# writingsurfinghistory.org.za: Palo census record

Palo, a census of the South African web by Dirišwago. Record: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/writingsurfinghistory.org.za.md
As of the analysis on 3 November 2026, 04:30 SAST. Data licence: CC BY 4.0; credit "Palo, Dirišwago (palo.dirishwago.co.za)".

## Summary

writingsurfinghistory.org.za is in the census. Status: active when Palo last checked it, on 2 November 2026 (the homepage answered with a page, directly or after redirects). 0 sites in the census link to it, and it links to 7 sites (5 of them in the analysed graph). In the link graph it is an unrecognised.

Website: https://writingsurfinghistory.org.za/

## Recorded about the site

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

- Title: "Writing Surfing History"
- Description: "Academic studies on the history and cultural politics of surfing in South Africa"
- Language: en
- Open Graph metadata: yes
- Homepage size: 143 KB, 91 links
- First seen: before 12 October 2026 (not recorded earlier)
- Listed by: Common Crawl (crawl CC-MAIN-2026-39); 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: 325,535 sites. Rank 1 is the highest.

- Links in (in-degree): 0 sites in the graph link to it
- Links out (out-degree): it links to 5 sites in the graph
- PageRank rank: 322,156 of 325,535
- PageRank rank without footer-only links: 321,825 of 325,535
- PageRank rank between registered names: 321,629 of 325,535
- Betweenness rank: 321,154 of 325,535
- Sites reachable by following links: about 61,349 (estimated)
- Community: one of 16,296 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: 0 sites

No crawled page in the census links to writingsurfinghistory.org.za.

## Links out: 7 sites

Sites in the census that writingsurfinghistory.org.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| [timeslive.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/timeslive.co.za.md) | active | 110 | body |
| [casalabia.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/casalabia.co.za.md) | active | 51,609 | body |
| [wavescape.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/wavescape.co.za.md) | active | 59,363 | body |
| [noordhoekartpoint.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/noordhoekartpoint.co.za.md) | active | 59,917 | body |
| [paulweinberg.co.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/paulweinberg.co.za.md) | blocked | 109,307 | body |
| [academic.sun.ac.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/academic.sun.ac.za.md) | dead | – | body |
| [sharkspotters.org.za](https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/sharkspotters.org.za.md) | active | – | body |

## Links leaving .za: 28 domains

Domains outside .za that its crawled pages link to:

- abc.net.au (body)
- ajol.info (body)
- austlit.edu.au (body)
- capetownmagazine.com (body)
- dukeupress.edu (body)
- dx.doi.org (body)
- gladwell.com (body)
- karavanpress.com (body)
- link.springer.com (body)
- news.cgtn.com (body)
- omny.fm (body)
- peninsulapaddle.files.wordpress.com (body)
- peninsulapaddle.wordpress.com (body)
- read.dukeupress.edu (body)
- routledge.com (body)
- sharethestokefoundation.org (body)
- subscribe.wordpress.com (nav)
- suphq.com (body)
- surfsimply.com (body)
- taylorfrancis.com (body)
- thedeepduckdivepodcast.alitu.com (body)
- vimeo.com (body)
- waves-for-change.org (body)
- wavescapefestival.com (body)
- wawawave.com (body)
- wordpress.com (body, nav, footer)
- wp.me (nav)
- youtube.com (body)

## Related

- Other sites in its zone (org.za): https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/sites.md?zone=org.za
- 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/writingsurfinghistory.org.za