# Prompts for the Palo census Questions a person can ask an AI assistant about Palo, a census of the South African web by Dirišwago, each pointing to the census pages that answer it. Fields in braces are to be filled in: {domain} and {other} are .za names, and {measure} is one of status, connection, largest-group, links, links-leaving. For people: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/prompts ## About a site ### What does the census record about a site? Use Palo, a census of the South African web, to tell me what it records about {domain}: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/{domain}.md. Include its status, which .za sites link to it and which it links to, and its place in the link graph. Say which analysis the figures come from. ### Who links to a site? Using Palo, a census of the South African web, list the .za sites that link to {domain}, starting from its census record: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/{domain}.md. Follow its "Next 50" links if there are more. For each, give its status and where on its pages the link appears, when the record says. Say which analysis the figures come from. ### Compare two sites Use Palo, a census of the South African web, to compare {domain} and {other}, from their census records: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/{domain}.md and https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/explore/{other}.md. Compare their status, the .za sites that link to each, and their places in the link graph. Say which analysis the figures come from. ## Across the census ### Which .za sites are about something? Use Palo, a census of the South African web, to find .za sites about {topic}: search its sites at https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/search.md?q={topic_url}, and follow its "Next 50" links if there are more. List what it finds with each site's status, and say which analysis the figures come from. ### The sites in a zone Using Palo, a census of the South African web, list the active sites in the zone {zone}, from https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/sites.md?zone={zone}&status=active, in the order given there. Say how many there are, and which analysis the figures come from. ### The most linked-to sites Read the ranking of .za sites by PageRank from Palo, a census of the South African web, at https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/top/pagerank.md, the same without footer-only links at https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/top/pagerank-body.md, and the same between registered names at https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/top/pagerank-between-names.md. Describe which sites rank highest in each and how the three rankings differ. Include what PageRank does and does not measure, and say which analysis the figures come from. ### How do two sites connect? Use Palo, a census of the South African web, to find how {domain} and {other} are connected by links between .za sites: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/path.md?from={domain}&to={other}. Describe the chain of links in each direction, if there is one, and say which analysis it comes from. ## The .za web ### The .za web today Read the census summary of Palo, a census of the South African web: https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/api/summary. Describe the South African web as it records it: how many sites there are, their status, and how they link to one another. Include what the census does not observe, and say which analysis the figures come from. ### How has the .za web changed? Using Palo, a census of the South African web, describe how its figures have changed since June 2026. The figures for each day are at https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/api/timeline.csv, and the changes to how the census counts are at https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/api/events. Take those changes into account when reading the figures, and say which days the figures come from. ### Islands and unrecognised sites Read https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/connection.md from Palo, a census of the South African web, and explain what it shows about .za sites that no other .za site links to. Include what the measure does not see, and say which days the figures come from. ### Links that leave .za Read https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/links-leaving.md from Palo, a census of the South African web, and explain what it shows about links from .za sites to sites outside .za. Include what the measure does not see, and say which days the figures come from. ### A measure over time Read https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/census/{measure}.md from Palo, a census of the South African web, and explain what it shows. Include what the measure does not see and any changes to how the census counted during the period, and say which days the figures come from. ## About the census ### How was this measured? Read how Palo, a census of the South African web, finds and visits sites and what it records, at https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/about, and the methods and limitations in its summary at https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/api/summary. Explain how the census is made, and what it can and cannot tell me. ### How do I cite this? Read https://palo.dirishwago.co.za/llms.txt and tell me how to cite Palo, a census of the South African web, and its data, and what its licence allows.