bl.uk

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bl.uk is ranked #7,595 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 127 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Nov 7, 1995, 30 years, 11 months ago, through Nominet UK, and is paid up until Nov 7, 2027. Its homepage uses Next.js, React and Google Tag Manager. It is served through Azure Front Door.

Global rank

#7,595

▼ 167 this week

Domain age

30 years

since Nov 7, 1995

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

98/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#7,595 of the top 1 million sites in the Tranco research ranking, which averages several traffic and DNS sources over 30 days. Best rank in the period shown: #7,366.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where bl.uk sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

Registered: Nov 7, 1995 (30 years, 11 months ago)
Expires: Nov 7, 2027
Registrar: Nominet UK
Name servers: ns1-06.azure-dns.com., ns2-06.azure-dns.net., ns3-06.azure-dns.org., ns4-06.azure-dns.info.
DNSSEC: Not signed

From the registry's public RDAP record, checked Oct 7, 2026.

Technology stack

JavaScript frameworks

Next.js React

Analytics

Google Tag Manager

CDN

Azure Front Door

Detected from the homepage HTML and response headers on Oct 14, 2026. Tools loaded only after scripts run (or after consent banners) may be missing.

Homepage SEO check

Checked from the HTML our scanner received on Oct 14, 2026. Content added later by JavaScript isn't counted.

98/100

https://www.bl.uk/

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22 passed · 1 warnings · 0 failed

Content

✓Title52 characters
✓Meta description153 characters
✓H1 headingExactly one H1
✓Subheadings6 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 8 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 352 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.bl.uk
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
!Structured dataNo JSON-LD or microdata

Social sharing

✓Open GraphTitle, description and image set
✓Twitter / X cardsummary_large_image

Technical

✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
✓Mobile viewportFound
✓FaviconFound
✓Character encodingutf-8

Security headers

✓Strict-Transport-SecuritySet
✓Content-Security-PolicySet
✓Clickjacking protectionSet
✓X-Content-Type-OptionsSet
✓Referrer-PolicySet

Server response

Final URL: https://www.bl.uk/
HTTP status: 200
Server: —
Response time: 7.16 s (first byte 7.00 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 194 KB
Compression: gzip

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Sites ranked near bl.uk

Rank	Website	Registered	Built with
#7,590	bytetcdn.com	2019	—
#7,591	npci.org.in	2009	—
#7,592	ziare.com	1998	Cloudflare
#7,593	destatis.de	—	—
#7,594	ky.gov	2001	—
#7,596	hpcl.co.in	2004	—
#7,597	sport.de	—	Cloudflare
#7,598	bcb.gov.br	1996	Azure Front Door, Google Fonts
#7,599	halodoc.com	2011	Amazon CloudFront
#7,600	ntv.ru	—	Google Tag Manager, Express

Questions about bl.uk

How popular is bl.uk?

bl.uk is #7,595 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is bl.uk?

bl.uk was registered on Nov 7, 1995, which makes the domain 30 years, 11 months old.

What is bl.uk built with?

We detected Next.js, React, Google Tag Manager and Azure Front Door on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of bl.uk?

Nominet UK, according to the registry's RDAP record.