What powers centerforfiction.org?

Last seen Sep 2026 · 40 technologies across 22 categories

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Facebook Pixel v2.9.398
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Google Analytics
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Redis Object Cache
since Aug 2022

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Cloudflare
since Jan 2023
Unpkg
since Feb 2022

CMS

Squarespace v7
since Feb 2022
WordPress
since Jul 2019

Comment systems

Livefyre v1.7.1
since Feb 2022

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MySQL
since Jul 2019
Redis
since Aug 2022

Ecommerce

Cart Functionality
since Aug 2020
Squarespace Commerce v7
since Feb 2022
WooCommerce
since Feb 2021

Font scripts

Typekit v1.21.0
since Feb 2022

JavaScript frameworks

GSAP v2.1.3
since Jul 2021
React
since Feb 2022
Stimulus
since Feb 2022

JavaScript libraries

core-js v3.26.0
since Aug 2021
jQuery v3.6.0
since Aug 2017
jQuery Migrate v3.4.1
since Sep 2019
Modernizr v2.8.3
since Feb 2022
YUI v3.17.2
since Feb 2022

Maps

Leaflet v1.7.1
since Feb 2022

Marketing automation

MailChimp
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HTTP/3
since Mar 2023
Open Graph
since Sep 2022
PWA
since Aug 2022
RSS
since Dec 2022

Operating systems

Ubuntu
since Jul 2019

Performance

LazySizes
since Nov 2025
Priority Hints
since Jun 2025

Programming languages

PHP
since Jul 2019

Security

HSTS
since Sep 2022

Tag managers

Google Tag Manager
since Jul 2019

UI frameworks

Ant Design
since Feb 2022

Web servers

Apache HTTP Server
since Aug 2017
Nginx
since Jul 2019

Webmail

Google Workspace
since Aug 2022

WordPress plugins

EWWW Image Optimizer
since Nov 2025

AI Crawlers

Restricts 16 of 33 AI crawlers we track by name in its robots.txt. Checked Oct 2026.

Training crawlers

  • AI2Bot Restricted
  • Applebot-Extended Restricted
  • Bytespider Restricted
  • CCBot Restricted
  • ClaudeBot Restricted
  • cohere-training-data-crawler Restricted
  • FacebookBot Restricted
  • Google-Extended Restricted
  • GoogleOther Restricted
  • GPTBot Restricted
  • img2dataset Restricted
  • meta-externalagent Restricted
  • Webzio-Extended Restricted

Search and AI assistants

  • Amazonbot Restricted
  • DuckAssistBot Restricted
  • YouBot Restricted

The other 17 AI crawlers we track are not mentioned and only inherit the catch-all rules that apply to every crawler.

  • robots.txt found
  • llms.txt not found
  • ai.txt not found
  • Oct 2026 img2dataset added to robots.txt
  • Oct 2026 meta-externalagent added to robots.txt
  • Oct 2026 omgilibot added to robots.txt
  • Oct 2026 google-extended added to robots.txt
  • Oct 2026 * added to robots.txt
  • Oct 2026 ai2bot-dolma added to robots.txt

See who blocks each AI crawler across the web

Top search keywords

KeywordPositionEst. monthly visits
foster wallace #4 4,000
the center for fiction #1 3,700
how to write a book #2 3,300
wharton writer #3 2,200
how to get started writing a book #1 1,600
center for fiction #1 1,300
how to start writing a book #1 1,300
how to begin writing a book #1 1,000
fiction #12 680
how to start a book #2 580
how to write dialogue #2 580
how to get started on writing a book #1 490
marquez one hundred years of solitude #13 440
writing dialogue #2 390
robert stone writer #2 390
robert stone author #2 390
pride and prejudice book #21 380
salvation #13 360
yiyun li #6 340
best books on writing #1 300
writing fiction #1 300
how do you steal #1 270
john updike #7 250
character in fiction #40 230
abrams stacey #94 230

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

16 of 33 AI crawlers restricted

Full breakdown

Audience

  • 69% desktop
  • 30% phone
  • 1% tablet
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • India
  • Canada
  • Australia
  • Indonesia

Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.

Open Page Rank

6.12 / 10 · ranked #102,079 of all domains

383 referring domains · OpenPageRank

Search traffic

38,200 est. monthly organic visits (US)

6,583 keywords in Google's top 30

Core Web Vitals

LCP3.3 s
INP50 ms
CLS0
TTFB2400 ms

Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026.

Page

  • Language: English (United States)
  • CDN: Cloudflare
  • Weight: 3.7 MB · 96 requests
  • WordPress theme: cff · all themes
  • Structured data: OpenGraph

Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Sep 2026.

Organisation

  • The Center for Fiction (New York Mercantile Library on Wikidata)
  • Country: United States

From the homepage's own structured data (Sep 2026) and Wikidata (CC0).

Infrastructure

  • Registered Mar 2009 (17 years) via GoDaddy.com, LLC, renews Mar 2027
  • Hosted on Cloudflare (104.20.41.4, IPv6)
  • DNS: Cloudflare DNS
  • Email: Google Workspace
  • Email security: SPF (soft fail), no DMARC record
  • SSL: Let's Encrypt, RSA 2048, expires Dec 2026
  • Common Crawl link graph: rank 461,941, 4 hosts
  • Verified with: Google, Microsoft 365

DNS records as swept Oct 2026, certificate as seen Oct 2026, registration from the registry's RDAP service. How the web is hosted

Subdomains

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centerforfiction.org 24
benefit.centerforfiction.org 13
bookstore.centerforfiction.org 12
www.centerforfiction.org 9

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