What powers 
bgs.ac.uk?
Last seen Oct 2026 · 70 technologies across 27 categories
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AI Crawlers
No robots.txt, so all AI crawlers are allowed by default. Checked Nov 2026.
- robots.txt not found
- llms.txt not found
- ai.txt not found
- Oct 2026 * removed from robots.txt
- Sep 2026 robots.txt removed
- Sep 2026 robots.txt appeared
- Sep 2026 * added to robots.txt
Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| volcano | #7 | 12,900 |
| earthquake | #10 | 10,300 |
| sinkhole | #3 | 4,400 |
| crinoid | #2 | 4,400 |
| carbon atom cycle | #5 | 4,200 |
| crinoid fossil | #1 | 3,700 |
| crinoid fossil | #1 | 3,700 |
| crinoids | #2 | 2,200 |
| weathering weathering | #4 | 2,200 |
| what is deposition in science | #1 | 2,000 |
| gastropod | #3 | 1,800 |
| krakatoa volcano | #6 | 1,700 |
| deposition science | #1 | 1,600 |
| divergent volcanoes | #4 | 1,600 |
| effects of greenhouse effect | #4 | 1,600 |
| rocks | #4 | 1,600 |
| types of volcanoes | #2 | 1,300 |
| how are volcanoes made | #1 | 1,200 |
| bivalve | #2 | 1,200 |
| fossils | #2 | 1,200 |
| ostracod | #2 | 1,100 |
| deposition definition science | #1 | 1,000 |
| fossil definition | #3 | 880 |
| how do earthquakes occur | #2 | 800 |
| trilobite fossil | #4 | 800 |
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 robots.txt, all AI crawlers allowed
Audience
- 57% desktop
- 41% phone
- 2% tablet
United Kingdom
United States
India
Philippines
Indonesia
Germany
Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.
Open Page Rank
7.68 / 10 · ranked #13,732 of all domains
2,145 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
171,200 est. monthly organic visits (US)
29,010 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 2.8 s |
| INP | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0.05 |
| TTFB | 1300 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Sep 2026.
Page
- Language: English (United Kingdom)
- Weight: 12.1 MB · 122 requests
- WordPress theme: bgs · all themes
- Structured data: JSON-LD, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Oct 2026.
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Organisation
- British Geological Survey
- Country: United Kingdom
From the homepage's own structured data (Oct 2026) and Wikidata (CC0).
Infrastructure
- Hosted on JANET Jisc Services Limited (192.171.144.27)
- DNS: Azure DNS
- Email: Microsoft 365
- Email security: SPF (soft fail), DMARC quarantine, CAA
- SSL: Sectigo, RSA 4096, wildcard, expires Dec 2026
- Common Crawl link graph: rank 8,137, 78 hosts
- Verified with: Microsoft 365, Miro
DNS records as swept Nov 2026, certificate as seen Nov 2026. How the web is hosted
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| www.bgs.ac.uk | 30 |
| geoindex.bgs.ac.uk | 20 |
| geologyviewer.bgs.ac.uk | 20 |
| ngdckenya.bgs.ac.uk | 20 |
| hosted-metadata.bgs.ac.uk | 19 |
| metadata.bgs.ac.uk | 19 |
| ukgtp.bgs.ac.uk | 19 |
| geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk | 14 |
| imag-data.bgs.ac.uk | 11 |
| www2.bgs.ac.uk | 11 |
| earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk | 10 |
| earthwise.bgs.ac.uk | 10 |
| quakes.bgs.ac.uk | 10 |
| www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk | 10 |
| geomag.bgs.ac.uk | 9 |
| ogcapi.bgs.ac.uk | 8 |
| vocab.bgs.ac.uk | 8 |
| www.esc.bgs.ac.uk | 8 |
| www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk | 8 |
| mapapps.bgs.ac.uk | 7 |
| webapps.bgs.ac.uk | 7 |
| data.bgs.ac.uk | 6 |
| mine-plans.bgs.ac.uk | 6 |
| largeimages.bgs.ac.uk | 5 |
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