Reference.com
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| Global rank | 1 189 |
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| Daily visitors | 128K |
| Daily pageviews | 282K |
| Pageviews per user | 2.2 |
| Rating | |
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| Status | Online |
| Latest check | |
| Category | Research/Reference, Search engines |
Countable Data Brief
Reference.com is tracked by us since April, 2011. Over the time it has been ranked as high as 167 in the world, while most of its traffic comes from USA, where it reached as high as 58 position. It was owned by several entities, from DNS Manager Dictionary.com to IAC Publishing LLC, it was hosted by XO Communications, Fastly Inc. and others. While MARKMONITOR INC. was its first registrar, now it is moved to MarkMonitor Inc..
Reference has a high Google pagerank and bad results in terms of Yandex topical citation index. We found that Reference.com is moderately ‘socialized’ in respect to Facebook shares (9.90K), Twitter mentions (770) and Google+ shares (287). According to MyWot and Google safe browsing analytics, Reference.com is a fully trustworthy domain with mostly positive visitor reviews.
Worldwide Audience
Compare it to ...Reference.com gets 71.2% of its traffic from USA where it is ranked #1946.
Top Countries
| USA | 71.2% | |
| India | 4.9% | |
| Canada | 3.9% | |
| United Kingdom | 3.9% | |
| South Africa | 2.0% |
Top Ranks
| USA | 1 946 | |
| Canada | 3 409 | |
| South Africa | 4 330 | |
| United Kingdom | 8 280 | |
| India | 24 464 |
Traffic Analysis
Compare it to ...Reference.com has 128K visitors and 282K pageviews daily.
Pageviews
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Subdomains Traffic Shares
Explore.reference.com is the most popular subdomain of Reference.com with 45.33% of its total traffic.
Top Subdomains
| explore.reference.com | 45.33% | |
| go.reference.com | 9.69% |
This Domain
44%
SEO Stats
Compare it to ...Reference.com has Google PR 7 and its top keyword is "reference".
Homepage Top Backlinks PR
| ask.com | 8 |
| 100bestwebsites.org | 4 |
| ask.co | 3 |
| centpage.com | 3 |
| gnet.com | 2 |
Top Keywords % of search traffic
| reference |
Domain Registration Data
Compare it to ...Reference.com domain is owned by IAC Publishing, LLC and its registration expires in 2 months.
General Get more Reference.com whois history
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IAC Publishing, LLC Owner since August 13, 2018 |
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2 months left Expires on July 27, 2024 |
29 years old Created on January 25, 1995 |
1 year ago Changed at June 25, 2022 |
Registrar and Status
| Registar | MarkMonitor Inc. |
| Status |
clientDeleteProhibited clientTransferProhibited clientUpdateProhibited serverDeleteProhibited serverTransferProhibited serverUpdateProhibited |
In Other TLDs
- 1. reference.be
- 2. reference.in
- 3. reference.tw
- 4. reference.com.br
- 5. reference.md
Similar Domain Names
- 1. referents-referes.mines-albi.fr
- 2. refer.org
- 3. refer.ru
- 4. referent.ru
- 5. references.net
Server Information
Compare it to ...Reference.com uses WordPress CMS and is hosted by Fastly, Inc.
IP Whois Get more Reference.com server history
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Fastly, Inc.
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146.75.38.114
IP address
Server Technologies
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WordPress
CMS
DNS Records
Nameservers
- dns1.p03.nsone.net
- dns2.p03.nsone.net
- dns3.p03.nsone.net
- dns4.p03.nsone.net
| host | value | ttl |
|---|---|---|
| reference.com | 146.75.38.114 |
2 |
| host | value | ttl | pri |
|---|---|---|---|
| reference.com | mxb-0015af01.gslb.pphosted.com |
86400 | 0 |
| reference.com | mxa-0015af01.gslb.pphosted.com |
86400 | 0 |
| host | value | ttl |
|---|---|---|
| reference.com | dns2.p03.nsone.net |
3600 |
| reference.com | dns3.p03.nsone.net |
3600 |
| reference.com | dns4.p03.nsone.net |
3600 |
| reference.com | dns1.p03.nsone.net |
3600 |
| host | value | ttl |
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| reference.com | Mname: dns1.p03.nsone.net |
3600 |
| host | value | ttl |
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| reference.com | Txt: _globalsign-domain-verification=2wRqY6IrIINLY7B8Qcp-qur9HsiRTO04g4gwsMmFy3 |
86400 |
| reference.com | Txt: google-site-verification=yCP56rQx9YJdQhsBr77Qm4B3BRbgimgzFE0PtI94uoQ |
86400 |
| reference.com | Txt: v=spf1 redirect=ask.com |
86400 |
| reference.com | Txt: ms=ms24275044 |
86400 |
| reference.com | Txt: google-site-verification=bnVDUQezVF3HHsm8M_zZc30ETcHbvQD27yYnT1eaZQk |
86400 |
| reference.com | Txt: _globalsign-domain-verification=ZlaZzwu0TA07KjmzBDYR4ZPfHFSZbKX5HfiTwBiGBB |
86400 |
| reference.com | Txt: facebook-domain-verification=lsre1s2c9d25anunhzhg1v420ucqg7 |
86400 |
Safety
Compare it to ...Safety status of Reference.com is described as follows: MyWOT reports its overall reputation as excellent, Google Safe Browsing reports its status as safe, while users provide mostly positive reviews (71%).
Get more Reference.com reviews
MyWOT
| Overall reputation | Excellent |
|---|---|
| Trustworthiness | Excellent |
| Privacy | Excellent |
| Child safety | Excellent |
Google Safe Browsing
| Website status | Safe |
|---|---|
| Status | ok |
User reviews
| Reputation | Positive | |
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71% positive29% negative |
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Social Engagement
Compare it to ...Reference.com has 7.08% of its total traffic coming from social networks (in last 3 months) and the most active engagement is detected in StumbleUpon (14.1K views)
Social Metrics Get more Reference.com social history
7.08%
of total traffic in last 3 months is social0
Facebook likes9.90K
Facebook shares770
Twitter mentions287
Google pluses67
LinkedIn mentions2
Pinterest pins14.1K
StumbleUpon views