Last updated: September 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08
#143,879
AI visibility: Grade B
74
SEO health: Latest audit
96
Visits
325
per month, estimated
Keywords
91
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
325 organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
144 lines AI engines can read
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abookapart.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- A Book Apart (Media, Entertainment & Gaming) is ranked #143,879 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, up 3,573 places from #147,452 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 325 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 91 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 74 out of 100 (grade B), with a published llms.txt of 144 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 96/100, with "Implement Robots.txt and Sitemap.xml" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #143,879 | ▲ 3,573 |
| July 2026 | #147,452 | ▼ 688 |
| June 2026 | #146,764 | — |
| May 2026 | #146,764 | ▼ 6,247 |
| April 2026 | #140,517 | ▲ 2,858 |
| March 2026 | #143,375 | ▲ 1,111 |
| February 2026 | #144,486 | — |
What this company does
A Book Apart creates short, focused books that help web professionals get straight to the point on design, development, and content topics. The company targets designers, writers, and coders who need practical knowledge without wading through long volumes. Their titles cover everything from responsive layouts to content strategy in a format that respects busy schedules. Readers appreciate the direct advice that trans…
Our read on the site
The overall SEO health of A Book Apart is strong, with high performance and accessibility scores. However, there are critical areas for improvement, particularly in technical SEO and content strategy, which could enhance visibility and user engagement.
abookapart.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Search engines send abookapart.com an estimated 325 visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 325 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 91 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 3.6 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
325
Latest estimate
Change
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It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
325
100% of all traffic
Paid visits
0
No paid search detected
Organic vs paid
100%
0%
We don't hold a month-by-month history for this domain yet.
The traffic dashboard builds one from the first scan onwards.
abookapart.com AI Visibility
abookapart.com scores 74 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade B. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt. The biggest gap is Crawlability, at 0 of 10 points (robots ✗ · sitemap ✗), worth 10 points if closed. It also loses points on Company profile (16/25), Structured data (0/5) and SEO health (18/20).
Grade B
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
5/8 core fields
92/100
robots ✗ · sitemap ✗
Not detected
Fix these first
- → Complete your company profile so AI answers about you stay accurate.
- → Add robots.txt and sitemap.xml so AI crawlers can read you.
abookapart.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on abookapart.com runs to 144 lines (6,205 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in September 2026. It introduces the site as "A Book Apart". It tells AI engines the business works in Book Publishing, Technical Writing and Web Design Education. It describes 4 products, including Brief Books on Web Topics, Content Strategy Titles and Design Essentials Series. Services it lists include Book Publishing, Author Support and Content Curation. Technologies it mentions include E-commerce platform and Content management system. The keywords it claims start with "brief books", "web design", "content strategy" and "responsive design".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
144
In the file
Size
6.2K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Sep 2, 2026
What the file says
# A Book Apart ## About A Book Apart creates short, focused books that help web professionals get straight to the point on design, development, and content topics. The company targets designers, writers, and coders who need practical knowledge without wading through long volumes. Their titles cover everything from responsive layouts to content strategy in a format that respects busy schedules. Readers appreciate the direct advice that translates quickly into real projects. The books come from practitioners who share hard-won lessons from the field. This approach keeps each volume under 200 pages while delivering depth where it matters most. A Book Apart works with authors who know the web inside out and can explain complex ideas simply. The result is a catalog that feels like conversations with experienced colleagues rather than dry manuals. Professionals turn to these books when they need answers fast and want to avoid fluff. The company has built a reputation for quality that stands out in the crowded tech publishing space. **Areas of Work:** Book Publishing, Technical Writing, Web Design Education ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://abookapart.com - **Address:** - **Contact:** - **Phone:** - **Hours:** - **Timezone:** - **Currency:** - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 1-10 - **Revenue:** Not Disclosed - **Hiring Status:** Not currently hiring ##
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Brief Books on Web TopicsContact for pricing
- Content Strategy TitlesContact for pricing
- Design Essentials SeriesContact for pricing
- Code and Development GuidesContact for pricing
Services it tells AI about
- Book Publishing
- Author Support
- Content Curation
Competitors it names
Company type
Private
abookapart.com Organic Keywords
Google lists abookapart.com for about 91 keywords, which together bring an estimated 325 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
91
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
325
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
No ranked-keyword data cached for this domain yet.
Ranked Keywords pulls the full list on its first run.
What it ranks for
abookapart.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of abookapart.com scored 96 out of 100 overall. All 3 sub-scores are 90 or above. The audit makes 12 recommendations in all, and 3 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
Excellent
SEO
Excellent
Performance
Excellent
Accessibility
Excellent
Fix these first
- CriticalImplement Robots.txt and Sitemap.xml
- HighExpand Content Strategy
- MediumOptimize Meta Descriptions
- HighEnhance Internal Linking Structure
8 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
abookapart.com Competitors and Alternatives
A Book Apart's company profile names oreilly.com, pragprog.com, manning.com and nostarch.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds apress.com and sitepoint.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are samsmu.ru, mechel.ru, vweb.co.za and openstream.co.
abookapart.com Company Profile
A Book Apart creates short, focused books that help web professionals get straight to the point on design, development, and content topics. The company targets designers, writers, and coders who need practical knowledge without wading through long volumes. Their titles cover everything from responsive layouts to content strategy in a format that respects busy schedules. Readers appreciate the direct advice that trans…
A Book Apart was founded in 2010, about 16 years ago. Its workforce is listed as between 1 and 10 employees. Its profile files it under Media, Entertainment & Gaming, with further tags for Education & Training, Book Publishing and Technical Writing. Total funding on record is Bootstrapped. Its tagline reads: "Brief books for people who design, write, and code".
- Sector
- Media, Entertainment & Gaming
- Founded
- 2010
- Employees
- 1-10
- Revenue
- Not Disclosed
- Funding
- Bootstrapped
abookapart.com Traffic by Country
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