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According to Alexa traffic rank the highest website ng.hu position was 43613 (in the world). The lowest Alexa rank position was 995877. Now website ng.hu ranked in Alexa database as number 248312 (in the world).

Website ng.hu Desktop speed measurement score (29/100) is better than the results of 7.9% of other sites shows that the page desktop performance can be improved.

ng.hu Mobile usability score (100/100) is better than the results of 100% of other sites and means that the page is mobile-friendly.

Mobile speed measurement score of ng.hu (49/100) is better than the results of 31.99% of other sites and shows that the landing page performance on mobile devices is poor and can be improved.

Weekly Rank Report

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Nov-14-2024 245,113-2,486
Nov-13-2024 242,6270
Nov-12-2024 242,6270
Nov-11-2024 242,6270
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ng.hu whois

WHOIS is a query and response protocol that is widely used for querying databases that store the registered users or assignees of an Internet resource, such as a domain name, an IP address block, or an autonomous system, but is also used for a wider range of other information.


% Whois server 3.0 serving the hu ccTLD

domain: ng.hu
record created: 2001-01-18 02:00:27
Tovabbi adatokert ld.:
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For further data see:
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ng.hu server information

Servers Location

IP Address
77.111.91.136
Country
Hungary
Region
Budapest
City
Budapest

ng.hu desktop page speed rank

Last tested: 2017-04-24


Desktop Speed Bad
29/100

ng.hu Desktop Speed Test Quick Summary


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ng.hu mobile page speed rank

Last tested: 2018-06-06


Mobile Speed Bad
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