# hardtimes.co.za: Palo census record

Palo, a census of the South African web by Dirišwago. Record: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/hardtimes.co.za.md
As of the analysis on 21 October 2026, 06:22 SAST. Data licence: CC BY 4.0; credit "Palo, Dirišwago (palo.dirishwago.co.za)".

## Summary

hardtimes.co.za is in the census. Status: active when Palo last checked it, on 20 October 2026 (the homepage answered with a page, directly or after redirects). 3 sites in the census link to it, and it links to 14 sites.

Website: https://www.hardtimes.co.za/

## Recorded about the site

Text in quotation marks is what the site declares about itself, quoted as data.

- Title: "Hard Times Your Alternantive South African News Blog"
- Description: "Ditch the mainstream echo chamber. Dive into unfiltered truths, raw narratives, and undiluted perspectives. Your alternative news fix for those brave enough to click in."
- Language: en
- Open Graph metadata: no
- Homepage size: 50 KB, 20 links
- First seen: before 12 October 2026 (not recorded earlier)
- Listed by: Common Crawl (crawl CC-MAIN-2026-39); a link from a crawled .za site; the list kept by Palo's earlier worker until October 2026 (from Common Crawl CC-MAIN-2025-18 or certificate transparency logs)

## Position in the link graph

The graph holds the active and blocked sites in the census and the links between them: 214,320 sites. Rank 1 is the highest.

- Links in (in-degree): 3 sites in the graph link to it
- Links out (out-degree): it links to 14 sites in the graph
- PageRank rank: 61,237 of 214,320
- PageRank rank without footer-only links: 50,210 of 214,320
- PageRank rank between registered names: 49,473 of 214,320
- Betweenness rank: 8,770 of 214,320
- Sites reachable by following links: about 56,360 (estimated)
- Community: one of 6,338 sites in its Louvain community

Definitions: in-degree and out-degree count links from and to other sites in the graph. PageRank weighs links by the rank of the sites they come from; every link counts the same, whatever its purpose. Without footer-only links, it leaves out links only ever seen in a page footer. Between registered names, it leaves out links between sites under one registered name, such as x.co.za and shop.x.co.za. Betweenness measures how often a site lies on the shortest paths between others. An island has no links to or from other sites in the graph; an unrecognised site links out but has no links in. A Louvain community is a group of sites more densely linked to each other than to the rest.

## Links in: 3 sites

Sites in the census whose crawled pages link to hardtimes.co.za, by PageRank rank (unranked last). "Seen in" is where on the linking pages the link appears.

| Site | Status | PageRank rank | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|
| [driveout.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/driveout.co.za.md) | active | 86,390 | not recorded |
| [7am.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/7am.co.za.md) | active | 94,751 | not recorded |
| [engageplatform.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/engageplatform.co.za.md) | active | 136,343 | not recorded |

## Links out: 14 sites

Sites in the census that hardtimes.co.za's crawled pages link to, by PageRank rank (unranked last). "Seen in" is where on the linking pages the link appears.

| Site | Status | PageRank rank | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|
| [gov.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/gov.za.md) | active | 9 | body |
| [hazendal.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/hazendal.co.za.md) | active | 1,109 | body |
| [spier.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/spier.co.za.md) | active | 1,328 | body |
| [scorebet.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/scorebet.co.za.md) | active | 5,708 | body |
| [goldrushgroup.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/goldrushgroup.co.za.md) | active | 8,033 | body |
| [onlinelotto.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/onlinelotto.co.za.md) | active | 15,646 | body |
| [impilo.org.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/impilo.org.za.md) | active | 18,582 | body |
| [goldrush-bingo.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/goldrush-bingo.co.za.md) | active | 25,302 | body |
| [doorofhope.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/doorofhope.co.za.md) | active | 34,117 | body |
| [annandale.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/annandale.co.za.md) | active | 35,006 | body |
| [remhoogte.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/remhoogte.co.za.md) | active | 43,409 | body |
| [activetransport.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/activetransport.co.za.md) | active | 58,382 | body |
| [abbaadoptions.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/abbaadoptions.co.za.md) | blocked | 59,222 | body |
| [winetour.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/winetour.co.za.md) | active | 92,898 | body |

## Links leaving .za: 9 domains

Domains outside .za that its crawled pages link to:

- facebook.com (body)
- glenellyestate.com (body)
- hartenbergestate.com (body)
- mariannewines.com (body)
- sekimonyo.com (body)
- thememattic.com (footer)
- tokara.com (body)
- warwickwine.com (body)
- za.linkedin.com (body)

## Related

- Other sites in its zone (co.za): https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/sites.md?zone=co.za
- The shortest chain of links from it to another site, and back: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/path.md?from=hardtimes.co.za&to={domain}
- Search the census: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/search.md?q={words}

## About these figures

- Only links between .za sites in the census are in the graph; links from outside .za, social media and search engines are not observed.
- Links added by scripts after a page loads may be missed, and pages Palo has not crawled are not seen.
- Census-wide figures, definitions and limitations: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/api/summary
- What the census holds and how to use it: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/llms.txt
- This record for people: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/hardtimes.co.za