Perhaps the most relevant statistics data that we could gather is presented here:
| Data type/Website parameter | Status or value | Our findings |
|---|---|---|
| Website meta description | Advocates the free distribution of science and medical published articles. | The length of the meta description is 74 characters. Google recommends up to around 280-320 characters at the most. |
| Website load speed | Approximately 1.9229 seconds | It takes too long to load the website – we would suggest the webmaster to look into it. |
| Rank by Alexa | 4,101 | The website is very well known according to Alexa. Take that for what it's worth. |
| Global rank by Quantcast | 11,563, after last update | According to Quantcast, the website is very well known. |
| Pages linking back | We counted 27,310 | A great amount of backlinks. |
| Size of page HTML | 4.2KB | If it were up to us, we'd urge the webmaster to improve. The result isn't very good, you see. Just saying. |
| Server data | Server seems to be online. IP adress for this domain is 216.74.38.75. | Due to lack of data, we can't provide a meaningful insight. |
The basic overview not enough? Let's dive deeper.
A website is not just Quantcast ranks and meta information. There is a whole lot more to it. Let's give it a proper look now, shall we?
| Data type/Website parameter | Status or value | Our findings |
|---|---|---|
| Categories of the website | Reference Libraries Subject Specific Science Science Publications Journals Free Online Journals Society Issues Intellectual Property Free Access Theory Society Organizations Open Access |
These are not only the possible categories the website falls into, but also areas of interest of the main target audience. |
| Similar websites | biomedcentral.com nature.com pnas.org asm.org hindawi.com |
While we can't speak with a hundred percent certainty, these website seem to fall into the same category as plos.org. Thus, they probably target the same audience and, likely, keywords. |
The following statistics are provided only as an approximation. We can't guarantee the numbers are absolutely correct, but we do believe they are very much within the ballpark and, as such, can give a pretty good idea about the popularity of this website.
Let's start with some telling numbers and then break it all down.
| Data type/Website parameter | Status or value | Our findings |
|---|---|---|
| Average visit time | 2:11 | Visitors spend a decent amount of time reading the website. |
Alexa, perhaps the oldest ranking system of its sort, bases it's website rating on approximated number of visitors of a specific page. In other words, the more visitors, the higher the global and local ranks. As of recently, Alexa has well over four million websites ranked. Having said all that, Alexa rank should be taken with a grain of salt. Or a massive bucketload. In other words, we think it to be greatly overrated, as it never takes into account how popular a website is within its niche.
QUANTCAST is very similar to Alexa, though perhaps enjoys an overall better user opinion even if, by comparison, the data processing company's rank index is smaller. The main interest of QUANTCAST is real-time audience analysis, so again the rank is based on traffic. QUANTCAST gathers this data mainly for advertising purposes of other companies. We know that, so far, QUANTCAST has ranked 7,224,286 websites, give or take a few. With all of this said, Quantcast rank is not really any more useful than that of Alexa and most similar ranking systems. Few of them, if any, take context into account and rate websites purely on traffic numbers (guesstimated, in so many cases). It's by far not the most accurate representation of a website's worth.
What is a server? It's basically a physical storage device (one that, sometimes, makes up several virtual servers for the cheaper shared hosting) that holds all the files and databases associated with a specific website or websites. Obviously, it's a touch more complicated than that (servers also have processors), but the essence is quite simple - your browser contacts the server, which then sends all the neccessary information and files to your computer. Each physical server has a unique IP address assigned to it, too, for easy recognition.
If you need more raw data, here's what we managed to gather:
| Header information |
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx/1.10.3 Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 20:25:04 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 4274 Last-Modified: Fri, 05 May 2017 00:02:15 GMT Connection: keep-alive ETag: "590bc107-10b2" Accept-Ranges: bytes |
| WHOIS entry |
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Domain Name: PLOS.ORG Registry Domain ID: D37175165-LROR Registrar WHOIS Server: Registrar URL: http://www.register.com Updated Date: 2014-11-05T22:38:18Z Creation Date: 2000-10-02T17:03:51Z Registry Expiry Date: 2017-10-02T17:03:51Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: Registrar: Register.com, Inc. Registrar IANA ID: 9 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: Reseller: Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Registry Registrant ID: C154692832-LROR Registrant Name: Nick Twyman Registrant Organization: Public Library of Science Registrant Street: 1160 Battery Street Registrant Street: Koshland Building East, Suite 100 Registrant City: San Francisco Registrant State/Province: CA Registrant Postal Code: 94111 Registrant Country: US Registrant Phone: +1.4156241200 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: +1.4155464090 Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: Registry Admin ID: C156292266-LROR Admin Name: Jennifer Osborn Admin Organization: Public Library of Science Admin Street: 1160 Battery Street Admin Street: Koshland Building East, Suite 100 Admin City: San Francisco Admin State/Province: CA Admin Postal Code: 94111 Admin Country: US Admin Phone: +1.4156241200 Admin Phone Ext: Admin Fax: +1.4155464090 Admin Fax Ext: Admin Email: Registry Tech ID: C156292409-LROR Tech Name: IT Operations Tech Organization: Public Library of Science Tech Street: 1160 Battery Street Tech Street: Koshland Building East, Suite 100 Tech City: San Francisco Tech State/Province: CA Tech Postal Code: 94111 Tech Country: US Tech Phone: +1.4156241200 Tech Phone Ext: Tech Fax: Tech Fax Ext: Tech Email: Name Server: DNS1.EASYDNS.COM Name Server: DNS3.EASYDNS.ORG Name Server: DNS2.EASYDNS.NET DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/ >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2017-04-14T23:52:53Z <<< For more information on Whois status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp Access to Public Interest Registry WHOIS information is provided to assist persons in determining the contents of a domain name registration record in the Public Interest Registry registry database. The data in this record is provided by Public Interest Registry for informational purposes only, and Public Interest Registry does not guarantee its accuracy. This service is intended only for query-based access. You agree that you will use this data only for lawful purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this data to: (a) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission by e-mail, telephone, or facsimile of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations to entities other than the data recipient's own existing customers; or (b) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that send queries or data to the systems of Registry Operator, a Registrar, or Afilias except as reasonably necessary to register domain names or modify existing registrations. All rights reserved. Public Interest Registry reserves the right to modify these terms at any time. By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy. |
Typos are not uncommon, not even with website addresses. More than that, the more popular the website, the more typos there tend to happen. We have gathered and generated the following list of most frequently encountered mistypes for plos.org:
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This list contains 370 top level domain variantions for plos.org domain name: