top 1M
Tranco: #6,536 · Chrome UX Report: Top 10,000 · Majestic Million: #2,512
Each list, with its date
| Source | Says | As of |
|---|---|---|
| TrancoA research ranking that combines several traffic and link sources, published daily. | #6,536 | list of 7 Oct 2026 |
| Chrome UX ReportRank buckets from Google’s real Chrome traffic, published monthly. | Top 10,000 | Aug 2026 |
| Majestic MillionRanks sites by how many separate networks link to them (links, not visits), published daily. CC BY 3.0 | #2,512 | list of 8 Oct 2026 |
Technology
Tech Stack CheckerBuilt with Next.js and Bootstrap.
Next.jsFrameworkShow evidenceHide evidence
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Everything else it uses (6)
Around it: CDN, DNS, Tag manager, SEO and more.
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Google Tag ManagerTag managerShow evidenceHide evidence
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Google Search ConsoleSEOShow evidenceHide evidence
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Trust signals
Website Trust Checker4 of 7 trust signals found on the home page.
Signals, not a judgement: missing details are common on small, honest sites.
- Domain registered19 May 2014, 12 years agoNoted
- HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
- Contact detailsNo email or phone on the home pageNot found
- Privacy policyLinked from the home pageFound
- TermsLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
- Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNoted
Every signal we looked at
On the site
- Contact pageLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
- About pageLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
- Privacy policyLinked from the home pageFound
- TermsLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
- Refund or returns policyNo link found on the home pageNot found
- Contact detailsNo email or phone on the home pageNot found
- Company detailsName: MSD ManualsPartly
- Payment providersNone on the home pageNoted
- TrackersNone found on the home pageNoted
Behind the site
- Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNotedCloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filter
- Domain registered19 May 2014, 12 years agoNoteddomain registry
- HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
- Protective settings3 of 6 in placePartly
- Email protectionPartly protected against forged emailPartlyDNS records
A second opinion on its security setup: Mozilla’s HTTP Observatory grades the site when you open it. Ten checks before you buy · A signal looks wrong? Report it
What it is
Website SummaryIt calls itself “The Trusted Provider of Medical Information since 1899”.
In its own wordsThe Trusted Provider of Medical Information since 1899The MSD Manuals are the global standard in medical reference for Doctors, Students & Consumers - since 1899.
The page doesn’t show enough to say what kind of site it is (a shop, a blog, an app…).
Who is behind it
- structured dataMSD Manuals
- copyright lineMerck
- WikidataThe Merck Manuals
Confirmed by 2 independent sources: copyright line and Wikidata.
Show evidence (3)Hide evidence
Exhibit 1 · page source, line 15
"name": "MSD Manuals"
Exhibit 2 · page source, line 81
© 2026 Merck
Exhibit 3 · Wikidata
Is this wrong? Report itQ7751055: The Merck Manuals
Each name is quoted from its source. A brand and the company that owns it often go by different names.
More about it: Wikidata, profiles, AI use, page facts
In Wikidata
- The Merck Manuals: medical reference works · reference work · since 1899
Wikidata, the free knowledge base behind Wikipedia, lists this domain as the official website of this item. Volunteers write it; each item shows its sources.
Find them on
The profiles its home page links. We haven’t checked who runs them.
AI use
- AI training: doesn’t ask AI training crawlers to stay away.
- AI assistants: may read it for the people who ask them.
What its robots.txt and robots tags ask of AI crawlers. Each crawler chooses whether to follow it.
- Site name
- MSD Manuals
- Language
- English (en)
- What it tells search engines
- BreadcrumbList, Organization, WebSite
Named in its structured data
- OrganizationMSD Manuals
Read from what the page says about itself; we haven’t checked whether it’s true.
Built with AI?
AI Website DetectorNo AI builder traces found.
Coding tools such as Cursor leave no traces, so this doesn’t mean a person made it.
AI traces: None found
How we know
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Score breakdown
Site Score96 of 100: strong trust signals.
How established and checkable it is; AI traces carry no weight.
TransparencyContact, policies and about page26 / 30
Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25
PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20
Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections15 / 15
ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines10 / 10
Why each part scored what it did
TransparencyContact, policies and about page26 / 30contact page linked · email and phone not both given · privacy policy linked · terms linked · no payments seen, so no refund policy needed · about page linked
Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25domain registered 12 years ago
PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20Top 10K in a popularity list
Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections15 / 15loads over HTTPS · sends visitors to HTTPS · always uses HTTPS · protective settings
ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines10 / 10site name matches the domain · describes itself · tells search engines what it is
A high score isn’t a promise that a business is honest. How the score works.
Domain history
Domain HistoryRegistered in 2014; first archived in 2015.
- Domain registeredRDAP
- First certificate issuedCertificate Transparency
- First captured by the web archiveInternet Archive
- This scanCheckAnySite
In the web archive: captured in 12 of 12 years · see the first capture
- 2015: captured
- 2016: captured
- 2017: captured
- 2018: captured
- 2019: captured
- 2020: captured
- 2021: captured
- 2022: captured
- 2023: captured
- 2024: captured
- 2025: captured
- 2026: captured
Changes, earlier scans and alerts
- Since our previous scan
- This is our first scan of the site.
How we scanned it
Only from what anyone can see: the site’s public pages and public records.
- Politely. Our scanner, CheckAnySiteBot, says who it is and follows the site’s robots.txt.
- With sources. Every fact above says where it came from and when.
- Without guessing. When we couldn’t check something, we say so.
This scan, in numbers
928 checks on 17 Oct 2026, with version 0.5.0 of our checks and version 1.1 of the score.
Questions about msdmanuals.com
What is msdmanuals.com?
MSD Manuals describes itself: “The MSD Manuals are the global standard in medical reference for Doctors, Students & Consumers - since 1899.” See the evidence
How old is msdmanuals.com?
Its domain was registered on 19 May 2014, 12 years ago. See the evidence
What is msdmanuals.com built with?
It is built with Next.js and Bootstrap; we found 8 technologies in all. See the evidence
How popular is msdmanuals.com?
It is among the top 10,000 sites, by Tranco, Chrome UX Report and Majestic Million. See the evidence
Was msdmanuals.com made with AI?
We found no traces of an AI site builder. That doesn’t prove a person built it: AI coding assistants leave no traces. See the evidence
Who is behind msdmanuals.com?
MSD Manuals, named by its copyright line and Wikidata. See the evidence
More sites near it in popularity
Automated findings from the site’s public home page and public records, as of 17 Oct 2026. They describe what we found, not the people or business behind the site, and they may be incomplete or out of date. This is information, not advice. Terms · Report an error
What this scan can’t tell you
- Whether the business is real, honest or delivers what it sells.
- Whether a site was made with AI when no traces were left: coding assistants and hand edits leave none.
- How many people visit: we show popularity bands from public lists, not visits.
- Anything beyond the home page as it was at the time of the scan.
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