What powers cars.com?
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| used autos near me | #2 | 89,100 |
| cars.com | #1 | 68,400 |
| car | #1 | 55,600 |
| cars for sale | #1 | 50,200 |
| cars for sale | #1 | 50,200 |
| autos | #1 | 50,200 |
| pre owned cars near me for sale | #1 | 50,200 |
| used auto sales | #2 | 36,500 |
| car sale places near me | #1 | 25,000 |
| used auto | #3 | 24,000 |
| pre owned cars for sale | #2 | 21,900 |
| pre owned cars for sale | #2 | 21,900 |
| subaru brz cars | #2 | 20,000 |
| car auto loan calculator | #5 | 15,800 |
| cpo car | #1 | 15,000 |
| cpo car | #1 | 15,000 |
| auto purchase websites | #1 | 15,000 |
| chevrolet camaro cars | #3 | 14,600 |
| second hand cars near me | #6 | 13,900 |
| buy used vehicles near me | #2 | 13,400 |
| chevy cars impala | #2 | 12,000 |
| certified pre owned cars | #1 | 11,300 |
| auto buying websites | #1 | 11,300 |
| cars near me | #1 | 11,200 |
| dealer car | #1 | 11,200 |
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.
Audience
- 68% phone
- 30% desktop
- 2% tablet
United States
Canada
Nigeria
U.S. Virgin Islands
Germany
United Kingdom
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
8.03 / 10 · ranked #6,928 of all domains
3,781 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
6,977,900 est. monthly organic visits (US)
2,073,612 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.5 s |
| INP | 150 ms |
| CLS | 0.05 |
| TTFB | 700 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English
- Weight: 3.5 MB · 338 requests
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| auto.platform.cars.com | 50 |
| cars.com | 45 |
| emaillinks.cars.com | 42 |
| emlinks.cars.com | 42 |
| www.cars.com | 42 |
| mobile.www.cars.com | 29 |
| driversseat.cars.com | 24 |
| tech.cars.com | 24 |
| investor.cars.com | 20 |
| turbo.cars.com | 16 |
| origin-www.cars.com | 14 |
| powerpositions.cars.com | 8 |
| inventoryeditor.cars.com | 4 |
| adfs.cars.com | 3 |
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