What powers 
mcmaster.ca?
Last seen Sep 2026 · 290 technologies across 55 categories
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AI Crawlers
Blocks 13 of 33 AI crawlers we track by name in its robots.txt. Checked Oct 2026.
Training crawlers
- Bytespider Blocked
- ClaudeBot Blocked
- Diffbot Blocked
- FacebookBot Blocked
- Google-Extended Blocked
- GPTBot Blocked
- ImagesiftBot Blocked
- Webzio-Extended Blocked
Search and AI assistants
- Amazonbot Blocked
- Applebot Blocked
- PerplexityBot Blocked
- YouBot Blocked
User-request fetchers
- ChatGPT-User Blocked
The other 20 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 checked
- ai.txt not checked
Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| mcmaster uni | #2 | 2,900 |
| macu | #31 | 190 |
| mcmaster | #21 | 190 |
| mcmaster canada | #1 | 120 |
| ontario canada | #51 | 100 |
| hamilton 2020 | #86 | 100 |
| hamilton on university | #1 | 64 |
| mac university | #2 | 59 |
| where is mcmaster university | #2 | 52 |
| mcmaster university location | #2 | 52 |
| psych building | #40 | 38 |
| mcmaster university | #73 | 38 |
| mcmaster u | #2 | 34 |
| u of toronto acceptance rate | #78 | 25 |
| university of toronto acceptance rate | #85 | 25 |
| colleges in hamilton canada | #2 | 23 |
| universities in hamilton canada | #1 | 19 |
| ron joyce | #4 | 17 |
| hamilton canada | #73 | 17 |
| mcmaster university address | #2 | 15 |
| university of mcgill acceptance rate | #97 | 14 |
| mcmaster carr catalog | #43 | 11 |
| ontario universities | #13 | 9 |
| mac u canada | #1 | 9 |
| mcgill acceptance rate | #84 | 9 |
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
13 of 33 AI crawlers blocked
Audience
- 92% desktop
- 8% phone
Canada
United States
India
Iran
Pakistan
Nigeria
Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.
Open Page Rank
8.43 / 10 · ranked #2,957 of all domains
6,964 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
4,600 est. monthly organic visits (US)
1,351 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 3 s |
| INP | 175 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 2000 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Sep 2026.
Page
- Language: English (United States)
- Weight: 2.4 MB · 85 requests
- WordPress theme: macsites-theme (child: grad-studies-theme) · all themes
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Sep 2026.
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Closest technology stacks among the highest-authority sites we track; "shared" counts the distinctive technologies in common.
Organisation
- McMaster University
- Founded: 1887
- Country: Canada
From the homepage's own structured data (Sep 2026) and Wikidata (CC0).
Infrastructure
- Registered Oct 2000 (25 years) via CanHost Inc., renews Apr 2032
- Hosted on MCMASTER (130.113.64.30)
- DNS: d-zone.ca
- Email: Microsoft 365
- Email security: no SPF record, no DMARC record
- SSL: Sectigo, RSA 2048, expires Dec 2026
- Common Crawl link graph: rank 5,236, 1,365 hosts
DNS records as swept Oct 2026, certificate as seen Oct 2026, registration from the registry's RDAP service. How the web is hosted
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| foresight.degroote.mcmaster.ca | 40 |
| continuing.mcmaster.ca | 38 |
| cpn.mcmaster.ca | 38 |
| cpd.degroote.mcmaster.ca | 37 |
| maxlab.mcmaster.ca | 37 |
| executive.degroote.mcmaster.ca | 36 |
| offcampus.mcmaster.ca | 36 |
| shortcourses.mcmaster.ca | 36 |
| mdprogram.mcmaster.ca | 35 |
| surgery.mcmaster.ca | 35 |
| www.mcmaster.ca | 35 |
| cpa.degroote.mcmaster.ca | 34 |
| edcog.mcmaster.ca | 34 |
| newsarchive.mcmaster.ca | 34 |
| obsgyn.mcmaster.ca | 34 |
| brighterworld.mcmaster.ca | 33 |
| dailynews.mcmaster.ca | 33 |
| mps.mcmaster.ca | 33 |
| news.mcmaster.ca | 33 |
| recruit.degroote.mcmaster.ca | 33 |
| cdn-brighterworld.humanities.mcmaster.ca | 32 |
| future-international-bhsc.mcmaster.ca | 32 |
| healthmanagement.mcmaster.ca | 32 |
| housing.mcmaster.ca | 32 |
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- dropped Mautic Aug 2026
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- dropped CookieYes Jul 2026
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