What powers thespec.com?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 70 technologies across 30 categories
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| minecraft movie | #65 | 3,800 |
| team horton | #55 | 2,100 |
| durand basketball | #77 | 2,100 |
| mcmaster supply | #91 | 860 |
| karla leanne homolka | #8 | 800 |
| pinocchio | #62 | 420 |
| italian open golf | #76 | 420 |
| substance | #96 | 230 |
| alejandro kirk | #79 | 190 |
| jimmy carr | #22 | 160 |
| hamilton city news | #2 | 140 |
| edmunds used cars | #22 | 130 |
| unconscious | #57 | 130 |
| dame diana rigg | #47 | 130 |
| hamilton news | #2 | 120 |
| brothers movie | #38 | 120 |
| academy award for best supporting actor | #67 | 120 |
| united states of america life expectancy | #73 | 100 |
| scrutinous | #66 | 100 |
| alexander graham bell canada | #93 | 100 |
| kathleen robertson actress | #73 | 100 |
| coastal carolina mall | #77 | 85 |
| karla homolka | #28 | 85 |
| max von sydow | #86 | 85 |
| influenza plague | #56 | 85 |
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
- 68% phone
- 26% desktop
- 5% tablet
Canada
Malaysia
Ireland
New Zealand
United States
Germany
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
7.45 / 10 · ranked #20,118 of all domains
2,154 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
28,800 est. monthly organic visits (US)
47,659 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.5 s |
| INP | 100 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 400 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English
- Weight: 5.3 MB · 452 requests
- Structured data: JSON-LD, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| www.thespec.com | 40 |
| games.thespec.com | 28 |
| obituaries.thespec.com | 20 |
| marketplace.thespec.com | 15 |
| votecompass.thespec.com | 15 |
| e2e.thespec.com | 10 |
| local.thespec.com | 10 |
| readerschoice.thespec.com | 8 |
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