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Blocks 10 of 33 AI crawlers we track by name in its robots.txt. Checked Sep 2026. A recent check saw a policy file missing; awaiting confirmation.
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- Applebot-Extended Blocked
- Bytespider Blocked
- CCBot Blocked
- FacebookBot Blocked
- Google-Extended Blocked
- GPTBot Blocked
Search and AI assistants
- Amazonbot Blocked
- Applebot Blocked
- YouBot Blocked
User-request fetchers
- ChatGPT-User Blocked
The other 23 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
- Sep 2026 robots.txt appeared
- Sep 2026 applebot-extended added to robots.txt
- Sep 2026 applebot added to robots.txt
- Sep 2026 bytespider added to robots.txt
- Sep 2026 * added to robots.txt
- Sep 2026 amazonbot added to robots.txt
Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| northwestern | #1 | 41,000 |
| northwestern tools | #10 | 7,600 |
| where is northwestern university | #1 | 3,400 |
| segal visitors center | #1 | 3,000 |
| h1b visa | #13 | 2,700 |
| geoblue | #7 | 2,300 |
| i 94 | #10 | 1,900 |
| northwestern campus | #1 | 1,600 |
| norris university | #2 | 1,600 |
| cover letter examples | #27 | 1,400 |
| northwestern bookstore | #1 | 1,200 |
| i94 | #23 | 1,200 |
| northwestern university caesar | #3 | 1,100 |
| northwestern university logo | #2 | 1,100 |
| northwestern logo | #2 | 1,100 |
| savings account | #8 | 980 |
| northwestern university library | #3 | 880 |
| northwestern university housing | #1 | 880 |
| northwestern dorms | #1 | 880 |
| intellectual wellness | #1 | 880 |
| wellness | #10 | 840 |
| willard hall | #1 | 730 |
| northwestern university chicago | #1 | 730 |
| myhr | #4 | 730 |
| discover student loans | #10 | 680 |
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
10 of 33 AI crawlers blocked
Audience
- 71% desktop
- 29% phone
United States
India
Philippines
Qatar
Pakistan
Brazil
Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.
Open Page Rank
8.86 / 10 · ranked #628 of all domains
22,963 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
193,400 est. monthly organic visits (US)
45,922 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 2.5 s |
| INP | 50 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 1500 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026.
Page
- Language: English
- Weight: 1.7 MB · 49 requests
- Structured data: OpenGraph
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Sep 2026.
Similar sites
- jhu.edu 50 shared
gatech.edu 44 shared
harvard.edu 73 shared
wm.edu 29 shared
georgetown.edu 38 shared- berkeley.edu 65 shared
illinois.edu 55 shared- rice.edu 35 shared
Closest technology stacks among the highest-authority sites we track; "shared" counts the distinctive technologies in common.
Organisation
- Doctor of Audiology - Northwestern University School of Communication (Northwestern University Libraries on Wikidata)
- Founded: 1970
- Country: United States
From the homepage's own structured data (Sep 2026) and Wikidata (CC0).
Infrastructure
- Hosted on NWU-AS (129.105.136.48, IPv6)
- DNS: northwestern.edu
- Email: northwestern.edu
- Email security: no SPF record, no DMARC record
- SSL: Let's Encrypt, RSA 2048, expires Nov 2026
- Common Crawl link graph: rank 173, 2,625 hosts
DNS records as swept Sep 2026, certificate as seen Sep 2026. How the web is hosted
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| give.northwestern.edu | 37 |
| thegarage.northwestern.edu | 36 |
| msc.northwestern.edu | 34 |
| precollege.northwestern.edu | 34 |
| advising.soc.northwestern.edu | 33 |
| creative.northwestern.edu | 33 |
| cctasi.northwestern.edu | 32 |
| info.slpd.northwestern.edu | 32 |
| bootcamp.northwestern.edu | 31 |
| nhsi.northwestern.edu | 31 |
| counseling.northwestern.edu | 30 |
| docmedia.northwestern.edu | 30 |
| emeritus.kellogg.northwestern.edu | 30 |
| mft.northwestern.edu | 30 |
| mti.it.northwestern.edu | 30 |
| nucasll.northwestern.edu | 30 |
| casmi.northwestern.edu | 29 |
| robotics.northwestern.edu | 29 |
| sound.northwestern.edu | 29 |
| spiegel.medill.northwestern.edu | 29 |
| sps.northwestern.edu | 29 |
| cctassi.northwestern.edu | 28 |
| clp.northwestern.edu | 28 |
| e4.northwestern.edu | 28 |
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