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Analytics and Tracking

Global Site TagGlobal Site Tag

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Google's primary tag for Google Measurement/Conversion Tracking, Adwords and DoubleClick.

Google AnalyticsGoogle Analytics

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Google Analytics offers a host of compelling features and benefits for everyone from senior executives and advertising and marketing professionals to site owners and content developers.

Application Performance · Audience Measurement · Visitor Count Tracking

Google Analytics 4Google Analytics 4

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Google Analytics 4 formerly known as App + Web is a new version of Google Analytics that was released in October 2020.

Google Tag ManagerGoogle Tag Manager

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Tag management that lets you add and update website tags without changes to underlying website code.

Tag Management

Viewport MetaViewport Meta

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This page uses the viewport meta tag which means the content may be optimized for mobile content.

Content Delivery Network

AJAX Libraries APIAJAX Libraries API

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The AJAX Libraries API is a content distribution network and loading architecture for the most popular, open source JavaScript libraries.

JavaScript Libraries and Functions

Google Hosted LibrariesGoogle Hosted Libraries

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Google Hosted Libraries is a globally available content distribution network for the most popular, open-source JavaScript libraries.

jQueryjQuery

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JQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.

JavaScript Library

Verified Link

TwitterTwitter

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The website mentions twitter.com in some form.

TikTokTikTok

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The website mentions tiktok.com (but not Douyin) in some form.

Web Servers

BIG-IPBIG-IP

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High availability, improved performance, application security, and access control, all in one unit.

ApacheApache

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Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April 1996.

Document Encoding

UTF-8UTF-8

UTF-8 Usage Statistics

UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode Transformation Format) is a variable-length character encoding for Unicode. It is the preferred encoding for web pages.

Document Standards

HTML5 DocTypeHTML5 DocType

HTML5 DocType Usage Statistics

The DOCTYPE is a required preamble for HTML5 websites.

JavascriptJavascript

Javascript Usage Statistics

JavaScript is a scripting language most often used for client-side web development.

X-UA-CompatibleX-UA-Compatible

X-UA-Compatible Usage Statistics

Allows a website to define how a page is rendered in Internet Explorer 8, allowing a website to decide to use IE7 style rendering over IE8 rendering.

Canonical Content TagCanonical Content Tag

Canonical Content Tag Usage Statistics

Public specification of a preferred URL for a page allows search engines to understand the original location for content.

Open Graph ProtocolOpen Graph Protocol

Open Graph Protocol Usage Statistics

The Open Graph protocol enables any web page to become a rich object in a social graph, a open protocol supported by Facebook

Cascading Style SheetsCascading Style Sheets

Cascading Style Sheets Usage Statistics

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML

Twitter CardsTwitter Cards

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Twitter cards make it possible for you to attach media experiences to Tweets that link to your content.

Windows 8 PinningWindows 8 Pinning

Windows 8 Pinning Usage Statistics

Windows 8 pinning functionality for websites.

HTML 5 Specific TagsHTML 5 Specific Tags

HTML 5 Specific Tags Usage Statistics

This page contains tags that are specific to an HTML 5 implementation.

WAI-ARIAWAI-ARIA

WAI-ARIA Usage Statistics

A way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies.

X-Frame-OptionsX-Frame-Options

X-Frame-Options Usage Statistics

The X-Frame-Options HTTP response header can be used to indicate whether or not a browser should be allowed to render a page in a frame or iframe. Sites can use this to avoid clickjacking attacks, by ensuring that their content is not embedded into other sites.