cnet.com
Mixed
Results vary across cnet.com: of 35 URLs tested, 15 are blocked, 12 are disrupted some of the time, 7 load normally and 1 has no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall resets the connection, poisons its DNS and silently drops its packets so requests time out. 1,844 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-03-05, the most recent on 2026-07-27.
The site itself
http://cnet.comas of 2026Intermittenthttps://cnet.comIntermittenthttp://www.cnet.comas of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.cnet.comIntermittentPages and subdomains (31)
http://cnet.com/forumsas of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.news.cnet.comIntermittenthttp://download.cnet.comas of 2026Blockedhttps://download.cnet.comas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.cnet.com/appleas of 2026Not blockedhttp://download.cnet.com/windowsBlockedhttp://download.cnet.com/ccleanerBlockedhttps://download.cnet.com/windowsBlockedhttps://download.cnet.com/androidNot blockedhttp://download.cnet.com/s/free-vpnBlockedhttps://download.cnet.com/s/free-vpnas of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.cnet.com/products/fluance-fi70as of 2026Intermittenthttp://download.cnet.com/hotspot-shield/?tag=mncol%3B2Blockedhttp://download.cnet.com/Freegate/3000-2085_4-10415391.htmlBlockedhttp://download.cnet.com/free-vpn/3000-7240_4-75445860.htmlBlockedhttp://download.cnet.com/Freegate/3001-2085_4-10415391.htmlas of 2026Blockedhttps://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/best-free-vpnas of 2026Intermittenthttp://download.cnet.com/Apple-Safari/3000-2356_4-10697481.htmlas of 2026Blockedhttps://www.cnet.com/news/the-best-national-pizza-day-deals-2019as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.cnet.com/news/hand-exoglove-lets-you-touch-a-virtual-worldas of 2025Intermittenthttp://download.cnet.com/Tor-Browser-Bundle/3000-2356_4-75660251.htmlBlockedhttp://download.cnet.com/SoftEther-VPN-Server/3000-7240_4-75886061.htmlIntermittenthttp://download.cnet.com/freegate/3000-2085_4-10415391.html?tag=mncol%3B1as of 2026Blockedhttp://download.cnet.com/Hotspot-Shield-VPN-Proxy/3000-2144_4-75750159.htmlBlockedhttps://www.cnet.com/news/yanny-or-laurel-who-cares-the-reactions-are-hilariousIntermittenthttp://download.cnet.com/Skype/3001-2349_4-10225260.html?spi=3ed33446afbc01aaa54f63c4eab1ea11as of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-bing-hiding-image-results-for-tank-man-due-to-human-error/Not blockedhttp://download.cnet.com/Advanced-SystemCare/3000-2086_4-10407614.html?part=dl-&subj=dl&tag=buttonas of 2026Blockedhttps://download.cnet.com/Trojan-Killer-Portable/3000-8022_4-77364342.html?part=dl-&subj=dl&tag=buttonBlockedhttps://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/mortgages/what-happened-at-zillow-how-a-prized-real-estate-site-lost-at-ibuying/Intermittenthttp://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/05/70/84/softether-vpnserver_vpnbridge-v1.00-9029-rc2-2013.03.16-windows-x86_x64-intel.exe?token=1434540914_c81ce2127a455a97bcd6267f53dda41b&fileName=softether-vpnserver_vpnbridge-v1.00-9029-rc2-2013.03.16-wiUnresolvableAbout cnet.com and the Great Firewall
Results vary across cnet.com: of 35 URLs tested, 15 are blocked, 12 are disrupted some of the time, 7 load normally and 1 has no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall resets the connection, poisons its DNS and silently drops its packets so requests time out. 1,844 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-03-05, the most recent on 2026-07-27.
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cnet.com is ranked #638 among the world's most-visited domains (Tranco).
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