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Online Status

Online

Server IP address resolved: Yes
Http response code: 200
Response time: 0.69 sec.
Last Checked: 11/05/2024

Gao.gov traffic volume is 3,377 unique daily visitors and their 7,767 pageviews. The web value rate of gao.gov is 140,598 USD. Each visitor makes around 2.46 page views on average.

By Alexa's traffic estimates gao.gov placed at 1,502 position over the world, while the largest amount of its visitors comes from United States, where it takes 19,556 place.

Perfect for gao.gov that their data center (provided by company company AMAZON-AES - Amazon.com, Inc., US) is located in United States, as that empowers most of the visitors to reduce the page load time. See the list of other web pages hosted by AMAZON-AES - Amazon.com, Inc., US.

Gao.gov registered under .GOV top-level domain. Check other websites in .GOV zone.

The last verification results, performed on (October 12, 2024) gao.gov show that gao.gov has a valid and up-to-date wildcard SSL certificate issued by Sectigo Limited expiring on January 16, 2025. Click “Refresh” button for SSL Information at the Safety Information section. Check the list of websites using SSL certificates issued by Sectigo Limited.

In accordance with Google Safe Browsing, Symantec and Web of Trust gao.gov is pretty a safe domain.

Gao.gov General Information

Global Rank

93,433

Average Load Time

1.08sec

Links In Count

8,931

Website Value

$131,400

Audience Geography. Where are gao.gov visitors located?

Country	Visitors
United States US	76.7%
India IN	1.3%
Other	22%

Country	Pageviews
United States US	85.2%
India IN	0.6%
Other	14.2%

Country	Rank
United States US	19556
India IN	245683

Where do visitors go on gao.gov?

Subdomain	Pageviews
gao.gov	64.17%
access.gao.gov	5.58%
notices.gao.gov	3.15%
dm.gao.gov	0.73%
other	26.37%

Subdomain	Pageviews per User
notices.gao.gov	3
access.gao.gov	2.8
gao.gov	1.5
dm.gao.gov	1

Subdomain	Reach
gao.gov	90.48%
access.gao.gov	4.34%
notices.gao.gov	2.46%
dm.gao.gov	1.59%

How popular is gao.gov?

Period	Global Rank	Global Rank Delta
past 3 months	93433	17844
past month	87423	-20247
past week	75737	-15627
yesterday	95732	61521

Days	Pageviews Rank	Pageviews Rank Delta	Pageviews per Million	Pageviews per Million Delta	Pageviews per User	Pageviews per User Delta
90	112619	13233	47	-14.06%	2.3	20%
30	109039	-17035	49	20%	2.2	-9.205%
7	111028	-10292	49	10%	1.7	-16.08%
1	123986	58789	48	-52.791%	2	70%

Days	Reach Rank	Reach Rank Delta	Reach per Million	Reach per Million Delta
90	90384	19826	76	-25.67%
30	83792	-22938	83	30%
7	67185	-18976	11	30%
1	89427	62449	85	-72.566%

Gao.gov Safety Information

Overview

Last Updated: 11/05/2024

Unknown status.

We gather website safety and reputation data and compare it with available third-party sources so we calculate own safety and trustworthiness rate based on information that we get.

Norton Connect Safe

Last Updated: 03/22/2024

gao.gov is safe.

Norton ConnectSafe evaluates gao.gov for any unsafe and insecure content. The results are critical for families with young children.

Google Safe Search

Last Updated: 11/05/2024

Unknown status.

SafeSearch is used as a parental control tool to filter out any inappropriate for your children search results on your devices: phones, tablets or personal computers.

Google Safe Browsing

Last Updated: 01/09/2019

gao.gov is safe.
Malware: not found.
Phishing: not detected.
Unwanted software: not found.
Harmfull applications: not found.

Google Safe Browsing notifies when websites are compromised by malicious actors. These protections work across Google products and provide a safer online experience.

Site Advisor

Last Updated: 02/23/2021

gao.gov is safe.

McAfee assesses gao.gov for a meaningful set of security threats. Featured dangers from annoying pop-ups to hidden Trojans, that can steal your identity, will be revealed. McAfee does not analyze gao.gov for mature or inappropriate content, only security checks are evaluated.

Web of Trust

Last Updated: 01/10/2019

gao.gov child safety is very good.

The WOT calculates reputation of the gao.gov. This reputation system receives ratings from users and information from third-party sources, assesses the gao.gov for safety features and confirms, whether gao.gov is suitable for children.

SSL Information

SSL Checker Tool

Domain	*.gao.gov
Issuer Organization	Sectigo Limited
Issuer	Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA
Algorithm	RSA-SHA256
Valid form	01/16/2024
Expiration	01/16/2025
Signed	Certificate is not self signed
Additional Domains	*.gao.gov gao.gov

Gao.gov Server Information

Server Location

Geolocation Tool

ASN Information

ASN Lookup Tool

ASN ID: 14618
ASN Title: AMAZON-AES - Amazon.com, Inc., US

Last Update: 07/19/2024

ASN Whois

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ASNumber: 14618
ASName: AMAZON-AES
ASHandle: AS14618
RegDate: 2005-11-04
Updated: 2012-03-02
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/14618

OrgName: Amazon.com, Inc.
OrgId: AMAZO-4
Address: Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Address: P.O. Box 81226
City: Seattle
StateProv: WA
PostalCode: 98108-1226
Country: US
RegDate: 2005-09-29
Updated: 2017-01-28
Comment: For details of this service please see
Comment: http://ec2.amazonaws.com/
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AMAZO-4

OrgNOCHandle: AANO1-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Amazon AWS Network Operations
OrgNOCPhone: +1-206-266-4064
OrgNOCEmail: amzn-noc-contact@amazon.com
OrgNOCRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AANO1-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: ANO24-ARIN
OrgTechName: Amazon EC2 Network Operations
OrgTechPhone: +1-206-266-4064
OrgTechEmail: amzn-noc-contact@amazon.com
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ANO24-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: AEA8-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Amazon EC2 Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-206-266-4064
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@amazonaws.com
OrgAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AEA8-ARIN

RTechHandle: ANO24-ARIN
RTechName: Amazon EC2 Network Operations
RTechPhone: +1-206-266-4064
RTechEmail: amzn-noc-contact@amazon.com
RTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ANO24-ARIN

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Gao.gov Domain Name Information

WHOIS

WHOIS Lookup Tool

Domain Whois

Domain Name: gao.gov
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.nic.gov
Registrar URL: https://get.gov
Updated Date: 2024-01-08T03:02:52Z
Creation Date: 1997-10-02T01:29:24Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2025-09-30T00:00:00Z
Registrar: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Registrar IANA ID: 8888888
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:
Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited
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Name Server: sauthns1.qwest.net
Name Server: sauthns2.qwest.net
DNSSEC: signedDelegation
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2024-09-16T23:08:34Z

DNS Records

DNS Lookup Tool

Host	A Record	TTL
gao.gov	52.14.15.33	86400

Host	MX Record	Priority	TTL
gao.gov	mxa-0030d401.gslb.pphosted.com	10	600
gao.gov	mxb-0030d401.gslb.pphosted.com	10	600

Host	NS Record	TTL
gao.gov	sauthns2.qwest.net	86400
gao.gov	sauthns1.qwest.net	86400

Host	TXT Record	TTL
gao.gov	webexdomainverification.G4RF=10750105-b5a0-4fe7-8b42-981c95fdb34f	3600
gao.gov	MS=ms93491652	3600
gao.gov	v=spf1 mx ip4:161.203.16.83 ip4:161.203.16.84 ip4:161.203.24.85 a:websurveys.gao.gov a:listserv.gao.gov include:spf-0030d401.pphosted.com -all	3600
gao.gov	webexdomainverification.OZ58=d60f9aa2-ebd1-45c3-b37e-1de3dd65457d	3600

sauthns1.qwest.net
TTL: 86400
Email address: dns-admin.qwestip.net
Serial: 2190703094
Refresh: 10800
Retry: 3600
Expire: 604800
Minimum: 86400

Gao.gov HTML Validation

HTML Validation Tool

Errors

A “meta” element with an “http-equiv” attribute whose value is “X-UA-Compatible” must have a “content” attribute with the value “IE=edge”.

Attribute “data” not allowed on element “a” at this point.

Attribute “data” not allowed on element “div” at this point.

Element “style” not allowed as child of element “div” in this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.)

Named character reference was not terminated by a semicolon. (Or “&” should have been escaped as “&”.)

Attribute “data” not allowed on element “img” at this point.

Attribute “width” not allowed on element “li” at this point.

Bad value “_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'podcast', 'play', 'Protecting Students' Information When Applying for Federal Student Aid']); this.removeAttribute('onplay');” for attribute “onplay” on element “audio”: missing ] after element list

Attribute “alt” not allowed on element “a” at this point.

An “img” element must have an “alt” attribute, except under certain conditions. For details, consult guidance on providing text alternatives for images.

End tag “a” violates nesting rules.

Stray end tag “span”.

The “itemprop” attribute was specified, but the element is not a property of any item.

Warnings

The “name” attribute is obsolete. Consider putting an “id” attribute on the nearest container instead.

Gao.gov Desktop Insights

Last tested: 02/05/2018

Desktop

Desktop Speed

57%

Leverage browser caching

Enable compression

Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content

Optimize images

Avoid landing page redirects

Prioritize visible content

Minify JavaScript

Minify HTML

Minify CSS

Desktop Resource Breakdown

Total Resources	67
Number of Hosts	6
Static Resources	57
JavaScript Resources	13
CSS Resources	6

Gao.gov Mobile Insights

Last tested: 05/26/2017

Mobile

Mobile Usability

60%

Use legible font sizes

Size content to viewport

Configure the viewport

Size tap targets appropriately

Mobile Speed

46%

Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content

Leverage browser caching

Prioritize visible content

Enable compression

Optimize images

Minify JavaScript

Minify HTML

Minify CSS

Mobile Resource Breakdown

Total Resources	59
Number of Hosts	6
Static Resources	49
JavaScript Resources	14
CSS Resources	6

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