What powers 
uwaterloo.ca?
Last seen Aug 2026 · 261 technologies across 51 categories
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No robots.txt, so all AI crawlers are allowed by default. Checked Sep 2026.
- robots.txt not found
- llms.txt not found
- ai.txt not found
- Sep 2026 * removed from robots.txt
- Sep 2026 robots.txt removed
- Aug 2026 *: Restricted (was Allowed)
- Aug 2026 llms.txt removed
Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| the university of waterloo | #1 | 12,300 |
| university of waterloo | #1 | 12,300 |
| uni waterloo | #1 | 12,300 |
| transition words | #4 | 12,200 |
| topology | #2 | 6,600 |
| conclusion transition phrases | #1 | 5,500 |
| waterloo | #6 | 4,600 |
| teamwork tips | #5 | 4,200 |
| conclusion transition words | #1 | 4,100 |
| university of waterloo library | #3 | 3,900 |
| quantum superposition | #31 | 3,200 |
| acceptance rate university of waterloo | #1 | 2,000 |
| transition phrases | #8 | 2,000 |
| ada augusta | #7 | 1,500 |
| lepidodendron tree | #4 | 1,500 |
| transition words for essays | #5 | 1,400 |
| conclusion transitions | #4 | 1,200 |
| university of waterloo admission rate | #2 | 1,100 |
| crowdmark | #3 | 960 |
| quote and quote | #23 | 950 |
| coltn | #2 | 880 |
| coltan | #2 | 880 |
| canada justin trudeau | #54 | 870 |
| platinum | #13 | 800 |
| waterloo canada | #3 | 790 |
The site's top keywords in Google (US), with the visits each one is estimated to bring per month.
Top backlinks
Top links pointing at the site, one per source domain, strongest first. The anchor text opens the page carrying the link.
AI Crawlers
No robots.txt, all AI crawlers allowed
Audience
- 97% desktop
- 3% phone
Canada
United States
India
Nigeria
Iran
Ghana
Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.
Open Page Rank
8.71 / 10 · ranked #1,067 of all domains
11,399 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
224,700 est. monthly organic visits (US)
71,840 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.7 s |
| INP | 25 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 500 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026.
Page
- Language: English
- CDN: Fastly
- Weight: 3.3 MB · 78 requests
- Structured data: OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Sep 2026.
Similar sites
- plymouth.edu 8 shared
- sidearmsports.com 6 shared
Closest technology stacks among the highest-authority sites we track; "shared" counts the distinctive technologies in common.
Organisation
- MSAM (University of Waterloo on Wikidata)
- Founded: 1956
- Country: Canada
From the homepage's own structured data (Sep 2026) and Wikidata (CC0).
Infrastructure
- Registered Sep 2000 (26 years) via Webnames.ca Inc., renews Jan 2030
- Hosted on Fastly (151.101.2.132, IPv6)
- DNS: uwaterloo.ca
- Email: Cisco Secure Email
- Email security: no SPF record, no DMARC record
- SSL: Certainly, RSA 2048, expires Oct 2026
- Common Crawl link graph: rank 1,587, 2,235 hosts
DNS records as swept Sep 2026, certificate as seen Sep 2026, registration from the registry's RDAP service. How the web is hosted
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| concept.uwaterloo.ca | 37 |
| hr.uwaterloo.ca | 36 |
| wei.uwaterloo.ca | 35 |
| pilots.uwaterloo.ca | 32 |
| www.eng.uwaterloo.ca | 32 |
| www.math.uwaterloo.ca | 32 |
| anthropology.uwaterloo.ca | 31 |
| arts.uwaterloo.ca | 31 |
| brochures.uwaterloo.ca | 31 |
| ece.uwaterloo.ca | 31 |
| ist.uwaterloo.ca | 31 |
| sas.uwaterloo.ca | 31 |
| science.uwaterloo.ca | 31 |
| staging.uwaterloo.ca | 31 |
| www.arts.uwaterloo.ca | 31 |
| www.engsoc.uwaterloo.ca | 31 |
| iamtools.uwaterloo.ca | 30 |
| idm.uwaterloo.ca | 30 |
| rezwelcome.uwaterloo.ca | 30 |
| uwaterloo.ca | 30 |
| athletics.uwaterloo.ca | 29 |
| bulletin.uwaterloo.ca | 29 |
| cs.uwaterloo.ca | 29 |
| msam.uwaterloo.ca | 29 |
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