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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| santa barbara airport | #2 | 9,800 |
| santa barbara independent | #1 | 3,400 |
| city of santa barbara | #10 | 3,100 |
| gigi perez | #10 | 1,900 |
| am | #64 | 1,400 |
| zz top | #12 | 1,200 |
| my morning jacket band | #5 | 1,200 |
| paul mccartney | #54 | 1,200 |
| richard speck | #18 | 810 |
| santa barbara ca | #54 | 770 |
| socalgas | #49 | 770 |
| a&l | #96 | 770 |
| santa barbara independent obituaries | #1 | 730 |
| astrology | #64 | 710 |
| solvang town | #14 | 690 |
| lorde | #40 | 630 |
| santa barbara | #32 | 580 |
| delta airlines flight status | #65 | 580 |
| the fray | #11 | 550 |
| big thief tour | #4 | 530 |
| chief justice john roberts | #13 | 530 |
| leopard | #74 | 520 |
| dead and company | #11 | 510 |
| country | #36 | 470 |
| buckle | #24 | 420 |
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
- 58% phone
- 40% desktop
- 2% tablet
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Brazil
France
Italy
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
7.39 / 10 · ranked #24,268 of all domains
2,058 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
133,200 est. monthly organic visits (US)
85,352 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 2 s |
| INP | 50 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 900 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English (United States)
- Weight: 20.0 MB · 228 requests
- WordPress theme: independent · all themes
- Structured data: JSON-LD, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| www.independent.com | 47 |
| classifieds.independent.com | 19 |
| upload.independent.com | 18 |
| bestof.independent.com | 16 |
| m.independent.com | 7 |
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