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merckmanuals.com

The Trusted Provider of Medical Information since 1899

Last scanned Aug 1, 2026, 11:00 PM · 8 views

92

Overall score

Excellent

Summary

At Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. This website uses Next.js behind CloudFront CDN. SEO is excellent (90/100) and accessibility is excellent (100/100). Security scores excellent (90/100) and performance excellent (90/100). Top issue: robots.txt not found.

Merck Manuals

At Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than 130 years, we have brought hope to humanity through the development of important medicines and vaccines. We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world – and today, we are at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals.First published in 1899 as a small reference book for physicians and pharmacists, The Merck Manual grew in size and scope to become one of the world's most widely used comprehensive medical resources for professionals and consumers. As The Manual evolved, it continually expanded the reach and depth of its offerings to reflect the mission of providing the best medical information to a wide cross-section of users, including medical professionals and students, veterinarians and veterinary students, and consumers. Learn more about our commitment toGlobal Medical Knowledge.

Top issues to fix

4 issues found

  • Missing X-Frame-Options header

    Security

    Add X-Frame-Options (or a CSP frame-ancestors rule) to prevent clickjacking via hidden iframes.

  • robots.txt not found

    SEO

    Publish /robots.txt with a Sitemap: directive to guide crawlers.

  • sitemap.xml not found

    SEO

    Publish an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt to speed up page discovery.

  • 20 broken links on the page

    SEO

    Fix or remove broken links — they waste crawl budget and erode user trust.

90

SEO

2 issue(s) found

90

Performance

1.46 s

90

Security

HTTPS & header checks

100

Accessibility

0 issue(s) found

Score history

+3 overall since Jul 25, 2026

Overall
92
SEO
90
Security
90
Performance
90
Accessibility
100

Organization

Company details published in this site's own structured data.

Merck Manuals

At Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than 130 years, we have brought hope to humanity through the development of important medicines and vaccines. We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world – and today, we are at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals.First published in 1899 as a small reference book for physicians and pharmacists, The Merck Manual grew in size and scope to become one of the world's most widely used comprehensive medical resources for professionals and consumers. As The Manual evolved, it continually expanded the reach and depth of its offerings to reflect the mission of providing the best medical information to a wide cross-section of users, including medical professionals and students, veterinarians and veterinary students, and consumers. Learn more about our commitment toGlobal Medical Knowledge.

Meta tags

Title
The Trusted Provider of Medical Information since 1899
Description
The Merck Manuals are the global standard in medical reference for Doctors, Students & Consumers - since 1899.
Canonical
https://www.merckmanuals.com
Language
en-us
Charset
utf-8
Viewport
width=device-width, height=device-height, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, maximum-scale=5, user-scalable=1
Robots meta
Manifest

OpenGraph & Twitter Card

OpenGraph

og:title
The Trusted Provider of Medical Information since 1899
og:description
og:type
article
og:url
https://www.merckmanuals.com/

Twitter Card

twitter:card
summary_large_image
twitter:title
The Trusted Provider of Medical Information since 1899
twitter:description
The Merck Manuals are the global standard in medical reference for Doctors, Students & Consumers - since 1899.

Technologies

Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.

Hosting & CDN

Hosting provider
CDN provider
CloudFront
IP address
ASN

DNS records

TypeValue
A
AAAA
MX
TXT
NS
CAA
CNAME
IPv6 supportNo

TLS / SSL certificate

Version
TLS 1.3
Issuer
Amazon
Subject
www.merckmanuals.com
Valid from
Jan 23, 2026
Valid to
Feb 20, 2027
Days until expiry
203
SAN domains
www.merckmanuals.com, cf-www.merckmanuals.com

Security headers

  • Strict-Transport-SecurityEnabled
  • Content-Security-PolicyEnabled
  • X-Frame-OptionsMissing
  • X-Content-Type-OptionsEnabled
  • Referrer-PolicyMissing
  • Permissions-PolicyMissing

Compression: gzip · 0 cookie(s) observed

Content & assets

Headings

H1 1 · H2 4 · H3 12

Links

13 internal · 7 external · 20 broken

Images

29 total · 0 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

33 scripts · 8 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

78.5 KB · 0 B

Page size

132 KB

Robots.txt & Sitemap

robots.txt
Not found
Disallow rules
0
sitemap.xml
Not found
URLs in sitemap
0

SEO issues

  • robots.txt not found
  • sitemap.xml not found

Accessibility issues

No accessibility issues detected.

Scan details

Requested URL
https://merckmanuals.com
Final URL
https://www.merckmanuals.com/
HTTP status
200
HTTP version
HTTP/2
Response time
1.46 s
HTML size
132 KB
Redirect chain
https://merckmanuals.com → https://www.merckmanuals.com/

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Frequently asked questions

What technology does merckmanuals.com use?
merckmanuals.com is built with Next.js.
Is merckmanuals.com secure (HTTPS)?
Yes. merckmanuals.com uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Amazon, valid until Feb 20, 2027.
Who hosts merckmanuals.com?
Hosting provider information for merckmanuals.com is not available yet.
What is merckmanuals.com's SEO score?
merckmanuals.com scored 90/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (excellent).
What is merckmanuals.com's overall website score?
merckmanuals.com has an overall SiteGraph score of 92/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.
What company operates merckmanuals.com?
merckmanuals.com is operated by Merck Manuals. At Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than 130 years, we have brought hope to humanity through the development of important medicines and vaccines. We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world – and today, we are at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals.First published in 1899 as a small reference book for physicians and pharmacists, The Merck Manual grew in size and scope to become one of the world's most widely used comprehensive medical resources for professionals and consumers. As The Manual evolved, it continually expanded the reach and depth of its offerings to reflect the mission of providing the best medical information to a wide cross-section of users, including medical professionals and students, veterinarians and veterinary students, and consumers. Learn more about our commitment toGlobal Medical Knowledge.
Has merckmanuals.com's score changed over time?
merckmanuals.com's overall score has improved by 3 points (from 89 to 92) since Jul 25, 2026.