Perhaps the most relevant statistics data that we could gather is presented here:
Data type/Website parameter | Status or value | Our findings |
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Site title (meta) | Official Home of the Virginia Lottery | Sticking to between 50-60 characters for meta title length is a good idea. The length of this website's meta title is 37. |
Website meta description | The Virginia Lottery creates excitement, encourages friendly competition and supports Virginians’ love of games. And not just our games, but all games! We’re Game. Are you? For almost 25 years we’ve been working and playing together, building an amazing organization committed to growing and giving back – and having fun while doing it. Operating entirely on revenue from game sales, rather than tax dollars, the Virginia Lottery generates approximately $1.2 million per day for Virginia’s K-12 public schools. With Lottery games including Mega Millions, Powerball, Win for Life, Decades of Dollars, Pick 3, Pick 4 and Cash 5, Virginians are bound to find a game they love. The Virginia Lottery also has a variety of Scratchers and FastPlay Games to add to the fun. And the excitement doesn’t stop there. Players also can enter 2nd Chance promotions and play interactive games online at valottery.com for more chances to win! | The length of the meta description is 928 characters. Google recommends up to around 280-320 characters at the most. |
Metadata keywords | Annuity payments,Bingo Scratchers,Cash 5,Cash Option,Crossword scratchers,Decades of Dollars,EZ pick,Easy Pick,Exact Order,FastPlay,FastPlay Games,Friday drawing,Game Enthusiast,Game Guy,Game Guy Jeep,Game Lover,Game Room,GameRoom,Holiday scratcher gifts,Holiday scratchers,Literary Fund,Lottery alerts,Lottery annuity payments,Lotto by Mail,Lotto mania,Lotto subscriptions,Mega Millions,Mega Millions subscriptions,Megaplier,Millionaire Raffle,Monday drawing,My Game Room,MyGameRoom,New Years Millionaire Raffle,Pick 3,Pick 3 Boost,Pick 4,Power Play,Powerball,Powerball number,Quick Pick,Raffle,Saturday drawing,bet,big Lotto,big prizes,chances of winning,daily games,fastplay games,find winning numbers,four numbers,gambling in Virginia,game guy,help me pick numbers,how to claim a prize,how to play,how to win,instant tickets,jackpot,legal gambling in Virginia,lottery,lottery bets,lottery for education,lottery gambling,lottery money to schools,lottery numbers,lottery on WVEC,lottery on WDBJ,lottery on WFDC,lottery on WHSV,lottery on WUSA,lottery on WRIC,lottery prizes,lottery proceeds fund,lottery retailers,lottery winners,lotto,lucky numbers,mega,mega ball,megaplier,my game room,mygameroom,odds of winning,online lottery,pick 6,pick six,play big game,play lotto,play mega millions,playslip,power play,powerball,powerball number,prizes,raffle,random numbers,record jackpots,retail lottery commission,return to education by Lottery | Oh. It's unexpected, to put it mildly, to see meta keywords still being used. After all, they are no longer a ranking factor and associate with spam more than anything else. |
Website load speed | Approximately 1.1373 seconds | Website load speed is on a good level, great! But if an improvement can be made, it's always for the better. |
Rank by Alexa | 47,975 | The site is among the more popular ones, according to Alexa. How accurate the rank is remains a question. |
Global rank by Quantcast | 4,205, after last update | According to Quantcast, the website is very well known. |
Homepage links | Approximately 163 | A good amount of links and nothing to worry about. |
Pages linking back | We counted 213 | A good amount of backlinks to improve ranking, though there is always room for more. |
Size of page HTML | 102.8KB | This is a very good result, as search engines prioritize websites that are quick to load. |
Server data | Server seems to be online. IP adress for this domain is 137.117.88.165. | 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 |
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Categories of the website | Games Gambling Lotteries Regional United States |
These are not only the possible categories the website falls into, but also areas of interest of the main target audience. |
Similar websites | calottery.com ctlottery.org dclottery.com flalottery.com galottery.com idaholottery.com kslottery.com lottery.com lotterypost.com lotteryusa.com michigan.gov nc-educationlottery.org ohiolottery.com powerball.com sceducationlottery.com state.nj.us txlottery.org vtlottery.com walottery.com |
While we can't speak with a hundred percent certainty, these website seem to fall into the same category as valottery.com. Thus, they probably target the same audience and, likely, keywords. |
Commonly visited | dclottery.com mdlottery.com delottery.com nc-educationlottery.org nclottery.com |
Frequent visitors of valottery.com are also interested in these websites. |
Website safety is a key factor that should not be underestimated. After all, our computers and personal information stored on them are not as secure as one might think - the recent flaws found in microprocessors only confirm this. There is more than one source for finding out if a website is safe to visit or not, some more dependable than others. In this section we'll try to cover all the bases, if at all possible.
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 |
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Approximate monthly visitors | 6.58M | Without taking the size of the target audience into account, we would say the website's not that popular. But, again, that is a somewhat superficial assessment - make your own conclusions. |
Traffic delta | +2.22% | Over the past month, the traffic has increased. |
Average visit time | 00:03:18 | This is a good amount of time for visitors to spend on the website on average, great result! |
valottery.com Visit Traffic Bounce Rate | 36.97% | Most visitors seem to stop their searches when on this website and find what they are looking for. |
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 3,579,419 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 Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store Pragma: no-cache Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Expires: -1 Server: Set-Cookie: ASP.NET_SessionId=lg20tu4yfgq4r0c1yikhrhwf; path=/; secure; HttpOnly X-UA-Compatible: IE=10 X-AspNet-Version: Set-Cookie: SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE=11e3e595bc934a1e95eb6e998b01ef3c; expires=Tue, 11-May-2027 01:48:31 GMT; path=/; secure; HttpOnly Set-Cookie: SC_ANALYTICS_SESSION_COOKIE=C53E918E04B9488BAE48C178CA0A0FA8|1|lg20tu4yfgq4r0c1yikhrhwf; path=/; secure; HttpOnly X-Powered-By: X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 01:48:31 GMT Content-Length: 104635 |
WHOIS entry |
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Whois Server Version 2.0 Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information. Domain Name: VALOTTERY.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 2 Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://networksolutions.com Name Server: NS1.P05.DYNECT.NET Name Server: NS2.P05.DYNECT.NET Name Server: NS3.P05.DYNECT.NET Name Server: NS4.P05.DYNECT.NET Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Updated Date: 28-may-2014 Creation Date: 22-apr-1999 Expiration Date: 22-apr-2023 >>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 09 May 2017 18:14:35 GMT <<< For more information on Whois status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp NOTICE: The expiration date displayed in this record is the date the registrar's sponsorship of the domain name registration in the registry is currently set to expire. This date does not necessarily reflect the expiration date of the domain name registrant's agreement with the sponsoring registrar. Users may consult the sponsoring registrar's Whois database to view the registrar's reported date of expiration for this registration. TERMS OF USE: You are not authorized to access or query our Whois database through the use of electronic processes that are high-volume and automated except as reasonably necessary to register domain names or modify existing registrations; the Data in VeriSign Global Registry Services' ("VeriSign") Whois database is provided by VeriSign for information purposes only, and to assist persons in obtaining information about or related to a domain name registration record. VeriSign does not guarantee its accuracy. By submitting a Whois query, you agree to abide by the following terms of use: You agree that you may use this Data only for lawful purposes and that under no circumstances will you use this Data to: (1) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail, telephone, or facsimile; or (2) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that apply to VeriSign (or its computer systems). The compilation, repackaging, dissemination or other use of this Data is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of VeriSign. You agree not to use electronic processes that are automated and high-volume to access or query the Whois database except as reasonably necessary to register domain names or modify existing registrations. VeriSign reserves the right to restrict your access to the Whois database in its sole discretion to ensure operational stability. VeriSign may restrict or terminate your access to the Whois database for failure to abide by these terms of use. VeriSign reserves the right to modify these terms at any time. The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and Registrars. Welcome to the Network Solutions(R) Registrar WHOIS Server. The IP address from which you have visited the Network Solutions Registrar WHOIS database is contained within a list of IP addresses that may have failed to abide by Network Solutions' WHOIS policy. Failure to abide by this policy can adversely impact our systems and servers, preventing the processing of other WHOIS requests. To see the Network Solutions WHOIS Policy, click on or copy and paste the following URL into your browser: http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jhtml If you feel that you have received this message in error, please email us using the online form at http://www.networksolutions.com/help/email.jsp with the following information: Whois Query: valottery.com YOUR IP address is 62.75.137.71 Date and Time of Query: Tue May 09 14:14:46 EDT 2017 Reason Code: IE |
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