Tracked site: https://cnet.com/.
Checked against the Web 1.0 Specification
(2026 Edition), front page
only, roughly every two weeks.
F
Fails on multiple major faults.
Latest check: 2026-09-29.
3 major, 4 minor;
175.3 MB first-party transfer,
469 requests.
Rule by rule
| Rule | Fault | Result |
|---|
| JS-01 | JavaScript |
MAJOR
- inline <script>
- <script src="https://cdn.ziffstatic.com/jst/zdconsent.js">
- inline <script>
- inline <script>
- inline <script>
- and 61 more
|
| TP-01 | Third-party requests |
MAJOR
- https://cdn.cookielaw.org/consent/01921f61-54e5-75b2-af67-fd9e43ad3b10/01921f61-54e5-75b2-af67-fd9e43ad3b10.json (via <link rel=preload>)
- https://cdn.parsely.com (via <link rel=dns-prefetch>)
- https://experiments.parsely.com (via <link rel=dns-prefetch>)
- https://www.googletagmanager.com (via <link rel=dns-prefetch>)
- https://ziff-player.ex.co (via <link rel=preconnect>)
- and 9 more
|
| CK-01 | Cookies |
pass |
| WT-01 | Excessive transfer |
MAJOR
- total first-party transfer 175.33 MB (over 2 MB)
|
| AV-01 | Autoplaying media |
pass |
| HY-01 | Missing doctype |
pass |
| HY-02 | Missing title |
pass |
| HY-03 | Missing language |
pass |
| HY-04 | Missing charset |
pass |
| HY-05 | Missing alt text |
1 minor
- <img src="https://cdn.ziffstatic.com/pub/icong1.png">
|
| FT-01 | Web fonts |
2 minor
- @font-face in https://www.cnet.com/wp-content/themes/cnet-theme/build/frontend.css?ver=38088e541f73a0563e6c
- @font-face in https://www.cnet.com/wp-content/themes/cnet-theme/build/frontend.css?ver=38088e541f73a0563e6c
|
| RQ-01 | Excessive requests |
1 minor
|
| FR-01 | First-party frame |
pass |
History
| Date | Grade | Majors | Minors |
Weight | Requests |
|---|
| 2026-09-29 |
F |
3 |
4 |
175.3 MB |
469 |
| 2026-09-15 |
F |
3 |
4 |
144.6 MB |
494 |
| 2026-09-01 |
F |
3 |
4 |
119.6 MB |
480 |
| 2026-08-17 |
F |
3 |
4 |
78.2 MB |
478 |