What powers refdesk.com?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 26 technologies across 13 categories
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| reference desk | #1 | 200 |
| cross words crossword | #98 | 170 |
| thought thesaurus | #64 | 70 |
| persistent thesaurus | #59 | 57 |
| top newspapers | #6 | 54 |
| update thesaurus | #80 | 47 |
| refdesk login | #1 | 43 |
| navigate thesaurus | #57 | 43 |
| crossword puzzles and answers | #66 | 43 |
| united states newspaper list | #2 | 42 |
| grace thesaurus | #86 | 38 |
| hughesnet login | #54 | 38 |
| crossword refdesk | #2 | 34 |
| top ten newspapers in the us | #3 | 31 |
| intimate thesaurus | #88 | 31 |
| biggest newspapers in us | #6 | 30 |
| major newspapers | #9 | 29 |
| best internet newspapers | #3 | 25 |
| united states newspapers list | #3 | 25 |
| newspapers | #21 | 25 |
| fueled thesaurus | #39 | 25 |
| best newspaper in usa | #6 | 24 |
| states thesaurus | #70 | 24 |
| best newspapers | #7 | 23 |
| biggest american newspapers | #7 | 23 |
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
- 80% desktop
- 17% phone
- 3% tablet
United States
Canada
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
6.49 / 10 · ranked #76,220 of all domains
584 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
3,600 est. monthly organic visits (US)
3,932 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.1 s |
| INP | 125 ms |
| CLS | 0.35 |
| TTFB | 300 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Weight: 4.7 MB · 1,038 requests
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| refdesk.com | 22 |
| www.refdesk.com | 22 |
| secure.refdesk.com | 7 |
| m.refdesk.com | 1 |
| my.refdesk.com | 1 |
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