What powers swling.com?

Last seen Oct 2026 · 23 technologies across 17 categories

Affiliate programs

Amazon Associates
since Feb 2024

Analytics

Google Analytics
since Jan 2016

CDN

Cloudflare
since Sep 2022

CMS

WordPress
since Jan 2024

Databases

MySQL
since Jan 2024

Font scripts

Twitter Emoji (Twemoji)
since Dec 2025

JavaScript libraries

jQuery v3.7.1
since Jan 2024
jQuery Migrate v3.4.1
since Jun 2024

Miscellaneous

HTTP/3
since Sep 2022
Open Graph
since Jan 2024
RSS
since Jan 2024

Performance

Priority Hints
since Jan 2024

Programming languages

PHP v8.3.35
since Jan 2024

Security

Video players

MediaElement.js v4.2.17
since Nov 2025
YouTube
since Jan 2024

Web servers

Nginx
since Apr 2018

Webmail

Proton Mail
since May 2025

Widgets

Patreon
since Feb 2024

WordPress plugins

Jetpack Boost
since Jan 2024
Super Page Cache
since May 2026

WordPress themes

Twenty Twelve
since Oct 2026

AI Crawlers

Doesn't mention any of the 33 AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt; all are allowed by default. Checked Nov 2026.

  • robots.txt found
  • llms.txt not found
  • ai.txt not found

See who blocks each AI crawler across the web

Top search keywords

KeywordPositionEst. monthly visits
pirate ship #55 2,100
sw radio #4 820
xiegu g90 #3 350
portable shortwave radio #1 330
tecsun pl-880 #2 160
shortwave radio #10 140
sdr reviews #1 97
shortwave radio app #2 96
china radio international #21 93
best shortwave radio receivers #1 86
best portable shortwave radio #1 79
best shortwave receivers #1 79
tecsun s2200x #1 75
tecsun pl-680 #2 61
dsp radio #2 55
shortwave radio reviews #1 49
sangean wr-15 #3 47
tecsun pl 330 review #1 44
multipsk #2 43
best sdr #2 42
sdrplay rsp1a #2 42
tecsun pl-330 reviews #1 38
tecsun s 8800 #1 38
tecsun s-8800 #1 38
sony icf-sw7600gr #3 38

The site's top keywords in Google (US), with the visits each one is estimated to bring per month.

Top backlinks

FromAnchor text
google.com SWLing.com - a world of shortwave radio reviews, news, articles, how-to guides a
icann.org https://swling.com/blog/2018/08/information-from-the-nist-regarding-possible-clo
github.com Sony and Warner sueing TuneIn
yandex.ru swling.com
wikipedia.org "Morse code training in the Air Force"
mozilla.org URL
archive.org Radio Waves: DLARC, Solar Cycle 25 Explained, and VOA Delano property to be sold
substack.com The SWLing Post
abc.net.au East Timor
iana.org https://swling.com/blog/2018/08/information-from-the-nist-regarding-possibl…
odoo.com Discover More
google.co.in https://swling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/radio_moscow_sputnik_card_sid
livedoor.jp https://swling.com/blog/2024/01/kim-elliott-why-we-need-shortwave-2-0/
neilpatel.com won’t catch everything
ycombinator.com How a Cray-2 supercomputer was used to decode a movie ham radio transmission
theregister.com https://swling.com/blog/2016/09/the-sony-icf-sw100-a-miniture-dx-marvel-never-li
libsyn.com http://swling.com/blog
instructables.com ferrite core mag loop
freebsd.org Small Unidirectional Loop Antenna (SULA) Part 2: Construction Notes
player.fm https://swling.com/blog/2014/06/remembering-radio-beijing-on-the-25th-anniversar
typepad.com http://swling.com/blog/2013/07/a-review-of-the-elecraft-kx3-a-world-class-transc
arduino.cc SI473x Receiver Firmware Update and Internal Photos | The SWLing Post
angelfire.com (no text)
boingboing.net The SWLing Post – 6 Sep 18
utexas.edu Incoming! An introduction to meteor scatter propagation

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

Full breakdown

Audience

  • 56% phone
  • 36% desktop
  • 8% tablet
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Italy
  • India
  • Germany

Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.

Open Page Rank

5.29 / 10 · ranked #205,930 of all domains

212 referring domains · OpenPageRank

Search traffic

11,200 est. monthly organic visits (US)

4,583 keywords in Google's top 30

Core Web Vitals

LCP1.2 s
INP50 ms
CLS0
TTFB500 ms

Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Oct 2026.

Page

  • Language: English (United States)
  • CDN: Cloudflare
  • Weight: 1.6 MB · 38 requests
  • WordPress theme: twentytwelve · all themes
  • Structured data: OpenGraph, Twitter Cards

Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Oct 2026.

Infrastructure

  • Registered Jan 2008 (18 years) via Tucows Domains Inc., renews Jan 2027
  • Hosted on Cloudflare (104.21.68.237, IPv6)
  • DNS: Cloudflare DNS
  • Email: Proton Mail
  • Email security: SPF (soft fail), DMARC quarantine
  • SSL: Google Trust Services, ECDSA P256, wildcard, expires Dec 2026
  • Common Crawl link graph: rank 436,980, 3 hosts
  • Verified with: Proton

DNS records as swept Nov 2026, certificate as seen Nov 2026, registration from the registry's RDAP service. How the web is hosted

Subdomains

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swling.com 21
www.swling.com 2

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