howtoforge.com website report
Authority, global rank, the websites that link to howtoforge.com, when it was registered and where it's hosted – free, from public data.
authority
global rank of 133,241,980
websites link to it
domain age
How strong is howtoforge.com?
howtoforge.com has an XKey authority of 53 out of 100, which makes it a very strong website. It ranks #6,317 of 133,241,980 websites by how central it is to the web's links – the top 0.01%. 2,526 different websites link to it.
Authority comes from Common Crawl's map of links between websites (July–September 2026): a site linked from many well-linked sites scores high. Google doesn't use this number, but it tracks the kind of link strength that helps pages rank. What is domain authority?
Which websites link to howtoforge.com?
The 50 strongest websites linking to howtoforge.com, by link strength (0–100). Select any one to see its own report.
| # | Website linking to it | Link strength |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | google.com | 99 |
| 2 | wordpress.org | 89 |
| 3 | wikipedia.org | 88 |
| 4 | amazon.com | 84 |
| 5 | amazonaws.com | 83 |
| 6 | blogspot.com | 82 |
| 7 | mozilla.org | 82 |
| 8 | github.com | 81 |
| 9 | facebook.net | 81 |
| 10 | adobe.com | 80 |
| 11 | github.io | 78 |
| 12 | weebly.com | 78 |
| 13 | wikimedia.org | 77 |
| 14 | substack.com | 75 |
| 15 | ovhcloud.com | 71 |
| 16 | free.fr | 69 |
| 17 | vercel.app | 69 |
| 18 | netlify.app | 68 |
| 19 | gnu.org | 67 |
| 20 | umn.edu | 66 |
| 21 | cisco.com | 66 |
| 22 | telegra.ph | 66 |
| 23 | gitlab.com | 66 |
| 24 | techtarget.com | 66 |
| 25 | hostinger.com | 66 |
| 26 | princeton.edu | 65 |
| 27 | com.de | 65 |
| 28 | nyu.edu | 65 |
| 29 | python.org | 65 |
| 30 | intel.com | 64 |
| 31 | mynavi.jp | 64 |
| 32 | readthedocs.io | 64 |
| 33 | cmu.edu | 64 |
| 34 | nginx.org | 63 |
| 35 | itch.io | 63 |
| 36 | ubc.ca | 63 |
| 37 | umd.edu | 63 |
| 38 | dev.to | 63 |
| 39 | plesk.com | 63 |
| 40 | com.ru | 62 |
| 41 | rutgers.edu | 62 |
| 42 | ubuntu.com | 62 |
| 43 | utah.edu | 62 |
| 44 | web.app | 62 |
| 45 | gitbook.io | 62 |
| 46 | redhat.com | 62 |
| 47 | sfu.ca | 61 |
| 48 | debian.org | 61 |
| 49 | drupal.org | 61 |
| 50 | mysql.com | 61 |
Showing the strongest 50 of 2,526. Compare howtoforge.com with a competitor in the backlink checker.
When was howtoforge.com registered?
howtoforge.com was registered on 31 January 2005 through Mesh Digital Limited, and is paid up until 31 January 2027.
| Registered | 31 January 2005 |
|---|---|
| Expires | 31 January 2027 |
| Last updated | 30 January 2026 |
| Registrar | Mesh Digital Limited |
| Name servers | karl.ns.cloudflare.com, melissa.ns.cloudflare.com |
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Link data: Common Crawl web graph, July–September 2026. Registration data: the domain registry, checked 2 November 2026. Look up another website on the website report page.