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Online Status

Online

Server IP address resolved: Yes
Http response code: 200
Response time: 0.52 sec.
Last Checked: 02/03/2024

Over the time loc.gov has been ranked as high as 156 in the world, while most of its traffic comes from United States, where it reached as high as 1,877 position.

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

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

At the time of the last check (November 28, 2019) loc.gov has an expired wildcard SSL certificate issued by Entrust, Inc. (expired on June 16, 2020). Check other websites using SSL certificates issued by Entrust, Inc..

According to Google Safe Browsing, Google Safe Search, Symantec and Web of Trust loc.gov is quite a safe domain.

Mobile-Friendly test indicates that loc.gov is well optimized for mobile and tablet devices, however website page loading time could be improved.

Loc.gov General Information

Global Rank

6,212

Average Load Time

1.15sec

Links In Count

57,976

Website Value

$1.4 M

Audience Geography. Where are loc.gov visitors located?

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

Country	Percent of Pageviews
United States US	66.4%
Italy IT	5.9%
China CN	2.7%
India IN	2.3%
Canada CA	1.7%
United Kingdom GB	1.4%
Poland PL	1.3%
Iran IR	1.2%
France FR	1.1%
Other	16%

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

Where do visitors go on loc.gov?

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	Pageviews 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%

How popular is loc.gov?

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%

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%

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

Loc.gov Alexa Rank History

Alexa Rank shows how popular loc.gov is in comparison with other sites. The most popular site has Alexa Rank equals 1. If loc.gov has Alexa Rank equals 100,000, then it is in TOP 100,000 popular sites in the world. The rank is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors to loc.gov and pageviews on loc.gov over the past 3 months.

Loc.gov Safety Information

Overview

Last Updated: 04/24/2024

Overall result - "loc.gov" is SAFE.
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

Last Updated: 03/21/2024

loc.gov is safe.

Norton ConnectSafe evaluates loc.gov for any unsafe and insecure content. The results are critical for families with young children.

Google Safe Search

Last Updated: 02/01/2019

loc.gov is safe.

SafeSearch is used as a parental control tool to filter out any inappropriate for your children search results on your devices: phones, tablets or personal computers.

Google Safe Browsing

Last Updated: 05/25/2023

Malware not found at "loc.gov".
"loc.gov" is not a phishing page.
"loc.gov" does not install unwanted software.
"loc.gov" does not contain harmfull applications.
Google Safe Browsing notifies when websites are compromised by malicious actors. These protections work across Google products and provide a safer online experience.

Site Advisor

Last Updated: 02/22/2021

loc.gov is safe.

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

Last Updated: 01/09/2019

loc.gov child safety isvery good.

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.

SSL Information

SSL Checker Tool

Domain	*.loc.gov
Issuer Organization	Entrust, Inc.
Issuer	Entrust Certification Authority - L1K
Algorithm	RSA-SHA256
Valid form	03/17/2017
Expiration	06/16/2020
Signed	Certificate is not self signed
Additional Domains	*.loc.gov loc.gov

Loc.gov Server Information

Server Location

Geolocation Tool

Phoenix

Arizona

United States

ASN Information

ASN Lookup Tool

ASN ID: 13335
ASN Title: CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US

Last Update: 09/25/2023

ASN Whois

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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
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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

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Loc.gov Domain Name Information

WHOIS

WHOIS Lookup Tool

Domain Whois

% DOTGOV WHOIS Server ready
Domain Name: LOC.GOV
Status: ACTIVE
Security Contact Email: security@loc.gov

>>> Last update of whois database: 2021-04-24T21:24:34Z

DNS Records

DNS Lookup Tool

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

alice.ns.cloudflare.com
TTL: 3600
Email address: dns.cloudflare.com
Serial: 2308463075
Refresh: 10000
Retry: 2400
Expire: 604800
Minimum: 3600

Loc.gov HTML Validation

HTML Validation Tool

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”.

Loc.gov Desktop Insights

Desktop Page Insights Tool

Last tested: 05/23/2017

Desktop

Desktop Speed

50%

Optimize images

Leverage browser caching

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

Minify JavaScript

Minify CSS

Minify HTML

Desktop Resource Breakdown

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

Loc.gov Mobile Insights

Mobile Page Insights Tool

Last tested: 05/23/2017

Mobile

Mobile Usability

98%

Size tap targets appropriately

Mobile Speed

45%

Optimize images

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

Leverage browser caching

Minify JavaScript

Minify CSS

Minify HTML

Mobile Resource Breakdown

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

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