Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig metainfo.com. NS
Answer
metainfo.com. 5 NS pdns196.ultradns.com.
metainfo.com. 5 NS pdns196.ultradns.biz.
metainfo.com. 5 NS pdns196.ultradns.org.
metainfo.com. 5 NS pdns196.ultradns.info.
metainfo.com. 5 NS pdns196.ultradns.co.uk.
metainfo.com. 5 NS pdns196.ultradns.net.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
pdns196.ultradns.co.uk. 3 A 156.154.69.196
pdns196.ultradns.biz. 3 A 156.154.66.196
pdns196.ultradns.com. 3 A 156.154.64.196
pdns196.ultradns.net. 3 A 156.154.65.196
pdns196.ultradns.org. 3 A 156.154.67.196
pdns196.ultradns.info. 3 A 156.154.68.196
pdns196.ultradns.co.uk. 3 AAAA 2610:a1:1017:0:0:0:0:e8
pdns196.ultradns.biz. 3 AAAA 2610:a1:1015:0:0:0:0:e8
pdns196.ultradns.com. 3 AAAA 2001:502:f3ff:0:0:0:0:e8
pdns196.ultradns.net. 3 AAAA 2610:a1:1014:0:0:0:0:e8
pdns196.ultradns.org. 3 AAAA 2001:502:4612:0:0:0:0:e8
pdns196.ultradns.info. 3 AAAA 2610:a1:1016:0:0:0:0:e8
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0