Census · Site record

iol.co.za

In the census. Status: active when Palo last checked it, on 17 October 2026 (the homepage answered with a page, directly or after redirects). 729 sites in the census link to it (702 of them in the analysed graph), and it links to 41 sites.

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Recorded about the site

Text in quotation marks is what the site declares about itself.

Title
“IOL | Breaking News, Business, Sports & Lifestyle from South Africa”
Description
“Stay informed with IOL your trusted news outlet covering stories in South Africa: politics, crime, business, tech, culture, sports, lifestyle & more”
Language
en
schema.org types
Organization, WebSite, BreadcrumbList
Open Graph metadata
yes
Homepage size
635 KB, 138 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: 202,885 sites. Rank 1 is the highest.

Links in (in-degree)
702 sites in the graph link to it
Links out (out-degree)
it links to 41 sites in the graph
PageRank rank
27 of 202,885. PageRank weighs links by the rank of the sites they come from; every link counts the same, whatever its purpose
PageRank rank without footer-only links
19 of 202,885. The same, leaving out links only ever seen in a page footer
PageRank rank between registered names
25 of 202,885. The same, leaving out links between sites under one registered name, such as x.co.za and shop.x.co.za
Betweenness rank
2 of 202,885. How often the site lies on the shortest paths between others
Sites reachable by following links
about 47,852 (estimated)
Community
one of 4,000 sites in its Louvain community, a group more densely linked to each other than to the rest

Links in: 729 sites

Sites in the census whose crawled pages link to iol.co.za, by PageRank rank (unranked last); 1 to 50 of 729. “Seen in” is where on the linking pages the link appears.

SiteStatusPageRank rankSeen in
judiciary.org.zaactive79body
news.backabuddy.co.zaactive88body
globex.co.zaactive579nav
ccac.concourttrust.org.zaactive615body
themercury.co.zaactive632body
businessreport.co.zaactive638not recorded
thestar.co.zaactive682body
capeargus.co.zaactive714not recorded
dailyvoice.co.zaactive741footer
capetimes.co.zaactive762not recorded
dailynews.co.zaactive777body
sundayindependent.co.zaactive788not recorded
sundaytribune.co.zaactive806body
weekendargus.co.zaactive816not recorded
thepost.co.zaactive818body
pretorianews.co.zaactive835not recorded
independentonsaturday.co.zaactive844not recorded
saturdaystar.co.zaactive849not recorded
fpi.co.zaactive961body
shopstar.co.zaactive1,090not recorded
citylogistics.co.zaactive1,155body
icts.uct.ac.zaactive1,156body
soscoalition.org.zaactive1,276body
iolproperty.co.zaactive1,314not recorded
southernsuburbstatler.co.zaactive1,406body
dfa.co.zaactive1,422not recorded
homeless.org.zaactive1,526not recorded
vukaninews.co.zaactive1,557not recorded
plainsman.co.zaactive1,744not recorded
apso.org.zaactive1,754not recorded
am.co.zaactive2,141body
cer.org.zaactive2,142body
findaprofessional.co.zaactive2,437body
techfinancials.co.zaactive2,561body
fedsas.org.zaactive2,633body
circlemedia.co.zaactive3,104body
fedgroup.co.zaactive3,148body
touchingdreams.co.zaactive3,382body
safj.co.zaactive3,639body
macinsights.co.zaactive4,510body
edentoaddo.co.zaactive4,516body
greenshootsedu.co.zaactive4,550footer
contracts4biz.co.zaactive4,938body
jivemedia.co.zaactive5,278not recorded
sorteddesign.co.zaactive5,462body
tyi.co.zaactive5,923body
policyinnovationlab.sun.ac.zaactive5,961body
nkqubelafm.co.zaactive6,000not recorded
theafrican.co.zaactive6,171footer
namc.co.zaactive6,241body

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Links out: 41 sites

Sites in the census that its crawled pages link to, by PageRank rank (unranked last). “Seen in” is where on the linking pages the link appears.

SiteStatusPageRank rankSeen in
loot.co.zaactive232not recorded
themercury.co.zaactive632not recorded
businessreport.co.zaactive638not recorded
thestar.co.zaactive682not recorded
capeargus.co.zaactive714not recorded
dailyvoice.co.zaactive741not recorded
capetimes.co.zaactive762not recorded
dailynews.co.zaactive777not recorded
sundayindependent.co.zaactive788not recorded
sundaytribune.co.zaactive806not recorded
weekendargus.co.zaactive816not recorded
thepost.co.zaactive818not recorded
isolezwe.co.zaactive829not recorded
pretorianews.co.zaactive835not recorded
independentonsaturday.co.zaactive844not recorded
saturdaystar.co.zaactive849not recorded
iolproperty.co.zaactive1,314not recorded
southernsuburbstatler.co.zaactive1,406not recorded
dfa.co.zaactive1,422not recorded
vukaninews.co.zaactive1,557not recorded
athlonenews.co.zaactive1,718not recorded
plainsman.co.zaactive1,744not recorded
falsebayecho.co.zaactive1,820not recorded
capetowner.co.zaactive1,856not recorded
southernmail.co.zaactive1,896not recorded
constantiabergbulletin.co.zaactive1,903not recorded
sentinelnews.co.zaactive1,927not recorded
northernnews.co.zaactive1,992not recorded
bolanderlifestyle.co.zaactive1,995not recorded
atlanticsun.co.zaactive1,997not recorded
tabletalk.co.zaactive2,049not recorded
durbanlocal.co.zaactive2,145not recorded
isolezwelesixhosa.co.zaactive2,222not recorded
houseandgarden.co.zaactive2,529not recorded
glamour.co.zaactive2,943not recorded
gq.co.zaactive3,113not recorded
fastcompany.co.zaactive5,559not recorded
tyi.co.zaactive5,923not recorded
theafrican.co.zaactive6,171not recorded
falcons.org.zaactive6,290not recorded
womens-month.iol.co.zaactive6,291not recorded

Links leaving .za: 7 domains

Domains outside .za that its crawled pages link to:

  • facebook.com (header)
  • google.com (header)
  • instagram.com (header)
  • news.google.com (header)
  • tiktok.com (header)
  • x.com (header)
  • youtube.com (header)

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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.
  • As of the analysis on 17 October 2026, 16:22 SAST. The data is CC BY 4.0; credit “Palo, Dirišwago (palo.dirishwago.co.za)”.
  • This record as Markdown, for language models and other programs: /explore/iol.co.za.md.