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Loc.gov Quick Summary

Status

Online

Server IP address resolved: Yes

Http response code: 200

Response time: 0.52 sec.

Last Checked: 11/02/2024

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Loc.gov traffic estimate is about 33,819 unique visitors and 108,897 pageviews per day. The approximated value of loc.gov is 1,432,260 USD. Every unique visitor makes about 3.22 pageviews on average.

Alexa Traffic Rank estimates that loc.gov is ranked number 156 in the world, while most of its traffic comes from United States, where it occupies as high as 1,877 place.

It’s good for loc.gov that their hosting company CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US is located in United States, as that provides the majority of their visitors to benefit from the faster page load time. See the list of other websites hosted by CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US.

Loc.gov is registered under .GOV top-level domain. Check other websites in .GOV zone.

During the last check (October 13, 2024) loc.gov has a valid and up-to-date SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt that expires on January 05, 2025, please click the “Refresh” button for SSL Information at the Safety Information section. Check other websites using SSL certificates issued by Let's Encrypt.

In accordance with Google Safe Browsing, Google Safe Search, Symantec and Web of Trust loc.gov is pretty a safe domain.

Relying on Google Mobile-Friendly test loc.gov is well optimized for mobile and tablet devices, however website page loading time may be improved.

Loc.gov General Information

Loc.gov Audience Geography

Where are website visitors coming from?

Visitors
Pageviews
Ranks

Country	Visitors
United States US	53.6%
India IN	5.7%
China CN	3.4%
United Kingdom GB	2.2%
Australia AU	1.8%
Canada CA	1.8%
Germany DE	1.7%
France FR	1.5%
Italy IT	1.5%
Other	26.9%

Country	Rank
United States US	1877
Philippines PH	2757
Sudan SD	3170
Nigeria NG	3372
South Africa ZA	4207
Australia AU	4748
Pakistan PK	5250
Canada CA	5415
Malaysia MY	5580
Italy IT	5780
Poland PL	7741
India IN	7745

Loc.gov Traffic Distribution

Where do visitors go on loc.gov?

Subdomain Traffic
Views per User
Subdomain Reach

Subdomain	Pageviews
loc.gov	57.78%
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov	22.09%
catalog.loc.gov	4.96%
memory.loc.gov	1.91%
cdn.loc.gov	1.72%
webarchive.loc.gov	1.57%
blogs.loc.gov	1.39%
catdir.loc.gov	1.22%
id.loc.gov	1.12%
nlsbard.loc.gov	1.11%
other	5.14%

Subdomain	Views per User
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov	13
desktop.loc.gov	10
webarchive.loc.gov	9
crsdomain.loc.gov	8
findingaids.loc.gov	6
nlsbard.loc.gov	5
cert.loc.gov	4.3
cip.loc.gov	4
pcn.loc.gov	3.8
ecip.loc.gov	3.3
other	1.92

Subdomain	Reach
loc.gov	76.43%
catalog.loc.gov	7.56%
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov	6.1%
catdir.loc.gov	4.09%
blogs.loc.gov	4.02%
memory.loc.gov	2.88%
cocatalog.loc.gov	2.5%
cdn.loc.gov	2.17%
id.loc.gov	1.47%
nlsbard.loc.gov	0.8%
other	5.51%

Loc.gov Popularity

How popular is loc.gov?

Global Rank
Pageviews
Reach

Period	Global Rank	Global Rank Delta
past 3 months	6212	1415
past month	6336	3
past week	6122	-124
yesterday	4956	-1202

Days	Pageviews Rank	Pageviews Rank Delta	Pageviews per Million	Pageviews per Million Delta	Pageviews per User	Pageviews per User Delta
90	6719	1053	113	-18.12%	3.22	12%
30	6389	-504	118	5.6%	3.61	11%
7	6520	340	116	-4.55%	3.4	-9.383%
1	6262	-2405	12	34%	2.8	10%

Days	Reach Rank	Reach Rank Delta	Reach per Million	Reach per Million Delta
90	6448	1571	130	-26.92%
30	6866	263	120	-5.336%
7	6501	-301	130	5%
1	4954	-907	170	20%

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Loc.gov Safety Information

Rankchart Summary

Safe

Updated: 11/02/2024

We gather website safety and reputation data and compare it with available third-party sources so we calculate own safety and trustworthiness rate based on information that we get.

Norton Connect Safe

Safe

Updated: 03/21/2024

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Norton ConnectSafe evaluates websites for any unsafe and inapropriate content. The results are important for families with young children.

Google Safe Search

Safe

Updated: 02/01/2019

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SafeSearch works as a parental control tool to filter out any content that might be inappropriate for your children.

Google Safe Browsing

Safe

Malware not found

Phishing not detected

Unwanted software not found

Harmfull applications not found

Updated: 05/25/2023

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Google Safe Browsing notifies when websites are compromised by malicious actors. These protections work across Google products and provide a safer online experience.

McAfee® WebAdvisor

Safe

Updated: 02/22/2021

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McAfee assesses loc.gov for a meaningful set of security threats. Featured dangers from annoying pop-ups to hidden Trojans, that can steal your identity, will be revealed. McAfee does not analyze loc.gov for mature or inappropriate content, only security checks are evaluated.

Web of Trust

Child safety is very good

Updated: 01/09/2019

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The WOT calculates reputation of the loc.gov. This reputation system receives ratings from users and information from third-party sources, assesses the loc.gov for safety features and confirms, whether loc.gov is suitable for children.

Loc.gov SSL Information

Information about SSL/TLS certificates

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Domain	loc.gov
Issuer Organization	Let's Encrypt
Issuer	E6
Algorithm	ecdsa-with-SHA384
Valid form	10/07/2024
Expiration	01/05/2025
Signed	Certificate is not self signed
Additional Domains	.aaa.loc.gov .loc.gov loc.gov

SSL Checker

Loc.gov Server Information

Loc.gov Server Location

Where website hosting server is located?

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Loc.gov ASN Information

Information about IP address owner

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ASN ID: 13335

ASN Title: CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US

Updated: 07/07/2024

Raw ASN data:

#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# https://www.arin.net/resources/whois_reporting/index.html
#
# Copyright 1997-2018, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd.
#

ASNumber: 13335
ASName: CLOUDFLARENET
ASHandle: AS13335
RegDate: 2010-07-14
Updated: 2017-02-17
Comment: All Cloudflare abuse reporting can be done via https://www.cloudflare.com/abuse
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/13335

OrgName: Cloudflare, Inc.
OrgId: CLOUD14
Address: 101 Townsend Street
City: San Francisco
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 94107
Country: US
RegDate: 2010-07-09
Updated: 2017-02-17
Comment: All Cloudflare abuse reporting can be done via https://www.cloudflare.com/abuse
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/CLOUD14

OrgTechHandle: ADMIN2521-ARIN
OrgTechName: Admin
OrgTechPhone: +1-650-319-8930
OrgTechEmail: rir@cloudflare.com
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ADMIN2521-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE2916-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-650-319-8930
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@cloudflare.com
OrgAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ABUSE2916-ARIN

OrgNOCHandle: NOC11962-ARIN
OrgNOCName: NOC
OrgNOCPhone: +1-650-319-8930
OrgNOCEmail: noc@cloudflare.com
OrgNOCRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NOC11962-ARIN

RNOCHandle: NOC11962-ARIN
RNOCName: NOC
RNOCPhone: +1-650-319-8930
RNOCEmail: noc@cloudflare.com
RNOCRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NOC11962-ARIN

RTechHandle: ADMIN2521-ARIN
RTechName: Admin
RTechPhone: +1-650-319-8930
RTechEmail: rir@cloudflare.com
RTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ADMIN2521-ARIN

RAbuseHandle: ABUSE2916-ARIN
RAbuseName: Abuse
RAbusePhone: +1-650-319-8930
RAbuseEmail: abuse@cloudflare.com
RAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ABUSE2916-ARIN

#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# https://www.arin.net/resources/whois_reporting/index.html
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# Copyright 1997-2018, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd.
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Loc.gov Domain Name Information

Loc.gov DNS Information

Domain name service records

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A
MX
NS
TXT
SOA

Host	A Record	TTL
loc.gov	104.16.55.16	300
loc.gov	104.16.54.16	300

Host	MX Record	Priority	TTL
loc.gov	mx22.loc.gov	5	300
loc.gov	mx23.loc.gov	5	300
loc.gov	mx41.loc.gov	5	300
loc.gov	mx42.loc.gov	5	300

Host	NS Record	TTL
loc.gov	alice.ns.cloudflare.com	86400
loc.gov	kevin.ns.cloudflare.com	86400

Host	TXT Record	TTL
loc.gov	MS=ms90737861	300
loc.gov	adobe-idp-site-verification=02f02861-90f5-4cf5-9922-c67c80a7bf26	300
loc.gov	google-site-verification=D5cqNFQ7z5rT2z4OXeYRmxrMc80omDUqEGtsNFY9N_g	300
loc.gov	google-site-verification=o0tsBc2NuJSImRS3MromAcC8lwoaWNp5LFZlmJXB0-0	300
loc.gov	v=spf1 include:spf1.loc.gov include:spf2.loc.gov mx -all	300
loc.gov	webexdomainverification.NQCL=b1bef083-e011-4dcf-b1f7-42204b82128e	300
loc.gov	xeoVgqsQaMl7EOgSBl32ZsaT/2K48oTSR8pOwBGWiBdPxCbQ0Uh+OVpV8jMpPbhRUYa8nGQWiu/l57WQIx+yVg==	300
loc.gov	yTrNm8yrlLjz94UZ1A2UUPz7Gv5UfCIypoGH1HmXjNs=	300

Loc.gov Whois Information

Information about registered users or assignees of an Internet resource

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Raw WHOIS data:

Domain Name: loc.gov
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.nic.gov
Registrar URL: https://get.gov
Updated Date: 2024-01-08T03:10:33Z
Creation Date: 1997-10-02T01:29:25Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2025-09-01T17:39:37Z
Registrar: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Registrar IANA ID: 8888888
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:
Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
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Security Country: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Security Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Security Email: security@loc.gov
Name Server: alice.ns.cloudflare.com
Name Server: kevin.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC: signedDelegation
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2024-09-09T11:43:38Z

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Loc.gov HTML Validation

Loc.gov W3C HTML Markup Validation

HTML markup errors and warnings

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Errors:

Attribute “rel” not allowed on element “meta” at this point.

Attribute “href” not allowed on element “meta” at this point.

Element “meta” is missing one or more of the following attributes: “charset”, “content”, “http-equiv”, “itemprop”, “name”, “property”.

Bad value “schema.dc” for attribute “rel” on element “link”: The string “schema.dc” is not a registered keyword.

A document must not include more than one “meta” element with its “name” attribute set to the value “description”.

Bad value “dc.rights” for attribute “rel” on element “link”: The string “dc.rights” is not a registered keyword.

Element “meta” is missing required attribute “content”.

Element “script” must not have attribute “defer” unless attribute “src” is also specified.

The element “header” must not appear as a descendant of the “header” element.

Duplicate ID “featured_content_”.

Bad value “/search/?q=World War I” for attribute “href” on element “a”: Illegal character in query: space is not allowed.

Bad value “/search/?q=Great Depression” for attribute “href” on element “a”: Illegal character in query: space is not allowed.

Bad value “/search/?q=Bill of Rights” for attribute “href” on element “a”: Illegal character in query: space is not allowed.

Bad value “/search/?q=Civil War” for attribute “href” on element “a”: Illegal character in query: space is not allowed.

Bad value “/search/?q=Portrait Photographs” for attribute “href” on element “a”: Illegal character in query: space is not allowed.

Bad value “/search/?q=Civil Rights” for attribute “href” on element “a”: Illegal character in query: space is not allowed.

Element “img” is missing required attribute “src”.

Stray end tag “script”.

Warnings:

The “banner” role is unnecessary for element “header”.

The “name” attribute is obsolete. Consider putting an “id” attribute on the nearest container instead.

The first occurrence of ID “featured_content_” was here.

The “heading” role is unnecessary for element “h2”.

The “contentinfo” role is unnecessary for element “footer”.

HTML Validator

Loc.gov Desktop Performance

How Well Loc.gov Performs On Desktops?

Website desktop performance and usability tips

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Speed
Resource Breakdown

Speed

50%

Optimize images

Leverage browser caching

Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content

Minify JavaScript

Minify CSS

Minify HTML

Updated: 05/23/2017

Loc.gov Mobile Performance

How Optimized Is Loc.gov for Mobile Devices?

Tips on speeding up mobile site performance

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Usability
Speed
Resource Breakdown

Usability

98%

Size tap targets appropriately

Updated: 05/23/2017

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Estimated Nearest Competitors Of Loc.gov

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Loc.gov URL Typos

Most common user URL mistypes for loc.gov

www.loc.com
www.loc.net
www.loc.org
www.loc.info
www.loc.biz
www.loc.us
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www.poc.gov
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www.ploc.gov
www.ooc.gov
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www.koc.gov
www.lkoc.gov
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www.lic.gov
www.loic.gov
www.lioc.gov
www.lkc.gov
www.lokc.gov
www.llc.gov
www.lolc.gov
www.lloc.gov
www.lpc.gov
www.lopc.gov
www.lo.gov
www.lox.gov
www.locx.gov
www.loxc.gov
www.lod.gov
www.locd.gov
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www.lof.gov
www.locf.gov
www.lofc.gov
www.lov.gov
www.locv.gov
www.lovc.gov

Total Resources	57
Number of Hosts	4
Static Resources	49
JavaScript Resources	5
CSS Resources	2

Text	102.7 KBytes
CSS	643.5 KBytes
Images	2.2 MBytes
HTML	90.3 KBytes
JavaScript	1.6 MBytes
Other	1.5 KBytes

Total Resources	57
Number of Hosts	4
Static Resources	49
JavaScript Resources	5
CSS Resources	2

Text	102.7 KBytes
CSS	643.5 KBytes
Images	2.2 MBytes
HTML	90.3 KBytes
JavaScript	1.6 MBytes
Other	1.5 KBytes