8.ly Website Information
Daily Unique Visits: 8,617
Daily Page Views: 43,085
Income Per Day: $108
Estimated Value: $64,800
8.ly is registered under .LY top-level domain. Please check other sites in .LY zone.
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The highest website 8.ly position in Alexa rank database was 54649 and the lowest rank position was 915708. Current position of 8.ly in Alexa rank database is 158128.
Desktop speed score of 8.ly (79/100) is better than the results of 67.91% of other sites and shows that the page desktop performance can be improved.
Mobile usability score of 8.ly (67/100) is better than the results of 18.73% of other sites and means that the page is not mobile-friendly.
Mobile speed score of 8.ly (61/100) is better than the results of 57.04% of other sites and shows that the landing page performance on mobile devices is poor and can be improved.
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8.ly whois
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Domain Name: 8.ly
Registry Domain ID: 25069-CoCCA
Registry WHOIS Server:: whois.nic.ly
Creation Date: 2008-07-21T22:00:00.0Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-07-21T22:00:00.0Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-07-21T22:00:00.0Z
Registrar: Libyan Spider Network (int)
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: support@register.ly
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8448469791
Domain Status: ok https://icann.org/epp#ok
Registry Registrant ID: B10mV-nywp1
Registrant Name: Redacted | EU Data Subject
Registrant Organization: KV GmbH
Registrant Street: Martinistr. 3
Registrant City: Osnabrueck
Registrant State/Province: DE
Registrant Postal Code: 49080
Registrant Country: DE
Registrant Phone: Redacted | EU Data Subject
Registrant Fax: Redacted | EU Data Subject
Registrant Email: Redacted | EU Data Subject
Name Server: ns3.kv.de
Name Server: ns4.kv.de
DNSSEC: unsigned
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2021-04-18T16:34:56.201Z
Registry Domain ID: 25069-CoCCA
Registry WHOIS Server:: whois.nic.ly
Creation Date: 2008-07-21T22:00:00.0Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-07-21T22:00:00.0Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-07-21T22:00:00.0Z
Registrar: Libyan Spider Network (int)
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: support@register.ly
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8448469791
Domain Status: ok https://icann.org/epp#ok
Registry Registrant ID: B10mV-nywp1
Registrant Name: Redacted | EU Data Subject
Registrant Organization: KV GmbH
Registrant Street: Martinistr. 3
Registrant City: Osnabrueck
Registrant State/Province: DE
Registrant Postal Code: 49080
Registrant Country: DE
Registrant Phone: Redacted | EU Data Subject
Registrant Fax: Redacted | EU Data Subject
Registrant Email: Redacted | EU Data Subject
Name Server: ns3.kv.de
Name Server: ns4.kv.de
DNSSEC: unsigned
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2021-04-18T16:34:56.201Z
8.ly server information
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8.ly desktop page speed rank
Last tested: 2018-08-01
Desktop Speed
Medium
79/100
8.ly Desktop Speed Test Quick Summary
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8.ly Desktop Resource Breakdown
| Total Resources | 26 |
| Number of Hosts | 8 |
| Static Resources | 22 |
| JavaScript Resources | 18 |
| CSS Resources | 1 |
8.ly mobile page speed rank
Last tested: 2018-08-01
Mobile Speed
Bad
61/100
8.ly Mobile Speed Test Quick Summary
priority - 48Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
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8.ly Mobile Resource Breakdown
| Total Resources | 27 |
| Number of Hosts | 8 |
| Static Resources | 23 |
| JavaScript Resources | 19 |
| CSS Resources | 1 |
8.ly mobile page usability
Last tested: 2018-08-01
Mobile Usability
Medium
67/100
8.ly Mobile Usability Test Quick Summary
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