Community Platforms
CNET Forums
Tech discussion forums.
Key Metrics
- Domain Authority
- 64
- GEO Score
- 60
- Link Type
- mixed
- Effort
- medium
- Indexable
- Yes
- AI Access
- partially open
GEO Score Breakdown
Weighted composite of six signals that predict how likely AI engines are to reference this platform.
- Crawl Access
- Whether AI crawlers can reach this platform
- 3
- Popularity
- Tranco ranking — how much global traffic the platform gets
- 19
- Query Fit
- How likely this platform surfaces in AI answers
- 14
- Indexability
- Whether profiles are indexable by search engines
- 10
- Authority
- Domain authority (Ahrefs DR)
- 10
- Link Value
- SEO value of outbound links (dofollow vs nofollow)
- 4
AI Crawler Access
robots.txt status for each major AI crawler. Checked on platform root.
- OAI-SearchBot
- blocked
- GPTBot
- blocked
- ChatGPT-User
- blocked
- ClaudeBot
- blocked
- PerplexityBot
- blocked
- Google-Extended
- allowed
- Bytespider
- blocked
What is CNET Forums for GEO?
CNET Forums is a community platforms platform with a Domain Authority (DR) of 64 and mixed link attribution, making it a useful target for Generative Engine Optimization. Profiles on this platform are indexable by search engines, and AI crawler access is partially open.
The platform's composite GEO score is 60, weighted from six signals: crawl access (3), popularity (19), query fit (14), indexability (10), authority (10), and link value (4). Profile creation requires moderate effort.
For brands looking to improve AI visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude, CNET Forums is a solid platform to include in your GEO strategy. Use the full visibility audit to check the current state of this platform in detail.