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Around.com Overview

Around.com ranking shows that the page is at position 3,188,582 over the world.

Around.com hosting company servers are placed in the United States, but, unfortunately, it’s not possible to identify the countries where the bulk of around.com users come from and, therefore, we couldn’t define if the distance can influence the webpage load time. See the list of other webpages hosted on SCALAHOSTING, US servers.

In terms of rank-to-traffic ratio, around.com has 231 unique users per day, viewing 233 pages. The rank based value of around.com is 3,154 USD. Every user makes 1.08 pageviews on average.

Around.com boasts a link base consisting of 545 referring domains and 607 external backlinks, as revealed by the data obtained from web network scanning.

Around.com top-level domain belongs to .COM domain zone. Check other webpages in .COM zone.

According the last verification test in January 05, 2025, around.com has an expired SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt (expired on March 05, 2025). Click button “Update” SSL Information at the Safety Information section. Check the list of websites using SSL by Let's Encrypt.

Based on data from Google Safe Browsing, Google Safe Search, Symantec and Web of Trust around.com is a fairly safe domain.

According the Mobile-Friendly test by Google around.com is nice optimized for mobile devices and tablets, however the webpage speed could be improved.

Around.com Rank Summary

Global Rank

3,188,582

Average Load Time

2.71sec

Links In Count

268

Website Value

$2,920

Audience Geography. Where are around.com visitors located?

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Where do visitors go on around.com?

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How popular is around.com?

Period	Global Rank	Global Rank Delta
past 3 months	3188582	-3344080
past month	1545965	-4079117

Days	Pageviews Rank	Pageviews Rank Delta	Pageviews per Million	Pageviews per Million Delta	Pageviews per User	Pageviews per User Delta
90	3778921	-3375999	0	300%	1	20%
30	1868388	-3797759	1	2000%	1	30%

Days	Reach Rank	Reach Rank Delta	Reach per Million	Reach per Million Delta
90	2940214	-3069699	9	200%
30	1435706	-4079635	3	1000%

Around.com Website Safety

Overview

Last Updated: 09/13/2026

Overall result - around.com is safe.

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: 03/11/2026

around.com is safe.

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

Google Safe Search

Last Updated: 06/06/2019

around.com is safe.

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

around.com is safe.
Malware: not found.
Phishing: not detected.
Unwanted software: not found.
Harmfull applications: not found.

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Site Advisor

Last Updated: 02/27/2021

around.com is safe.

McAfee assesses around.com 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 around.com for mature or inappropriate content, only security checks are evaluated.

Web of Trust

Last Updated: 01/15/2019

around.com child safety is very good.

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

SSL Information

SSL Checker Tool

Domain	www.around.com
Issuer Organization	Let's Encrypt
Issuer	R11
Algorithm	RSA-SHA256
Valid form	12/05/2024
Expiration	03/05/2025
Signed	Certificate is not self signed
Additional Domains	around.com www.around.com

Around.com Rank History

Alexa Rank shows how popular around.com is in comparison with other sites. The most popular site has Alexa Rank equals 1. If around.com 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 around.com and pageviews on around.com over the past 3 months.

Around.com Hosting Information

Server Location

Geolocation Tool

ASN Information

ASN Lookup Tool

ASN ID: 40476

ASN Title: SCALAHOSTING, US

Last Update: 04/27/2026

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ASNumber: 40476
ASName: SCALAHOSTING
ASHandle: AS40476
RegDate: 2019-12-30
Updated: 2019-12-30
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/40476

OrgName: Scala Hosting LLC
OrgId: SHL-1059
Address: 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 900
City: Dallas
StateProv: TX
PostalCode: 75201
Country: US
RegDate: 2019-10-04
Updated: 2020-08-21
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/SHL-1059

OrgNOCHandle: GEORG389-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Georgiev, Vladislav
OrgNOCPhone: +885870305
OrgNOCEmail: vlad@scalahosting.com
OrgNOCRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/GEORG389-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE7978-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: ABUSE
OrgAbusePhone: +1-866-894-8284
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@scalahosting.com
OrgAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ABUSE7978-ARIN

OrgDNSHandle: GEORG389-ARIN
OrgDNSName: Georgiev, Vladislav
OrgDNSPhone: +885870305
OrgDNSEmail: vlad@scalahosting.com
OrgDNSRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/GEORG389-ARIN

OrgRoutingHandle: GEORG389-ARIN
OrgRoutingName: Georgiev, Vladislav
OrgRoutingPhone: +885870305
OrgRoutingEmail: vlad@scalahosting.com
OrgRoutingRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/GEORG389-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: GEORG389-ARIN
OrgTechName: Georgiev, Vladislav
OrgTechPhone: +885870305
OrgTechEmail: vlad@scalahosting.com
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/GEORG389-ARIN

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Around.com Domain Registration and Settings

WHOIS

WHOIS Lookup Tool

Domain Name: AROUND.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1709687_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.dreamhost.com
Registrar URL: http://www.DreamHost.com
Updated Date: 2021-06-11T20:25:40Z
Creation Date: 1995-04-27T04:00:00Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2025-04-28T04:00:00Z
Registrar: DreamHost, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 431
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Name Server: NS1.DREAMHOST.COM
Name Server: NS2.DREAMHOST.COM
Name Server: NS3.DREAMHOST.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of whois database: 2025-01-06T19:18:25Z

DNS Records

DNS Lookup Tool

Host	A Record	TTL
around.com	67.205.56.57	300

Host	MX Record	Priority	TTL
around.com	mx1.mailchannels.net	0	300
around.com	mx2.mailchannels.net	0	300

Host	NS Record	TTL
around.com	ns1.dreamhost.com	14400
around.com	ns2.dreamhost.com	14400
around.com	ns3.dreamhost.com	14400

Host	TXT Record	TTL
around.com	v=spf1 mx include:netblocks.dreamhost.com include:relay.mailchannels.net -all	300

ns1.dreamhost.com
TTL: 300
Email address: hostmaster.dreamhost.com
Serial: 2024020700
Refresh: 16614
Retry: 600
Expire: 1814400
Minimum: 300

Around.com 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 “banner” role is unnecessary for element “header”.

Errors

CSS: “background”: Parse Error.

The “align” attribute on the “p” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.

Bad value “contentinfo” for attribute “role” on element “ul”.

Around.com Desktop Performance

Last tested: 10/26/2019

Desktop Speed

24%

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Desktop Resource Breakdown

Total Resources	59
Number of Hosts	7
Static Resources	47
JavaScript Resources	15
CSS Resources	12

Around.com Mobile Insights

Last tested: 12/03/2019

Mobile Usability

100%

Mobile Speed

32%

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Mobile Resource Breakdown

Total Resources	59
Number of Hosts	7
Static Resources	47
JavaScript Resources	15
CSS Resources	12

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