howtogeek.com

DR 89by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 60/100

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Categorycomputers_electronics_and_technology/computers_electronics_and_technology

Top 8,893

Global Rank

United States 61%

Top Market

+8%

Monthly Trend

64% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

8,622,498

↑8.1% vs last month

Bounce Rate

64.2%

Pages / Visit

1.8

Avg. Session

1m 10s

Domain Age

19.8 years

Traffic

#8,893Global Rank

#2,990Country Rank (840)

#107Category Rank · Computers_Electronics_and_Technology

Traffic Trend

↑8.1%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

45.4%

Direct

34.7%

Social

8.1%

Referral

8.7%

Paid

0.1%

3.0%

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇺🇸United StatesUS

61.2%

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

5.0%

🇨🇦CanadaCA

4.4%

🇦🇺AustraliaAU

2.4%

🇮🇳IndiaIN

2.3%

Top 3 countries account for 70.7% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
nba playoffs	4.8M	$1.53	$6.3K
obsidian	2.3M	$0.96	$7.0K
movies to watch	678.8K	$0.62	$5.0K
how to geek	7.5K	$0.00	$8.4K
howtogeek	6.7K	$0.00	$7.2K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
hardware acceleration chrome	#5	📄	www.howtogeek.com/412738/how-to-turn-hardware-acceleration-on-and-off-in-chrome/	43,020	$0.39
discord formatting	#4	📄	www.howtogeek.com/674569/how-to-apply-text-formatting-in-discord/	10,880	—
ig meaning in chat	#5	📄	www.howtogeek.com/851106/what-does-ig-mean/	3,500	—
eli5 meaning	#7	📄	www.howtogeek.com/694298/what-does-eli5-mean-and-how-do-you-use-it/	1,420	—

Growth Readout

Global rank top 8.9K — established player in the space

Traffic concentrated in United States (61%) — high geographic dependency

How does howtogeek.com actually grow?

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Competitive Landscape

zapier.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

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6.0M/mo-9%Oct 2011

Shares 2 keywords including "gmail"

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