iol.co.za

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iol.co.za is ranked #7,608 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 2,149 places in four weeks. Its homepage uses Next.js, React, Cloudflare Web Analytics, Google Ad Manager and Taboola. It is served through Cloudflare.

Global rank

#7,608

▼ 174 this week

Domain age

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Registration date unavailable

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

85/100

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Popularity rank

#7,608 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: #4,739.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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Domain registration

The registry for .co.za does not publish registration data over RDAP.

Technology stack

JavaScript frameworks

Next.js React

Analytics

Cloudflare Web Analytics

Advertising

Google Ad Manager Taboola

CDN

Cloudflare

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.

85/100

https://iol.co.za/

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16 passed · 7 warnings · 0 failed

Content

!Title67 characters — aim for 15–65
✓Meta description148 characters
✓H1 headingExactly one H1
!SubheadingsNo H2 headings in the served HTML
✓Image alt textAll 5 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 1,427 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://iol.co.za/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
✓Structured dataOrganization, WebSite, BreadcrumbList

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-SecurityNot set
!Content-Security-PolicyNot set
!Clickjacking protectionNot set
!X-Content-Type-OptionsNot set
!Referrer-PolicyNot set

Server response

Final URL: https://iol.co.za/
HTTP status: 200
Server: cloudflare
Response time: 4.49 s (first byte 4.47 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 628 KB
Compression: br

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Questions about iol.co.za

How popular is iol.co.za?

iol.co.za is #7,608 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

What is iol.co.za built with?

We detected Next.js, React, Cloudflare Web Analytics, Google Ad Manager, Taboola and Cloudflare on its homepage.