vatican.va

The Holy See 

Official Vatican homepage. Presents news services, information on the history of the Catholic Church and departments of the Roman Curia, as well as Church documents and virtual tours of the Vatican museums.

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Alexa Traffic Rank Reputation
Global 9,754
Global Rank Alexa Traffic Rank
An estimate of vatican.va's popularity.

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Traffic rank for vatican.va:

  Traffic Rank Change
Yesterday 11,861 -169 Change in Traffic Rank over the trailing 1 day period (A negative change means the site is getting more popular)
7 day 10,229 +239 Change in Traffic Rank over the trailing 7 day period (A positive change means the site is getting less popular)
1 month 9,753 +650 Change in Traffic Rank over the trailing 1 month period (A positive change means the site is getting less popular)
3 month 9,754 -3,064 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 vatican.va:

  Pageviews Change
Yesterday 0.00033 -9% Change in Pageviews over the trailing 1 day period
7 day 0.000414 -11% Change in Pageviews over the trailing 7 day period
1 month 0.000466 -8% Change in Pageviews over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 0.00048 +24% Change in Pageviews over the trailing 3 month period

Estimated percentage of global internet users who visit vatican.va:

  Reach Change
Yesterday 0.016 +5% Change in Reach over the trailing 1 day period
7 day 0.0175 +1% Change in Reach over the trailing 7 day period
1 month 0.0179 -0.06% Change in Reach over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 0.0172 +35% Change in Reach over the trailing 3 month period

Estimated percentage of visits to vatican.va that consist of a single pageview:

  Bounce % Change
Yesterday 54.9 -1% Change in Bounce % over the trailing 1 day period
7 day 55.4 -8% Change in Bounce % over the trailing 7 day period
1 month 58.3 +9% Change in Bounce % over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 54.7 +8% Change in Bounce % over the trailing 3 month period

Estimated daily unique pageviews per user for vatican.va:

  Pageviews/User Change
Yesterday 2.2 -10% Change in Pageviews/User over the trailing 1 day period
7 day 2.5 -13% Change in Pageviews/User over the trailing 7 day period
1 month 2.76 -8% Change in Pageviews/User over the trailing 1 month period
3 month 2.93 -8% Change in Pageviews/User over the trailing 3 month period

Estimated daily time on site (mm:ss) for vatican.va:

  Time on Site Change
Yesterday 02:21 -20% Change in Time on Site over the trailing 1 day period
7 day 03:20 +16% Change in Time on Site over the trailing 7 day period
1 month 03:06 0%
3 month 03:10 -2% Change in Time on Site over the trailing 3 month period
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Average Load Time for Vatican.va

Very Fast (0.666 Seconds), 86% of sites are slower.

Where Visitors Go on Vatican.va

Subdomain

Percent of Visitors

vatican.va

91.53%

mv.vatican.va

4.57%

viechretienne.catholique.org

2.33%

biglietteriamusei.vatican.va

2.31%

gsearch.vatican.va

1.79%

asv.vatican.va

1.11%

qe.catholique.org

0.95%

bible.catholique.org

0.82%

catholique.org

0.59%

news.catholique.org

0.25%


Audience Snapshot

Top Search Queries for Vatican.va


Based on internet averages, vatican.va is visited more frequently by users who are over 65 years old and are graduate school educated.
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Query Percent of Search Traffic
1 vatican 5.36%
2 vaticano 2.94%
3 eglise catholique 2.51%
4 musei vaticani 2.09%
5 vatican city 1.34%
6 vatikan 0.98%
7 cappella sistina 0.82%

 

Search Traffic

The percentage of site visits from search engines.

Period Percent of Site Traffic
Last 30 days 16.9%
Last 7 days 16.4%
Yesterday 14.1%
 
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Search Traffic on the Rise and Decline

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

Search Query 1 Month Increase The change in percentage of search traffic to vatican.va for each query.
1 eglise catholique 2.47%
2 vatican 2.35%
3 bearings 0.52%
4 vaticano 0.47%
5 holy 0.22%
6 la bible 0.20%
7 swiss guard 0.19%
8 www.priere.org 0.16%
9 梵蒂冈 0.15%
10 exhortation apostolique africae munus 0.14%
Search Query 1 Month Decline The change in percentage of search traffic to vatican.va for each query.
1 ватикан 0.99%
2 3rd secret of fatima 0.36%
3 the voice 0.26%
4 holy see 0.19%
5 catechism of the catholic church 0.18%
6 jesus estil humain 0.16%
7 ctv 0.16%
8 cappella sistina 0.16%
9 god is love 0.16%
10 pope benedict xvi 0.13%



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High Impact Search Queries for vatican.va

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Query Query
A phrase that drives traffic to “vatican.va” 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 “vatican.va” 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.

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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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vatican 13.79 41 19
vatican city 6.88 35 38
eglise catholique 6.74 44 30
musei vaticani 4.54 35 16
bearings 4.02 42 58
vaticano 3.95 39 16
catholic church 2.54 36 31
la bible 1.69 37 27
new american bible 1.65 25 35
pope john paul ii 1.51 31 29
vatican museum 1.42 24 32
3rd secret of fatima 1.37 29 20
vatikan 1.32 34 17
catechism of the catholic church 1.27 27 29
pope benedict 1.14 30 18
catholic bible 0.89 27 46
sistine chapel 0.88 33 23
the vatican 0.87 24 20
vatican museum tickets 0.86 14 85
swiss guard 0.86 25 21
holy 0.81 36 18
vatican.va 0.80 25 28
vatican museums 0.77 20 32
holy see 0.69 27 17
pope john paul 0.67 22 23
vatican tours 0.65 16 66
la biblia 0.62 37 23
bible 0.58 49 40
pope benedict xvi 0.57 25 23
catecismo de la iglesia catolica 0.55 23 10
 

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Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Opportunities for vatican.va

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albertdorff says: Nice website, easy to use, May God always bless Our Holy Father!
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teutonicorder says: love the site 10/10
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Although not a roman catholic, I wish the Pope well on his 25th anniversary. He has provided strong, if sometimes controversial, leadership of the roman catholic church in difficult times. People of all faiths, and none, are wondering : "Where goes the roman catholic church in the next 25 years?" .

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The site contains a truly amazing amount of information in most major languages. Includes most major documents of the Catholic Church for the last century.

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This is an invaluable site not only for Catholics but for anyone that wants to know what Catholics believe and practice. BUT, it is definitely very detailed and advanced, especially for a person who may want to research a particular church aspect or issue. (My advice is to start with other sites like Catholic Answers and then go deeper with the official Vatican resources). Check out the News area, especially the Vatican Information Service: many would be amazed to know the impact the Church has in the world every day.

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My son killed himself after being molested by our priest. Unless you want this to happen to your family, leave the church. For God's Sake, leave the church!

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Tasteful, artistic, and generally easy to navigate, the 2000 year-old institution of the Vatican does a fabulous job of reaching the masses via cyberspace. Seekers and the curious can read the Vatican web pages in six languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese, although not every page is available in Portuguese. There is a HUGE amount of information on the Vatican and Catholicism, including: the biographies and writings of popes in the 20th century to the present, biographies of the saints, visitor information to the Vatican, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the entire Bible accessible by sub-section. Two helpful features for finding the information you seek are search engine (on the site map page), where you check off the language you're searching in and the site map itself. There may be a bug or two on the website though because clicking on the link to Vatican Radio took me back to the home page. Also, I'm not sure what their distinction is between their link categories of "latest" and "news." I did not find every answer I sought at the Vatican website--for example, I wanted to find out the history of the Papal robe: for example why John Paul II wore usually white, but wore a robe tinged with green when he visited Fidel Castro, yet his body was displayed in a red robe. Still, I found the equivalent of a detailed encyclopedia on the Vatican and Catholicism. While the website could stand to be tweaked here and there, overall, they've done a remarkable job of presenting volumes of information.

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As a Catholic we have been very pleased to find the Catholic Church entering cyberspace. The place is pleasant, artistic and easy to navigate.

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Athough not a roman catholic, I wish the roman catholic church well, on the election of Pope Benedict XVI as the new pope. He "has a hard act to follow", given the dynamic leadership of Pope John Paul II. People of all faiths, and none, are wondering: "Where now for the roman catholic church?".



Audience Demographics for Vatican.va

Relative to the general internet population how popular is vatican.va with each audience below?

Age

18-24
Relative to the general internet population, 18-24 year olds are under-represented at vatican.va.

Confidence: high
25-34
Relative to the general internet population, 25-34 year olds are under-represented at vatican.va.

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

Confidence: high
45-54
Relative to the general internet population, 45-54 year olds are over-represented at vatican.va.

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

Confidence: high
65+
Relative to the general internet population, people over 65 years old are greatly over-represented at vatican.va.

Confidence: high
Education

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

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

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

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

Confidence: high
Gender

Male
The audience for vatican.va among Males is similar to the general internet population.

Confidence: high
Female
The audience for vatican.va among Females is similar to the general internet population.

Confidence: high
Has Children

Yes
The audience for vatican.va among people with children is similar to the general internet population.

Confidence: high
No
The audience for vatican.va among people without children is similar to the general internet population.

Confidence: high
Browsing Location

home
Relative to the general internet population, people browsing from home are over-represented at vatican.va.

Confidence: high
school
Relative to the general internet population, people browsing from school are under-represented at vatican.va.

Confidence: high
work
Relative to the general internet population, people browsing from work are under-represented at vatican.va.

Confidence: high

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High Impact Search Queries for Vatican.va

Query Impact
1 vatican High
2 vatican city High
3 eglise catholique High
4 musei vaticani Medium
5 bearings Medium
6 vaticano Medium
7 catholic church Medium

Top Search Queries for Vatican.va

Query Percent of Search Traffic
1 vatican 5.36%
2 vaticano 2.94%
3 eglise catholique 2.51%
4 musei vaticani 2.09%
5 vatican city 1.34%
6 vatikan 0.98%
7 cappella sistina 0.82%

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