19 technologies3 categories
m-w.com uses Google Tag Manager, VWO, and AdThrive and 16 other technologies. It ranks #21,274 globally.
Analytics are handled by Google Tag Manager and VWO. Infrastructure includes Amazon CloudFront and Amazon Web Services.
Tech Stack Highlights
Analytics & Marketing10
Google Tag Manager
Tag managers
100%
3 evidence signals
HTML
googletagmanager.com/gtm.jsJS Global
google_tag_manager → objectJS Global
dataLayer → objectVWO
Analytics
100%
4 evidence signals
JS Global
VWO → objectJS Global
_vwo_code → objectscriptContent
dev.visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/scriptContent
dev.visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/AdThrive
Advertising
100%
6 evidence signals
Script
https://ads.adthrive.com/builds/customizations/61575e8e934c48ea554b3caa.jsScript
https://ads.adthrive.com/builds/core/b5a9c73/es2018/js/adthrive.min.js?deployment=2026-02-04-05:pe-837:b5a9c73:4&bucket=flex-11&deliveryFeatures=additiveRaptiveFloors,altsdm,altv2,amazonBetaApstag,consentManagerCMP,cv2,es2021,hb_crid,ld,nvc,raptiveFloors,raptiveManualCookieSync,recencyFrequency,reissuingSticky,removeAdHost,rpbsecs,rpr,rrassf,stickyBucketsLocalStorage,stickyV2,switzerlandGdpr,trafficShaping,prebidLoad,gptLoad,amazonLoad,ttdSync&siteid=61575e8e934c48ea554b3caaScript
https://ads.adthrive.com/builds/core/b5a9c73/vendor/prebid/es2018/prebid.min.jsScript
https://ads.adthrive.com/sites/61575e8e934c48ea554b3caa/ads.min.js?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2F&threshold=74JS Global
adthrive → objectscriptContent
ads.adthrive.comMicrosoft Clarity
Analytics
75%
1 evidence signal
JS Global
clarity → functionGoogle Analytics
Analytics
75%
1 evidence signal
JS Global
gtag → function
Amazon Advertising
Advertising
75%
1 evidence signal
Script
https://c.aps.amazon-adsystem.com/apstag.jsFacebook Pixelv2.0
Analytics
75%
1 evidence signal
JS Global
_fbq → function(v2.0)Google Publisher Tag
Advertising
75%
1 evidence signal
Script
https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.jsPrebid
Advertising
75%
2 evidence signals
JS Global
pbjs → objectJS Global
pbjs.version → objectPlausible
Analytics
75%
1 evidence signal
JS Global
plausible → functionInfrastructure & Security3
Amazon CloudFront
CDN
75%
2 evidence signals
Header
\(CloudFront\)$: 1.1 fbece5c8ee362fdd56eaeadc375fc068.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)Header
iyzq7qxO0-cYQODc0Zi5q4md-WZ99oXYx75iqKWU3vhJuaJe_99QDQ==Nginx
Web servers
75%
1 evidence signal
Header
nginx(?:/([\d.]+))?\;version:\1: nginxAmazon Web Services
PaaS
50%
1 evidence signal
HTML
implied by Amazon CloudFrontLibraries & Utilities6
HTTP/3
Miscellaneous
75%
1 evidence signal
Header
h3: h3=":443"; ma=86400jQuery
JavaScript libraries
75%
1 evidence signal
JS Global
jQuery.fn.jquery → functionjQuery Migrate
JavaScript libraries
75%
2 evidence signals
JS Global
jQuery.migrateVersion → functionJS Global
jQuery.migrateWarnings → functionjQuery UI
JavaScript libraries
75%
1 evidence signal
JS Global
jQuery.ui.version → functionSentry
Issue trackers
75%
2 evidence signals
JS Global
Sentry → objectJS Global
Sentry.SDK_VERSION → objectJW Playerv8.10.3+commercial_v8-10-3.348.commercial.e279675.hlsjs..hlsjsprogressive..jwplayer.3860509.dai.45542e3.freewheel.556af86.googima.8b607ea.vast.0bfdd06.analytics.eea14bb.gapro.141397a
Video players
75%
2 evidence signals
JS Global
jwplayer → function(v8.10.3+commercial_v8-10-3.348.commercial.e279675.hlsjs..hlsjsprogressive..jwplayer.3860509.dai.45542e3.freewheel.556af86.googima.8b607ea.vast.0bfdd06.analytics.eea14bb.gapro.141397a)JS Global
webpackJsonpjwplayer → object