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Last Checked: 01/22/2025
About.com attracts 122,334 unique visitors daily, generating 151,694 pageviews. The estimated value of about.com is 1,996,492 USD. Each visitor views approximately 1.33 pages on average.
According to Majestic's traffic estimates, about.com ranks 280 globally, with the majority of its visitors coming from United States, where it holds the 2,232 position.
It is beneficial for about.com that their data center (provided by FASTLY - Fastly, US) is located in United States, as this helps reduce page load time for most visitors.
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About.com is registered with the .COM top-level domain. Explore additional websites within the .COM zone.
A recent examination on (October 13, 2024), indicates that about.com has an expired SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt (expired on November 18, 2024). Click the "Refresh" button in the Safety Information section for updated SSL details. See the list of websites using SSL certificates issued by Let's Encrypt.
According to Google Safe Browsing, Google Safe Search, Symantec and Web of Trust about.com appears to be a safe domain.
Based on Google's Mobile-Friendly test, about.com is optimized for mobile and tablet devices, although the web page loading speed could be improved.
Audience Geography. Where are about.com visitors located?
| Country | Visitors |
|---|---|
 United States US | 32.1% |
| India IN | 24.8% |
| South Africa ZA | 4.6% |
| United Kingdom GB | 3.5% |
| Malaysia MY | 1.8% |
| Tanzania TZ | 1.7% |
| Australia AU | 1.6% |
| Japan JP | 1.5% |
| Singapore SG | 1.4% |
| Other | 27% |
| Country | Pageviews |
|---|---|
| United States US | 43.4% |
| India IN | 19.9% |
| South Africa ZA | 3.7% |
| United Kingdom GB | 2.9% |
| Canada CA | 1.5% |
| Japan JP | 1.4% |
| Malaysia MY | 1.4% |
| Australia AU | 1.3% |
| Tanzania TZ | 1.3% |
| Other | 23.3% |
| Country | Rank |
|---|---|
| Botswana BW | 195 |
| Tanzania TZ | 228 |
| South Africa ZA | 731 |
| Turkmenistan TM | 1041 |
| India IN | 1406 |
| Singapore SG | 1596 |
| Malaysia MY | 1605 |
| United Arab Emirates AE | 1696 |
| Qatar QA | 1963 |
| Bangladesh BD | 2205 |
| United States US | 2232 |
| Nigeria NG | 2349 |
Where do visitors go on about.com?
| Subdomain | Pageviews |
|---|---|
| index.about.com | 65.3% |
| about.com | 12.25% |
| aws.about.com | 9.64% |
| jewelry.about.com | 0.4% |
| foodtravel.about.com | 0.3% |
| gocaribbean.about.com | 0.28% |
| link.about.com | 0.27% |
| ops.about.com | 0.27% |
| clk.about.com | 0.22% |
| other | 11.13% |
| Subdomain | Pageviews per User |
|---|---|
| aws.about.com | 25 |
| ops.about.com | 5 |
| portlandor.about.com | 2 |
| kidsfashion.about.com | 2 |
| link.about.com | 1.3 |
| jewelry.about.com | 1.3 |
| clk.about.com | 1.2 |
| gocaribbean.about.com | 1.2 |
| video.about.com | 1.1 |
| about.com | 1.1 |
| other | 0.99 |
| Subdomain | Reach |
|---|---|
| index.about.com | 82.28% |
| about.com | 13.48% |
| aws.about.com | 0.48% |
| jewelry.about.com | 0.39% |
| foodtravel.about.com | 0.35% |
| gocaribbean.about.com | 0.3% |
| link.about.com | 0.27% |
| shoppingtips.about.com | 0.24% |
| clk.about.com | 0.24% |
| video.about.com | 0.21% |
| other | 10.77% |
How popular is about.com?
| Period | Global Rank | Global Rank Delta |
|---|---|---|
| past 3 months | 4893 | -220 |
| past month | 4780 | 9 |
| past week | 4322 | -414 |
| yesterday | 4670 | 281 |
| Days | Pageviews Rank | Pageviews Rank Delta | Pageviews per Million | Pageviews per Million Delta | Pageviews per User | Pageviews per User Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | 10148 | -559 | 746 | 4.2% | 1.24 | 7.8% |
| 30 | 9761 | -122 | 766 | -0.871% | 1.26 | 0.8% |
| 7 | 9035 | -826 | 837 | 9.7% | 1.27 | 0% |
| 1 | 9877 | 480 | 79 | -4.38% | 1.3 | 3% |
| Days | Reach Rank | Reach Rank Delta | Reach per Million | Reach per Million Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | 3615 | -55 | 224 | -3.03% |
| 30 | 3507 | -28 | 224 | -1.75% |
| 7 | 3200 | -310 | 245 | 9% |
| 1 | 3570 | 310 | 230 | -7.293% |
We gather website safety and reputation data and compare it with available third-party sources so we calculate own safety and trustworthiness rate based on information that we get.
Norton ConnectSafe evaluates about.com for any unsafe and insecure content. The results are critical for families with young children.
SafeSearch is used as a parental control tool to filter out any inappropriate for your children search results on your devices: phones, tablets or personal computers.
Malware: not found.
Phishing: not detected.
Unwanted software: not found.
Harmfull applications: not found.
Google Safe Browsing notifies when websites are compromised by malicious actors. These protections work across Google products and provide a safer online experience.
McAfee assesses about.com for a meaningful set of security threats. Featured dangers from annoying pop-ups to hidden Trojans, that can steal your identity, will be revealed. McAfee does not analyze about.com for mature or inappropriate content, only security checks are evaluated.
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| Domain | about.com |
| Issuer Organization | Let's Encrypt |
| Issuer | R10 |
| Algorithm | RSA-SHA256 |
| Valid form | 08/20/2024 |
| Expiration | 11/18/2024 |
| Signed | Certificate is not self signed |
| Additional Domains |
about.com |
ASN ID: 54113
ASN Title: FASTLY - Fastly, US
Last Update: 07/06/2024
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Address: PO Box 78266
City: San Francisco
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 94107
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OrgNOCName: Fastly Network Operations
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OrgNOCEmail: noc@fastly.com
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OrgTechHandle: FRA19-ARIN
OrgTechName: Fastly RIR Administrator
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Domain Name: ABOUT.COM
Registry Domain ID: 4300116_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.com
Updated Date: 2024-02-09T10:29:48Z
Creation Date: 1999-03-12T05:00:00Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2025-03-12T04:00:00Z
Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 292
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abusecomplaints@markmonitor.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2086851750
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Name Server: DNS1.P05.NSONE.NET
Name Server: DNS2.P05.NSONE.NET
Name Server: DNS3.P05.NSONE.NET
Name Server: DNS4.P05.NSONE.NET
Name Server: NS01.ICSN.COM
Name Server: NS02.ICSN.COM
Name Server: NS03.ICSN.COM
Name Server: NS04.ICSN.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of whois database: 2024-09-07T03:42:14Z
| Host | A Record | TTL |
|---|---|---|
| about.com | 151.101.2.137 | 600 |
| about.com | 151.101.66.137 | 600 |
| about.com | 151.101.130.137 | 600 |
| about.com | 151.101.194.137 | 600 |
| Host | MX Record | Priority | TTL |
|---|---|---|---|
| about.com | aspmx.l.google.com | 10 | 86400 |
| about.com | alt1.aspmx.l.google.com | 20 | 86400 |
| about.com | alt2.aspmx.l.google.com | 30 | 86400 |
| about.com | aspmx2.googlemail.com | 40 | 86400 |
| about.com | aspmx3.googlemail.com | 50 | 86400 |
| Host | NS Record | TTL |
|---|---|---|
| about.com | dns1.p05.nsone.net | 600 |
| about.com | dns2.p05.nsone.net | 600 |
| about.com | dns3.p05.nsone.net | 600 |
| about.com | dns4.p05.nsone.net | 600 |
| about.com | ns01.icsn.com | 600 |
| about.com | ns02.icsn.com | 600 |
| about.com | ns03.icsn.com | 600 |
| about.com | ns04.icsn.com | 600 |
| Host | TXT Record | TTL |
|---|---|---|
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| about.com | slack-domain-verification=Op2DUSOSy3sEUYXVj1TJaFq1nWifizEEvpkiTPNr | 86400 |
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Email address: hostmaster.nsone.net
Serial: 1653386100
Refresh: 3600
Retry: 600
Expire: 604800
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| Number of Hosts | 29 |
| Static Resources | 60 |
| JavaScript Resources | 26 |
| CSS Resources | 1 |
Last tested: 06/12/2016
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