--- title: "thecollector.com Backlink Value & Traffic Report" url: https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com description: "thecollector.com: a followed link from it is worth $323 by BV 2.9 (link type B). About 2.3M visits a month, 51% organic. Not yet audited." site: mxverify generated: 2026-11-04T22:27:52.064Z --- mxverify · valued # Backlink value and traffic report for thecollector.com **In short:** A new followed link from thecollector.com is worth about $323 to rankings by BV 2.9 (level B, Site Strength 70 of 100); BV is an estimate, not a price anyone charges. It gets about 2.3M visits a month, 51% from organic search, up 8.5% since Jul 2026. No link placed on it has been audited. First recorded 04 November 2026 · Last updated 04 November 2026 · [Visit thecollector.com](https://thecollector.com/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) [Compare](https://mxverify.uk/compare/thecollector.com#add) Show thecollector.com's BV badge on your site The badge shows what a link from thecollector.com is worth, as this report does, and updates by itself. It links to this report. Embed code (HTML) Copied Paste it where the badge should appear. ## Backlink value · what one new followed link from thecollector.com is worth to rankings [BV **$323** per link · level B · strength 70](https://bklink.uk/methodology?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report#bv) reading confidence **High, 78 out of 100** Reading confidence 78 / 100 - What we read 83 - Our model's certainty 91 - Its view of the pages 88 10 of 10 pages read had text · 32 links to other sites seen · posts Oct 2026 – Nov 2026 How much of thecollector.com we read, and how sure our model was about the kind of link it gives. Never higher than what we read. [The full reading](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#reading) **Priced from our reading of the site.** No reliable sample of checked links yet: its link type comes from the articles mxverify read on the site. Priced 4 Nov 2026 · pages read 4 Nov 2026. **Relevance to the linked site moves it** **$161** unrelated ×0.5 **$403** same topic ×1.25 **By the kind of link it gives** - A editorial $628 - B guest, sponsored $314 - C neutralised $63 - D network $31 Priced on a blend of link types: A 4% · B 94% · C 1% · D 1% → ×0.51. [How BV is worked out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#bv-detail) · BV 2.9 · not a price anyone charges **[2.3M](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#traffic)** monthly visits +8.5% since Jul 2026 **[1.2M](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#traffic)** from organic search 51% of visits **[2003](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/2000s)** domain registered 22 years ago **[1.7 s](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#tech)** page load for real users (LCP) passes Core Web Vitals **[0%](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#reading)** of its own links nofollow in the articles we read **[6](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#server)** other publications on its server ## In its own words > A collection of great stories that teach, inform, and inspire millions of readers. Exclusively authored by academics. Trusted by scholars & classrooms. From thecollector.com's [llms.txt](https://thecollector.com/llms.txt?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report), the file a site publishes to describe itself to AI assistants, fetched 4 November 2026. The words are the site's own; mxverify has not checked them. Its file lists 5 sections: About, Topics, Key Educational Articles, Historical Guides, Featured Collections. More like it: [Guest post sites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/level/b) · [Backlink sites worth $250 to $499 a link](https://mxverify.uk/publications/value/250-499) · [WordPress websites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/cms/wordpress) · [2000s websites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/2000s) ## Related sites ### On the same server [6 other sites with a report share its server address: see Server and network below](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#server) **Monthly visits** Jul 2026: 2.1M visits; Aug 2026: 2.1M visits; Sept 2026: 2.3M visits **Where visitors come from** Organic search 51%, Direct 40%, Referrals 5.6%, Social 2.1%, AI assistants 0.6% - [Organic search](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/organic-search) **51%** - [Direct](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/direct) **40%** - [Referrals](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/referrals) **5.6%** - [Social](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/social) **2.1%** - AI assistants **0.6%** Organic search, in green, is the traffic BV prices on. **Top countries** - [United States](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/united-states) 47% - [United Kingdom](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/united-kingdom) 5.3% - [Canada](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/canada) 3.3% - [Australia](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/australia) 2.8% - [Mexico](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/mexico) 2.4% - Other countries 39% ## Links to this site Link counts for thecollector.com are fetched at the next daily update, usually by 05:00 UTC, and shown here from then. ## Links placed here No link placed on thecollector.com has been audited yet. [An audit on bklink.uk](https://bklink.uk/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) checks each one — still there, followed or not, where it sits — and marks this report audited. This report's link to thecollector.com is nofollow. It is followed when the site's owner audits thecollector.com's own backlinks on bklink.uk, chooses to publish it and proves the site is theirs (for 90 days from each audit), or once a one-time payment of $9 is made for it. [When a link here is followed](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#followed-links) ## How it links out **100%** of its links followed **32** links to other sites **10** articles read Followed 100% Fair sample Read 4 Nov 2026 · its homepage offers write for us · [the full reading](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#reading) ## Tech stack - [Built onWordPress](https://mxverify.uk/publications/cms/wordpress) ### Page speed Chrome users, 28 days to 2 Nov 2026: LCP 1.7 s · INP 169 ms · CLS 0.08 — passes Core Web Vitals. Data from the Chrome UX Report (Google), CC BY 4.0. Devices: 79% phone · 16% desktop · 5% tablet — share of Chrome page loads, same 28 days. ## Domain and hosting - **Domain registered**: [06 December 2003](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/2000s) - **Server address**: 76.76.21.21 - **Hosting network**: Amazon AWS · AS16509 · US How to use this report 3 ways to use these figures - **Price check.** BV puts one new followed link from thecollector.com at $323 (level B), priced on a blend of link types (A 4% · B 94% · C 1% · D 1%): $161 to an unrelated site (×0.5), $403 to a same-topic site (×1.25). A followed editorial link (level A) would be worth up to $628 before relevance. A quote far above $393 for a level B link pays for what BV does not measure. · [Backlink value](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#value) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#use) - **Qualification and risk.** Its Site Strength is 70 / 100; the link it usually gives is mostly level B — may be discounted (a guest, sponsored or listed link). In the 10 articles we read, 0% of the links to other sites are nofollow, sponsored or ugc. · [How BV is worked out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#bv-detail) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#levels) - **Traffic reality check.** Set any traffic claim beside the Sept 2026 estimate: 2.3M monthly visits, 51% from organic search (1.2M). Visits rose 8.5% from Jul 2026 to Sept 2026. Its top keyword by Visits (est.) is “alexander the great”, about 1,140 a month; the ad value beside it is the whole market's. · [Traffic in detail](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#traffic) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#traffic) What each figure means, and what it cannot tell you: [How to read a site report](https://mxverify.uk/guide). Quick answers about thecollector.com 8 questions answered ### What is a link from thecollector.com worth? BV, mxverify's backlink value, is an estimate of what one new followed link from a site is worth to rankings: by BV 2.9, a new followed link from thecollector.com is worth about $323 (level B). Relevance moves it: $161 to an unrelated site, $403 to a same-topic site. In short: a link from thecollector.com is worth about $323 to rankings, up to $403 on the same topic. Source: [mxverify BV 2.9 methodology](https://mxverify.uk/methodology) ### Is a link from thecollector.com worth placing? That depends on the kind of link: by BV 2.9, a link from thecollector.com is worth $628 as an editorial citation (level A), $314 as a guest, sponsored or listed link (level B), $63 as a press-release, syndicated, profile or forum link (level C), $31 as a network link (level D), before relevance. A price far above $393 for a level B link pays for something BV does not measure, such as the site's own readers. Source: [mxverify BV 2.9 methodology](https://mxverify.uk/methodology) ### How does thecollector.com's BV compare with other sites? At about $323 a link, thecollector.com is in the “$250 to $499” value band, with 146 of the 4,052 sites valued on mxverify. 31 sites are in a higher band. In short: 31 of the 4,052 valued sites sit in a higher value band than thecollector.com. Source: mxverify's own directory, counted at the last daily update ### How much traffic does thecollector.com get? thecollector.com gets about 2.3M visits a month (Sept 2026), by a modelled estimate of all its visitors, not analytics measured on the site. 51% of them (1.2M) come from organic search. Visits rose 8.5% from Jul 2026 to Sept 2026. In short: thecollector.com draws about 2.3M visits a month, up 8.5% since Jul 2026. Source: [third-party traffic estimate, Sept 2026](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#evidence) ### Does thecollector.com pass Core Web Vitals? Yes: real Chrome users see thecollector.com's largest content load in 1.7 s (LCP), and every vital reported for it is at Google's good level. The figures are from the Chrome UX Report (CC BY 4.0), the 75th percentile of real visits. Core Web Vitals describe how a page feels to its visitors; BV does not use them. In short: thecollector.com passes Core Web Vitals on real-user data. Source: [Chrome UX Report, 28 days to 2 Nov 2026](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/crux); [web.dev: Web Vitals](https://web.dev/articles/vitals) ### Does thecollector.com link out with nofollow? In the 10 articles we read, thecollector.com made 32 links to other sites, and 0% of them were nofollow, sponsored or ugc; the other 100% were followed. BV prices a nofollow link at level C (×0.1), whatever the site is otherwise worth. Source: [mxverify's reading of 10 articles, 4 Nov 2026](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#reading); [Google Search Central: qualify your outbound links](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/qualify-outbound-links) ### How old is thecollector.com? The domain thecollector.com was registered in 2003, 22 years ago. Source: the public registration record; [RFC 9083: RDAP JSON responses](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9083/) ### Has thecollector.com been audited? No link placed on thecollector.com has been audited yet, so this report shows no rates for how its links behave. Its backlink value comes from site-level figures (its authority rating, traffic and our reading of its articles), not from audited placements. In short: thecollector.com's report is valued, not audited. How BV is worked out Site Strength 70 / 100 · level B · each factor and link type A followed editorial link from thecollector.com would be worth up to $628 under BV 2.9, before relevance: its Site Strength is 70 out of 100. The link it usually gives is level B, worth about $323 — and relevance to the site it points to moves that between $161 and $403. - **Site Strength**: **70** / 100 ([how Site Strength is worked out](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#reading-a-report)). Traffic: 1.2M estimated monthly organic visits, as of 4 November 2026. - **Worth up to**: $628 · before relevance — [how it is calculated](https://mxverify.uk/backlink-value#how) - **Usual link type**: Mostly level B — may be discounted · A 4%, B 94%, C 1%, D 1% → ×0.51 (each level's factor below, weighted by those shares) Read by Jev from our own reading of thecollector.com's homepage and 10 articles. No link placed here has been audited yet. - **Relevance to your site**: ×1 · neutral here ([range in an audit](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#reading-a-report)) - **BV score**: **$323** per link - **Domain registered**: 6 December 2003 · shown for context ([how age is used](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#reading-a-report)) ### A link from thecollector.com, by link type A link from thecollector.com at each level. [What each level means](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#link-levels). | Level | Factor | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | A — Counted | ×1 | $628 | | B — May be discounted | ×0.5 | $314 | | C — Usually neutralised | ×0.1 | $63 | | D — Network | ×0.05 | $31 | How thecollector.com links out: the full reading 10 articles read · each link counted Read by mxverify on 4 November 2026: the homepage and 10 articles (10 linked from its homepage). This is our own reading of the site, not a vendor's figure, and it is what places a new link on the A–D scale until links placed here are audited. Fair sample 32 links to other sites across 10 articles published Oct 2026 – Nov 2026. Strong takes six or more articles and thirty or more links, spread over at least two months where the articles are dated. **Links its articles make to other sites** - Followed 100% - Nofollow 0% - Sponsored 0% - User-generated (ugc) 0% 32 links to other sites across 10 articles, share buttons left out. **What its homepage offers** - **Write for us / guest posts** · “Write for us” Runs on WordPress. ### Articles read | Article | Published | Words | Links out | Followed | Says | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [The Importance of the Swahili Coast in the Indian Ocean World \| TheCollector](https://www.thecollector.com/swahili-coast-indian-ocean-trade/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | Nov 2026 | 2,182 | 2 | 2 | — | | [How Did the Tlingit Resist Russian Expansion in Alaska? \| TheCollector](https://www.thecollector.com/how-tlingit-resisted-russian-expansion-alaska/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | Nov 2026 | 1,556 | 4 | 4 | — | | [How Paleolithic Hunters and Ice Age Wolves Formed an Evolutionary Alliance \| TheCollector](https://www.thecollector.com/ice-age-wolves-paleolithic-human-evolutionary-alliance/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | Oct 2026 | 666 | 1 | 1 | — | | [How Darius the Great Built the Ancient Suez Canal \| TheCollector](https://www.thecollector.com/darius-the-great-built-ancient-suez-canal/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | Oct 2026 | 1,621 | 2 | 2 | — | | [5 Forgotten Medieval Queens Who Shaped English History \| TheCollector](https://www.thecollector.com/forgotten-medieval-queens-english-history/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | Oct 2026 | 2,073 | 1 | 1 | — | | [The Power of the Roman People and the Hidden Democracy of SPQR \| TheCollector](https://www.thecollector.com/power-roman-people-hidden-democracy-spqr/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | Nov 2026 | 2,011 | 2 | 2 | — | | [Why Xerxes Dug a Canal Across the Athos Peninsula \| TheCollector](https://www.thecollector.com/xerxes-canal-mount-athos-greece/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | Oct 2026 | 1,077 | 1 | 1 | — | | [What Marcus Aurelius Told Himself Every Morning to Survive Rome \| TheCollector](https://www.thecollector.com/marcus-aurelius-morning-routine-rome/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | Nov 2026 | 1,767 | 1 | 1 | — | | [Forgotten Details of the Devastating 1675 War That Shattered Early New England \| TheCollector](https://www.thecollector.com/king-philip-war-shattered-new-england/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | Nov 2026 | 1,662 | 15 | 15 | — | | [The Real Reason Why Alexander the Great Failed to Conquer India \| TheCollector](https://www.thecollector.com/why-alexander-failed-to-conquer-india/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | Nov 2026 | 2,110 | 3 | 3 | — | Jev, the model that judges every link in a bklink audit, reads these pages as a site whose links are mostly level **A** — A 95%, B 4.0%, C 1.0%, D 0%. Put together with what kind of site it is, how established it is, whether it sells placements and how it links out, a new link here is priced as A 4.4%, B 94%, C 1.0%, D 1.0%. Jev reads it as a publication (99%), established as a source (51%), and selling guest, sponsored or paid posts (91%). Traffic in detail engagement, top keywords, AI assistants Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, as of 4 November 2026: site-wide, all visitors, not analytics measured on the site itself. - **#29,581** global rank - **#16,608** rank in US - **64%** bounce rate - **2.0** pages per visit - **1m 43s** time on site **Every channel** - [Organic search](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/organic-search) 51% - [Direct](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/direct) 40% - [Referrals](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/referrals) 5.6% - [Social](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/social) 2.1% - AI assistants 0.6% - [Email](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/email) 0.3% - [Paid](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/paid) 0.2% - Affiliate and other 0% Share of all visits. Organic search is highlighted: it is the traffic BV prices on. **Top search keywords** | Keyword | Searches / mo | CPC | Ad value / mo | Visits (est.) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [alexander the great](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/alexander-the-great) | 271.6K† | $0.38† | $103.2K† | 1,140 | | [diferenças entre a arte barroca e renascentista](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/diferen%C3%A7as-entre-a-arte-barroca-e-renascentista) | 860† | — | — | 820 | | [7 wonders of the world](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/7-wonders-of-the-world) | 81K† | $0.39† | $31.6K† | 800 | | [the collector](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/the-collector) | 37.8K† | $1.17† | $44.2K† | 750 | | [ancient egyptian weighing of the heart art](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/ancient-egyptian-weighing-of-the-heart-art) | 790† | — | — | 750 | Searches, CPC and ad value: Google Ads, worldwide, its latest month, where it has the keyword; † third-party traffic estimates where it does not (the two often differ several times over). Ad value: what a month of the keyword's searches would cost as search ads (searches × cost per click) — what advertisers pay for it, not how hard it is to rank for. Visits (est.): the traffic estimate's own figure for the keyword on this site, which behaves like visits a month, not an amount of money. Each keyword opens the list of sites where it is a top search keyword. ### AI assistants AI assistants sent about **14.2K** visits in Sept 2026 — 0.6% of all visits. Each assistant's share of those visits, by month: [Gemini](https://mxverify.uk/publications/ai/gemini) [ChatGPT](https://mxverify.uk/publications/ai/chatgpt) [Perplexity](https://mxverify.uk/publications/ai/perplexity) Gemini: Jul 2026 42%, Aug 2026 0.2%, Sept 2026 24%; ChatGPT: Jul 2026 18%, Aug 2026 11%, Sept 2026 8.4%; Perplexity: Jul 2026 3.2%, Aug 2026 5.8%, Sept 2026 3.9% | Assistant | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sept 2026 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Gemini | 42% | 0.2% | 24% | | ChatGPT | 18% | 11% | 8.4% | | Perplexity | 3.2% | 5.8% | 3.9% | Third-party traffic estimates. BV uses only the organic-search figure. Server and network 6 other publications on the server · 476 on the network Its domain was registered in 2003. 6 other publications in the directory run on 76.76.21.21, which is common on shared hosting and not by itself evidence of common ownership. 476 publications are on the same hosting network (Amazon AWS, AS16509) — a cloud platform hosting millions of unrelated sites, so that is no sign of a connection. ### Other publications on 76.76.21.21 At this size that is ordinary shared hosting, listed for completeness, not as a finding. - [biolinky.co](https://mxverify.uk/publications/biolinky.co) - [buildhop.io](https://mxverify.uk/publications/buildhop.io) - [easydofollow.dev](https://mxverify.uk/publications/easydofollow.dev) - [indiepa.ge](https://mxverify.uk/publications/indiepa.ge) - [indietool.io](https://mxverify.uk/publications/indietool.io) - [mcp-marketplace.io](https://mxverify.uk/publications/mcp-marketplace.io) Amazon AWS is a cloud platform hosting millions of unrelated sites, so sharing it says nothing about who runs a site. The count is shown; the sites are not listed. Where each figure comes from 7 figures, their sources and dates | Figure | Source | What it covers | | --- | --- | --- | | [Backlink value](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#value) | BV 2.9 | Site Strength × link type; link type from our reading of the site | | [Links placed here](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#links) | bklink audits | None audited yet | | [How it links out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#reading) | Read by mxverify | 32 links to other sites in 10 articles, published Oct 2026 – Nov 2026; read 4 Nov 2026 Fair sample | | [Traffic](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#traffic) | Third-party estimates | Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, site-wide and for all visitors, as of 4 Nov 2026 | | [Authority](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#value) | Ahrefs Domain Rating | Half of Site Strength, shown in steps of 5, as of 4 Nov 2026; the rating itself is not shown | | [Server and network](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#server) | mxverify's DNS and ASN lookup | 76.76.21.21 · Amazon AWS | | [Domain age](https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com#hosting) | Domain registry (RDAP) | Registered 6 Dec 2003 | Limitations: what this report does not show 2 stated plainly - No link on this publication has been audited yet, so nothing here describes how its links behave. - thecollector.com gives more than one kind of link (A 4% · B 94% · C 1% · D 1%), so BV prices a blend of them: an editorial link there would be worth $628 and a guest or sponsored one $314, before relevance. What every report's figures can and cannot tell you: [how to read a report](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#reading-a-report). Compiled from [bklink.uk](https://bklink.uk/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) audits · maintained by [Palash Bagchi](https://mxverify.uk/about) · updated 04 November 2026 --- Source: mxverify, "thecollector.com Backlink Value & Traffic Report", https://mxverify.uk/publications/thecollector.com (retrieved 2026-11-04). How every figure is worked out: https://mxverify.uk/methodology