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Grocotts.co.za ranking shows that the page is at position 611,761 over the world, while the bulk of its audience is from South Africa, where it ranks 8,623.

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In terms of rank-to-traffic ratio, grocotts.co.za has 120 unique users per day, viewing 1,043 pages. The rank based value of grocotts.co.za is 9,461 USD. Every user makes 9.40 pageviews on average.

Grocotts.co.za boasts a link base consisting of 282 referring domains and 346 external backlinks, as revealed by the data obtained from web network scanning.

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According the last verification test in February 13, 2023, grocotts.co.za has an expired SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt (expired on April 08, 2023). Click button “Update” SSL Information at the Safety Information section. Check the list of websites using SSL by Let's Encrypt.

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Grocotts.co.za Rank Summary

Global Rank

611,761

Average Load Time

0.00sec

Links In Count

118

Website Value

$8,760

Audience Geography. Where are grocotts.co.za visitors located?

Country	Visitors
South Africa ZA	87.7%
Other	12.3%

Country	Pageviews
South Africa ZA	97.7%
Other	2.3%

Country	Rank
South Africa ZA	8623

Where do visitors go on grocotts.co.za?

Subdomain	Pageviews
grocotts.co.za	100%

Subdomain	Pageviews per User
grocotts.co.za	5.3

Subdomain	Reach
grocotts.co.za	100%

How popular is grocotts.co.za?

Period	Global Rank	Global Rank Delta
past 3 months	611761	60028
past month	707718	100776
past week	1765650	1115379

Days	Pageviews Rank	Pageviews Rank Delta	Pageviews per Million	Pageviews per Million Delta	Pageviews per User	Pageviews per User Delta
90	333230	44668	12	-15.58%	8.7	-6.048%
30	512580	173623	7	-43.23%	5.3	-36.79%
7	2291902	1917966	1	-93.856%	1	-86.859%

Days	Reach Rank	Reach Rank Delta	Reach per Million	Reach per Million Delta
90	812440	71131	5	-9.865%
30	866740	54947	46	-10.53%
7	1502171	643024	2	-53.333%

Grocotts.co.za Website Safety

Overview

Last Updated: 04/04/2025

Overall result - grocotts.co.za is safe.

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Norton Connect Safe

Last Updated: 02/08/2025

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Last Updated: 02/17/2017

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Google Safe Browsing

Last Updated: 01/09/2019

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Unwanted software: not found.
Harmfull applications: not found.

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Last Updated: 01/31/2021

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Web of Trust

Last Updated: 01/11/2019

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SSL Information

SSL Checker Tool

Domain	rhodes.ac.za
Issuer Organization	Let's Encrypt
Issuer	R3
Algorithm	RSA-SHA256
Valid form	01/08/2023
Expiration	04/08/2023
Signed	Certificate is not self signed
Additional Domains	grocotts.co.za myrhodes.ac.za myru.ac.za rhodes.ac.za rhodes.university ru.net.za ru.org.za www.grocotts.co.za www.myrhodes.ac.za www.myru.ac.za www.rhodes.ac.za www.rhodes.university www.ru.net.za www.ru.org.za

Grocotts.co.za Rank History

Alexa Rank shows how popular grocotts.co.za is in comparison with other sites. The most popular site has Alexa Rank equals 1. If grocotts.co.za has Alexa Rank equals 100,000, then it is in TOP 100,000 popular sites in the world. The rank is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors to grocotts.co.za and pageviews on grocotts.co.za over the past 3 months.

Grocotts.co.za Hosting Information

Server Location

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ASN Information

ASN Lookup Tool

ASN ID: 37520

ASN Title: Rhodes University

Last Update: 07/31/2024

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aut-num: AS37520
as-name: Rhodes-Univ
descr: Rhodes University
status: ASSIGNED
org: ORG-RU1-AFRINIC
admin-c: RUAC1-AFRINIC
tech-c: RUTC1-AFRINIC
mnt-lower: RHODES-MNT
mnt-routes: RHODES-MNT
mnt-by: AFRINIC-HM-MNT
source: AFRINIC # Filtered

organisation: ORG-RU1-AFRINIC
org-name: Rhodes University
org-type: EU-PI
country: ZA
address: Information & Technology Services Division
address: Struben Building
address: Artillery Road
address: Rhodes University
address: Grahamstown 6139
phone: tel:+27-46-603-8279
phone: tel:+27-46-603-8288
admin-c: RUAC1-AFRINIC
tech-c: RUTC1-AFRINIC
mnt-ref: AFRINIC-HM-MNT
mnt-ref: RHODES-MNT
mnt-by: AFRINIC-HM-MNT
source: AFRINIC # Filtered

role: Rhodes University Admin PoC
address: Information & Technology Services Division
address: Rhodes University
address: P.O. Box 94
address: Grahamstown 6140
address: South Africa
phone: tel:+27-46-603-8279
org: ORG-RU1-AFRINIC
admin-c: DRS1-AFRINIC
tech-c: DRS1-AFRINIC
nic-hdl: RUAC1-AFRINIC
mnt-by: RHODES-MNT
source: AFRINIC # Filtered

role: Rhodes University Technical PoC
address: Information & Technology Services Division
address: Rhodes University
address: P.O. Box 94
address: Grahamstown 6140
address: South Africa
phone: tel:+27-46-603-8288
org: ORG-RU1-AFRINIC
admin-c: DRS1-AFRINIC
tech-c: DRS1-AFRINIC
nic-hdl: RUTC1-AFRINIC
mnt-by: RHODES-MNT
source: AFRINIC # Filtered

Grocotts.co.za Domain Registration and Settings

WHOIS

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DNS Records

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Grocotts.co.za HTML Check

HTML Validation Tool

Warnings

The “type” attribute is unnecessary for JavaScript resources.

The “type” attribute for the “style” element is not needed and should be omitted.

The “language” attribute on the “script” element is obsolete. You can safely omit it.

Section lacks heading. Consider using “h2”-“h6” elements to add identifying headings to all sections.

Errors

Bad value “https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,400Italic,600,700|Roboto+Slab|Merriweather:300italic&subset” for attribute “href” on element “link”: Illegal character in query: “|” is not allowed.

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

End tag “div” seen, but there were open elements.

Unclosed element “a”.

End tag “section” seen, but there were open elements.

No space between attributes.

Saw “"” when expecting an attribute name. Probable cause: “=” missing immediately before.

Start tag “a” seen but an element of the same type was already open.

End tag “a” violates nesting rules.

Cannot recover after last error. Any further errors will be ignored.

Grocotts.co.za Desktop Performance

Last tested: 11/15/2018

Desktop Speed

25%

Optimize images

Enable compression

Avoid landing page redirects

Reduce server response time

Leverage browser caching

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

Minify CSS

Minify JavaScript

Desktop Resource Breakdown

Total Resources	167
Number of Hosts	21
Static Resources	138
JavaScript Resources	34
CSS Resources	18

Grocotts.co.za Mobile Insights

Last tested: 11/15/2018

Mobile Usability

86%

Size content to viewport

Size tap targets appropriately

Mobile Speed

19%

Optimize images

Avoid landing page redirects

Reduce server response time

Enable compression

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

Leverage browser caching

Minify CSS

Minify JavaScript

Mobile Resource Breakdown

Total Resources	166
Number of Hosts	22
Static Resources	138
JavaScript Resources	33
CSS Resources	18

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Grocotts.co.za Grocott's Mail – South Africa's oldest independent newspaper

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Grocotts.co.za Website Safety

Grocotts.co.za Rank History

Grocotts.co.za Hosting Information

Grocotts.co.za Domain Registration and Settings

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