What powers 
nscad.ca?
Last seen Aug 2026 · 78 technologies across 32 categories
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AI Crawlers
Doesn't mention any of the 33 AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt; all are allowed by default. Checked Sep 2026.
- robots.txt found
- llms.txt found
- ai.txt not found
- Sep 2026 *: Allowed (was Restricted)
- Sep 2026 *: Restricted (was Allowed)
- Aug 2026 llms.txt appeared
- Aug 2026 *: Allowed (was Restricted)
Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| nscad university | #1 | 120 |
| dhx media | #10 | 41 |
| kim morgan | #13 | 32 |
| laurie anderson artist | #66 | 31 |
| nova scotia canada university | #6 | 30 |
| halifax explosion | #22 | 27 |
| anton lee | #14 | 19 |
| privilege list | #1 | 17 |
| adrian fish | #6 | 10 |
| dhx media ltd | #22 | 8 |
| architecture is frozen music quote | #8 | 5 |
| african nova scotian | #45 | 5 |
| canada mfa | #3 | 4 |
| race and privilege | #7 | 4 |
| paul wong | #14 | 4 |
| paul wong | #14 | 4 |
| paul wong | #14 | 4 |
| cassils | #34 | 3 |
| masters of fine arts canada | #4 | 3 |
| gdeib | #4 | 3 |
| charles bishop | #59 | 2 |
| rebecca young | #46 | 2 |
| rebecca belmore | #13 | 2 |
| research creation | #4 | 2 |
| anna leonowens | #49 | 2 |
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
No AI crawlers blocked
Standards: llms.txt
Audience
- 63% desktop
- 37% phone
Canada
United States
Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.
Open Page Rank
6.04 / 10 · ranked #107,247 of all domains
269 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
420 est. monthly organic visits (US)
293 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.6 s |
| INP | 50 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 900 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026.
Page
- Language: English (United States)
- CDN: Cloudflare
- Weight: 7.2 MB · 97 requests
- WordPress theme: nscad · all themes
- Structured data: JSON-LD, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Sep 2026.
Organisation
- NSCAD (NSCAD University on Wikidata)
- Founded: 1887
- Industry: Education (declares
EducationalOrganization) - Country: Canada
From the homepage's own structured data (Sep 2026) and Wikidata (CC0).
Infrastructure
- Hosted on Cloudflare (162.159.129.73)
- DNS: Cloudflare DNS
- Email: Microsoft 365
- Email security: SPF (soft fail), no DMARC record
- SSL: Google Trust Services, ECDSA P256, expires Oct 2026
- Common Crawl link graph: rank 439,868, 19 hosts
- Verified with: Adobe, Google, Microsoft 365
DNS records as swept Sep 2026, certificate as seen Sep 2026. How the web is hosted
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| nscad.ca | 24 |
| theanna.nscad.ca | 16 |
| kaltura.nscad.ca | 15 |
| library.nscad.ca | 15 |
| apply.nscad.ca | 14 |
| make.nscad.ca | 14 |
| navigator.nscad.ca | 14 |
| selfserv.nscad.ca | 12 |
| www.nscad.ca | 12 |
| forms.nscad.ca | 11 |
| learningcommons.nscad.ca | 9 |
| machform.nscad.ca | 9 |
| my.nscad.ca | 9 |
| services.nscad.ca | 3 |
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Recent changes
- dropped D3 Aug 2026
- dropped Essential Addons for Elementor Aug 2026
- dropped Cloudways Jul 2026
- detected AngularJS Jun 2026
- detected PixelYourSite Jun 2026
- detected Cloudways May 2026
- dropped Cloudways Apr 2026
- detected Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Apr 2026