bl.uk

The British Library 

Official depository of the United Kingdom and one the largest research institutions in the world. Maintains collections of primary and secondary resource materials dealing with most areas of intellectual inquiry. Locations in London and West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

Statistics Summary for bl.uk

Alexa Traffic Rank Reputation
Global 27,590
Global Rank Alexa Traffic Rank
An estimate of bl.uk's popularity.

The rank is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors to bl.uk and pageviews on bl.uk 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 Kingdom Flag 1,696
Rank in GB Traffic Rank in Country
An estimate of bl.uk's popularity in a specific country.

The rank by country is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors to bl.uk and pageviews on bl.uk 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.

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Sites Linking In Sites Linking In
A measure of bl.uk's reputation.

The number of links to bl.uk 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.

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Traffic rank for bl.uk:

  Traffic Rank Change
7 day 26,342 +2,045 Change in Traffic Rank over the trailing 7 day period (A positive change means the site is getting less popular)
1 month 25,475 -7,484 Change in Traffic Rank over the trailing 1 month period (A negative change means the site is getting more popular)
3 month 27,590 -3,786 Change in Traffic Rank over the trailing 3 month period (A negative change means the site is getting more popular)

Estimated percentage of global pageviews on bl.uk:

  Pageviews Change
7 day 0.000203 -40% Change in Pageviews over the trailing 7 day period
1 month 0.000245 +44% Change in Pageviews over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 0.000232 +19% Change in Pageviews over the trailing 3 month period

Estimated percentage of global internet users who visit bl.uk:

  Reach Change
7 day 0.0065 +9% Change in Reach over the trailing 7 day period
1 month 0.0062 +28% Change in Reach over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 0.00559 +11% Change in Reach over the trailing 3 month period

Estimated percentage of visits to bl.uk that consist of a single pageview:

  Bounce % Change
7 day 54.7 +21% Change in Bounce % over the trailing 7 day period
1 month 50.3 +3% Change in Bounce % over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 48.2 -4% Change in Bounce % over the trailing 3 month period

Estimated daily unique pageviews per user for bl.uk:

  Pageviews/User Change
7 day 3.3 -45% Change in Pageviews/User over the trailing 7 day period
1 month 4.2 +13% Change in Pageviews/User over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 4.34 +7% Change in Pageviews/User over the trailing 3 month period

Estimated daily time on site (mm:ss) for bl.uk:

  Time on Site Change
7 day 02:46 -27% Change in Time on Site over the trailing 7 day period
1 month 03:10 +16% Change in Time on Site over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 03:10 +4% Change in Time on Site over the trailing 3 month period
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Average Load Time for Bl.uk

Fast (0.937 Seconds), 73% of sites are slower.

Bl.uk’s Regional Traffic Ranks

Country

Rank

Where Visitors Go on Bl.uk

Subdomain

Percent of Visitors

bl.uk

70.32%

pdslogin.bl.uk

7.89%

direct.bl.uk

7.62%

explore.bl.uk

7.31%

bnc.bl.uk

5.99%

catalogue.bl.uk

2.98%

ethos.bl.uk

2.51%

prints.bl.uk

2.31%

sounds.bl.uk

1.93%

primocat.bl.uk

1.70%

pressandpolicy.bl.uk

1.64%

shop.bl.uk

1.43%

myrequests.bl.uk

1.13%

estc.bl.uk

1.08%

newspapers11.bl.uk

0.91%

ogimages.bl.uk

0.91%

boxoffice.bl.uk

0.87%

searcharchives.bl.uk

0.68%

cadensa.bl.uk

0.59%

mbsportal.bl.uk

0.58%


Audience Snapshot

Top Search Queries for Bl.uk


Based on internet averages, bl.uk is visited more frequently by females who are in the age range 55-64, have no children and are graduate school educated.
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Query Percent of Search Traffic
1 bl 12.23%
2 british library 6.42%
3 catalogue 2.53%
4 ethos 1.99%
5 magna carta 1.29%
6 library 1.22%
7 british library catalogue 1.18%

 

Search Traffic

The percentage of site visits from search engines.

Period Percent of Site Traffic
Last 30 days 25.7%
Last 7 days 24.9%
Yesterday 26.7%
 
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Search Traffic on the Rise and Decline

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

Search Query 1 Month Increase The change in percentage of search traffic to bl.uk for each query.
1 bl 4.25%
2 catalogue 2.35%
3 my workspace icon 0.89%
4 www.bl.uk 0.50%
5 free christmas cards 0.44%
6 ministry of finance zambia 0.43%
7 1832 reform act 0.28%
8 columbia ribbon receiver manager 0.24%
9 british newspaper archive 0.20%
10 english dialects 0.19%
Search Query 1 Month Decline The change in percentage of search traffic to bl.uk for each query.
1 british library 1.63%
2 magna carta 0.48%
3 turn the page 0.39%
4 british library catalogue 0.27%
5 library 0.21%
6 british library catalog 0.14%
7 online gallery 0.14%
8 john keats 0.12%
9 library online 0.10%
10 uk shop 0.10%



Search Advertising Metrics Highlights

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PPC Budget
Last Month Clicks
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Google PPC Keywords
Yahoo PPC Keywords


High Impact Search Queries for bl.uk

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 “bl.uk” 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 “bl.uk” 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.

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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.

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catalogue 13.21 44 35
british library 12.50 37 13
ethos 4.75 40 16
free christmas cards 4.28 36 66
library 3.62 48 20
library catalogue 2.91 14 30
the page 2.58 34 44
turn the page 1.98 31 18
british library catalogue 1.76 25 10
christmas cards 1.59 47 55
my workspace 1.19 2 20
british newspaper archive 1.03 18 32
rare books 1.00 33 68
british accent 1.00 28 25
site map 0.75 50 24
the british library 0.73 19 14
online gallery 0.71 20 40
books for cooks 0.68 23 26
nature sounds 0.67 29 38
images online 0.64 11 42
definition of 0.60 19 80
book binding 0.60 28 59
british newspapers 0.59 31 16
record player 0.59 32 49
british library online 0.57 10 40
idp 0.54 37 19
gutenberg bible 0.54 21 12
catalogues 0.54 32 51
received pronunciation 0.53 27 22
loan news 0.52 27 25
 

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Activity by bl.uk

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Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Opportunities for bl.uk

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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Company Info

Employees:1K - 10K
Revenue:$100 - 250M
Ownership:Privately Held

Contacts by Department

  • Sales: 5
  • Marketing: 5
  • Finance & Administration: 4
  • Human Resources: 3
  • Engineering & Research: 3
  • Operations: 4
  • IT & IS: 4
  • Other: 10

Contacts by Level

  • C-Level: 3
  • Director-Level: 5
  • Manager-Level: 7

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

Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7676 Fax: +44 (0)20 7412 7441 Email: sound-archive@bl.uk print search back site map top About the British Library Sound Archive


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Review Summary for bl.uk

4.5 Stars
(based on 2 reviews)
5 stars (1)
4 stars (1)
3 stars (0)
2 stars (0)
1 stars (0)


Reviews for bl.uk

I recommend
this site to a friend
Fantastic. Well laid out and full of information. Can't say much more.

I recommend
this site to a friend
This is one of the world's greatest libraries. The web-site gives a flavour of the fascinating items it contains. The new "Turn The Pages" and "Collect Britain" initiatives are especially interesting.



Audience Demographics for Bl.uk

Relative to the general internet population how popular is bl.uk with each audience below?

Age

18-24
The audience for bl.uk among 18-24 year olds is similar to the general internet population.

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

Confidence: high
35-44
Relative to the general internet population, 35-44 year olds are under-represented at bl.uk.

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

Confidence: high
55-64
Relative to the general internet population, 55-64 year olds are over-represented at bl.uk.

Confidence: high
65+
The audience for bl.uk among people over 65 years old is similar to the general internet population.

Confidence: high
Education

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

Confidence: high
Some College
Relative to the general internet population, people some college education are under-represented at bl.uk.

Confidence: high
College
Relative to the general internet population, people who went to college are under-represented at bl.uk.

Confidence: high
Graduate School
Relative to the general internet population, people who went to graduate school are greatly over-represented at bl.uk.

Confidence: high
Gender

Male
Relative to the general internet population, Males are under-represented at bl.uk.

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

Confidence: high
Has Children

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

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

Confidence: high
Browsing Location

home
The audience for bl.uk 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 under-represented at bl.uk.

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

Confidence: high

Advanced Demographics for bl.uk

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

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Visitors by Country for Bl.uk

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High Impact Search Queries for Bl.uk

Query Impact
1 catalogue High
2 british library High
3 ethos Medium
4 free christmas cards Medium
5 library Medium
6 library catalogue Medium
7 the page Medium

Top Search Queries for Bl.uk

Query Percent of Search Traffic
1 bl 12.23%
2 british library 6.42%
3 catalogue 2.53%
4 ethos 1.99%
5 magna carta 1.29%
6 library 1.22%
7 british library catalogue 1.18%

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