What powers usnewsdeserts.com?
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| news deserts | #1 | 180 |
| media ownership | #5 | 61 |
| no newspaper | #1 | 33 |
| digital first media | #4 | 32 |
| ghost news | #7 | 23 |
| ghost newspaper | #1 | 21 |
| gatehouse media inc | #6 | 16 |
| news deserts | #7 | 15 |
| newspaper outlets | #79 | 11 |
| local newspaper coverage | #2 | 8 |
| bhmedia | #6 | 7 |
| gatehouse media | #9 | 7 |
| impact of media ownership on news coverage | #3 | 7 |
| ecm publishers | #7 | 7 |
| state by state map | #96 | 6 |
| fewer than 12 cities have separate competing papers | #2 | 5 |
| who owns the media in the us | #11 | 4 |
| us media ownership | #5 | 4 |
| news map | #11 | 4 |
| newspaper closed down | #3 | 4 |
| do newspapers still exist | #9 | 4 |
| us desert map | #88 | 3 |
| american media ownership | #6 | 3 |
| newspaper map | #23 | 3 |
| ownership of newspapers | #4 | 3 |
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
- 71% desktop
- 29% phone
United States
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
5.94 / 10 · ranked #113,925 of all domains
405 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
570 est. monthly organic visits (US)
455 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 2.1 s |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 900 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English (United States)
- CDN: Google
- Weight: 1.8 MB · 102 requests
- Structured data: JSON-LD, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.