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Alexa Traffic Rank Reputation
Global 175
Global Rank Alexa Traffic Rank
An estimate of reference.com's popularity.

The rank is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors to reference.com and pageviews on reference.com over the past 3 months. The site with the highest combination of visitors and pageviews is ranked #1. Learn more.

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United States Flag 62
Rank in US Traffic Rank in Country
An estimate of reference.com's popularity in a specific country.

The rank by country is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors to reference.com and pageviews on reference.com from users from that country over the past 3 months. The site with the highest combination of visitors and pageviews is ranked #1 in that country.

Updated Daily
56,753
Sites Linking In Sites Linking In
A measure of reference.com's reputation.

The number of links to reference.com from sites visited by users in the Alexa traffic panel. Links that were not seen by users in the Alexa traffic panel are not counted. Multiple links from the same site are only counted once.

Updated Monthly
4.5 Stars
3 Reviews
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Traffic rank for reference.com:

  Traffic Rank Change
Yesterday 143 -14 Change in Traffic Rank over the trailing 1 day period (A negative change means the site is getting more popular)
7 day 166 +4 Change in Traffic Rank over the trailing 7 day period (A positive change means the site is getting less popular)
1 month 166 -30 Change in Traffic Rank over the trailing 1 month period (A negative change means the site is getting more popular)
3 month 175 +12 Change in Traffic Rank over the trailing 3 month period (A positive change means the site is getting less popular)

Estimated percentage of global pageviews on reference.com:

  Pageviews Change
Yesterday 0.0242 +11% Change in Pageviews over the trailing 1 day period
7 day 0.02123 -2.3% Change in Pageviews over the trailing 7 day period
1 month 0.02163 +21% Change in Pageviews over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 0.02058 -3.9% Change in Pageviews over the trailing 3 month period

Estimated percentage of global internet users who visit reference.com:

  Reach Change
Yesterday 0.731 +8% Change in Reach over the trailing 1 day period
7 day 0.641 -1.9% Change in Reach over the trailing 7 day period
1 month 0.656 +19.1% Change in Reach over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 0.617 -3.4% Change in Reach over the trailing 3 month period

Estimated percentage of visits to reference.com that consist of a single pageview:

  Bounce % Change
Yesterday 37.7 +1% Change in Bounce % over the trailing 1 day period
7 day 37.8 0%
1 month 37.8 -2% Change in Bounce % over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 38.2 +2% Change in Bounce % over the trailing 3 month period

Estimated daily unique pageviews per user for reference.com:

  Pageviews/User Change
Yesterday 3.61 +2% Change in Pageviews/User over the trailing 1 day period
7 day 3.53 -0.6% Change in Pageviews/User over the trailing 7 day period
1 month 3.49 +1.5% Change in Pageviews/User over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 3.49 -0.6% Change in Pageviews/User over the trailing 3 month period

Estimated daily time on site (mm:ss) for reference.com:

  Time on Site Change
Yesterday 04:34 +1% Change in Time on Site over the trailing 1 day period
7 day 04:25 0%
1 month 04:21 +1% Change in Time on Site over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 04:21 0%
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Average Load Time for Reference.com

Slow (2.228 Seconds), 74% of sites are faster.

Where Visitors Go on Reference.com

Subdomain

Percent of Visitors

dictionary.reference.com

69.41%

thesaurus.com

37.87%

ask.reference.com

3.62%

reference.com

2.71%

dynamo.dictionary.com

1.57%

translate.reference.com

1.30%

quotes.dictionary.com

0.59%

hotword.dictionary.com

0.56%

spanish.dictionary.com

0.43%

app.reference.com

0.28%

content.dictionary.com

0.27%

app.dictionary.com

0.26%

answers.reference.com

0.22%

dev.dictionary.com

0.04%

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Audience Snapshot

Top Search Queries for Reference.com


Based on internet averages, reference.com is visited more frequently by females who have no children and browse this site from school.
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Query Percent of Search Traffic
1 dictionary 9.36%
2 thesaurus 3.66%
3 translate 0.57%
4 translator 0.45%
5 dictionary.com 0.45%
6 online dictionary 0.38%
7 definition 0.30%

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Search Traffic

The percentage of site visits from search engines.

Period Percent of Site Traffic
Last 30 days 22%
Last 7 days 21.6%
Yesterday 22.1%
 
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Search Traffic on the Rise and Decline

The top queries from search engines driving relatively more/less traffic to reference.com in the current month than the previous month. Updated monthly.

Search Query 1 Month Increase The change in percentage of search traffic to reference.com for each query.
1 dictionary hacker 0.13%
2 define technical ambivalence 0.13%
3 indeed 0.09%
4 translate 0.09%
5 cacophony 0.09%
6 online dictionary 0.08%
7 iconic 0.08%
8 awesome 0.07%
9 the 0.06%
10 dr chatgyi 0.05%
Search Query 1 Month Decline The change in percentage of search traffic to reference.com for each query.
1 dictionary 1.89%
2 thesaurus 0.29%
3 dictionary.com 0.16%
4 you 0.05%
5 amazon 0.05%
6 decadent solice 0.04%
7 pronunciate 0.04%
8 define hello 0.04%
9 flirting 0.04%
10 acre 0.04%



Search Advertising Metrics Highlights

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High Impact Search Queries for reference.com

Popular queries that are relevant to this site and are actively targeted by competitors advertising on search engines. Click on queries below to discover who is advertising for these queries.

Query Query
A phrase that drives traffic to “reference.com” from search engines. This list also includes sub-phrases that account for a high percentage of this site's search traffic broken out separately. For example, if the site receives traffic for 'buy diamond ring', 'diamond necklace', and 'diamond bracelet', the word 'diamond' might also appear in the list. 		Impact Factor Impact Factor
A high value indicates that “reference.com” is getting significant organic search traffic for queries containing these phrases, despite high advertising competition for these phrases.

Impact Factor is a combined measurement of the importance of a particular phrase to the site's search traffic and the level of search engine advertising competition (QCI). The index is on a scale of 0 to 100.

Updated Monthly 		Query Popularity Query Popularity
An estimate of how frequently users search for these keywords, on a scale from 0 to 100. Higher numbers indicate higher frequencies.

Updated Monthly 		QCI The Query Competition Index
QCI indicates the typical number of ads displayed for keyword searches on major search engines. A large number of ads indicates strong advertising competition for a query. The index is on a scale from 0 to 100.

Updated Monthly
dictionary 36.14 72 13
thesaurus 12.08 67 11
translate 2.27 79 14
translator 1.90 70 15
online dictionary 1.79 50 16
define hello 1.70 48 30
english dictionary 1.66 48 22
definition of 1.61 19 80
dictionary.com 1.56 53 12
askew 1.52 55 22
definition 1.36 54 15
commend 0.98 38 100
appreciate 0.81 46 31
indeed 0.81 64 13
definition of love 0.65 44 14
sex 0.60 77 29
whether 0.58 46 19
love 0.52 61 26
capricious 0.41 34 90
reference 0.39 45 18
dictionary hacker 0.38 32 10
awesome 0.38 51 19
you 0.36 69 16
beautiful 0.34 53 15
submit 0.32 45 19
thesarus 0.32 43 13
gullible 0.31 34 65
surprised 0.31 36 70
especially 0.31 42 22
word of the day 0.30 40 13
 

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Activity by reference.com

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Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Opportunities for reference.com

Queries that provide opportunities for this site to advertise through Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to get more traffic. They are popular queries that are relevant to the site, and have low competition in search engine marketing. Learn More Many sites are actively advertising in search engines for the most valuable search queries. This high level of competition tends to result in high advertising costs, which makes it difficult to find attractive advertising opportunities. These opportunities may still exist, however, by looking at the "long tail". The long tail contains search queries with lower Query Popularity, but such queries also tend to have lower QCI. By advertising for many of these queries, sites may still be able to manage an effective search engine marketing campaign. Note that not all queries on the long tail may be very relevant to this site, but this list may contain a number of strong advertising candidates.

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About reference.com (in its own words) Quoted from reference.com's About Us and similar pages.

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Review Summary for reference.com

4.5 Stars
(based on 3 reviews)
2 out of 2 people would recommend this site to a friend.

5 stars (2)
4 stars (1)
3 stars (0)
2 stars (0)
1 stars (0)
Likes
Easy to navigate1
Good content2
Site is fast and responsive1


Reviews for reference.com

I would recommend
this site to a friend
nokkenbuer (Enthusiast)

The best use of this site is Research.

Likes
  • Easy to navigate
  • Good content
  • Other
  • Site is fast and responsive

Comments: I often use this website - specifically the Dictionary and Thesaurus subdomains - whenever I need something defined or I'm stumped and want to use a new word. Not only has it saved my hide multiple times when stuck in a literary rut, but there are many interesting fun facts and articles to check out, too. Many words are defined multiple times by numerous sources and it's all located conveniently in one place: this awesome website.

I would recommend
this site to a friend
  • 4 Stars
  • Ok..
  • Oct 28, 2011
Facebook User (Power Visitor)

The best use of this site is Research.

Likes
  • Good content
Dislikes
  • Other

Comments: very Helpful!!

I recommend
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Audience Demographics for Reference.com

Relative to the general internet population how popular is reference.com with each audience below?

Age

18-24
Relative to the general internet population, 18-24 year olds are over-represented at reference.com.

Confidence: high
25-34
The audience for reference.com among 25-34 year olds is similar to the general internet population.

Confidence: high
35-44
The audience for reference.com among 35-44 year olds is similar to the general internet population.

Confidence: high
45-54
The audience for reference.com among 45-54 year olds is similar to the general internet population.

Confidence: high
55-64
The audience for reference.com among 55-64 year olds is similar to the general internet population.

Confidence: high
65+
Relative to the general internet population, people over 65 years old are under-represented at reference.com.

Confidence: high
Education

No College
Relative to the general internet population, people who did not go to college are under-represented at reference.com.

Confidence: high
Some College
Relative to the general internet population, people some college education are over-represented at reference.com.

Confidence: high
College
Relative to the general internet population, people who went to college are over-represented at reference.com.

Confidence: high
Graduate School
Relative to the general internet population, people who went to graduate school are under-represented at reference.com.

Confidence: high
Gender

Male
Relative to the general internet population, Males are under-represented at reference.com.

Confidence: high
Female
Relative to the general internet population, Females are over-represented at reference.com.

Confidence: high
Has Children

Yes
Relative to the general internet population, people with children are under-represented at reference.com.

Confidence: high
No
Relative to the general internet population, people without children are over-represented at reference.com.

Confidence: high
Browsing Location

home
The audience for reference.com among people browsing from home is similar to the general internet population.

Confidence: high
school
Relative to the general internet population, people browsing from school are over-represented at reference.com.

Confidence: high
work
The audience for reference.com among people browsing from work is similar to the general internet population.

Confidence: high

Advanced Demographics for reference.com

Audience breakdown by income, ethnicity, age, education, gender, children and browsing location.

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Visitors by Country for Reference.com

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High Impact Search Queries for Reference.com

Query Impact
1 dictionary High
2 thesaurus High
3 translate Medium
4 translator Low
5 online dictionary Low
6 define hello Low
7 english dictionary Low

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Top Search Queries for Reference.com

Query Percent of Search Traffic
1 dictionary 9.36%
2 thesaurus 3.66%
3 translate 0.57%
4 translator 0.45%
5 dictionary.com 0.45%
6 online dictionary 0.38%
7 definition 0.30%

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