Last updated: September 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-09
#268,433
AI visibility: Grade D
59
SEO health: Latest audit
0
Visits
90.0K
per month, estimated
Keywords
22.7K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
90.0K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
75 lines AI engines can read
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bcheights.com Company Profile
The Heights serves as Boston College's main student-run news outlet, covering campus events, local stories, and student perspectives on a daily basis. It focuses on delivering timely coverage of college life including academics, sports, and social activities around the Chestnut Hill area. Students from various majors contribute articles, photos, and multimedia pieces that reflect real experiences on campus. The publi…
The Heights was founded in 1932, about 94 years ago, and is headquartered in Chestnut Hill, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 11 and 50 employees. Its profile files it under Media, Entertainment & Gaming, with further tags for Education & Training, Local News and Student Journalism. Total funding on record is Bootstrapped. Its tagline reads: "Boston College's independent student newspaper since 1932".
- Sector
- Media, Entertainment & Gaming
- Headquarters
- Chestnut Hill, United States
- Founded
- 1932
- Employees
- 11-50
- Revenue
- Not Disclosed
- Funding
- Bootstrapped
bcheights.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- The Heights (Media, Entertainment & Gaming) is ranked #268,433 worldwide in our September 2026 domain ranking, up 27,048 places from #295,481 in August 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 90,000 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 22,700 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 59 out of 100 (grade D), with a published llms.txt of 75 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 0/100, with "Implement Title and Meta Description" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #268,433 | ▲ 27,048 |
| August 2026 | #295,481 | ▼ 31,597 |
| July 2026 | #263,884 | ▼ 35,742 |
| June 2026 | #228,142 | — |
| May 2026 | #228,142 | ▲ 18,070 |
| April 2026 | #246,212 | ▲ 19,238 |
| March 2026 | #265,450 | ▲ 13,697 |
| February 2026 | #279,147 | — |
What this company does
The Heights serves as Boston College's main student-run news outlet, covering campus events, local stories, and student perspectives on a daily basis. It focuses on delivering timely coverage of college life including academics, sports, and social activities around the Chestnut Hill area. Students from various majors contribute articles, photos, and multimedia pieces that reflect real experiences on campus. The publi…
Our read on the site
The overall SEO health of bcheights.com is critically poor due to missing essential on-page elements such as title, meta description, and H1 tags, alongside significant technical issues including the absence of a viewport tag and robots.txt file. Immediate attention is required to address these deficiencies to improve…
bcheights.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
bcheights.com draws an estimated 90,000 visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 90,000 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 22,700 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 4.0 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
90.0K
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
90.0K
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.
bcheights.com AI Visibility
On our AI visibility scale bcheights.com earns 59 of 100 points, a grade D. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt. The biggest gap is SEO health, at 0 of 20 points (0/100), worth 20 points if closed. It also loses points on Crawlability (0/10), Company profile (19/25) and Structured data (0/5).
Grade D
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
6/8 core fields
0/100
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bcheights.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on bcheights.com runs to 75 lines (3,293 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in May 2026. It introduces the site as "The Heights". It tells AI engines the business works in Local News, Student Journalism and Campus Media. It describes 4 products, with prices such as Digital Edition at Free, Newsletter at Free and Event Listings at Free. Services it lists include Student Reporting, Opinion Publishing and Event Promotion. The audience it names is College students and recent alumni, aged 18-24 (Boston area). Technologies it mentions include HTTPS. The keywords it claims start with "local news", "student life", "campus events" and "college resources".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
75
In the file
Size
3.3K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated May 27, 2026
What the file says
# The Heights ## About The Heights operates as Boston College's independent student newspaper, delivering daily coverage of campus life, academics, and local events. Writers focus on practical topics like study strategies, mental health support, and internship advice that directly help undergraduates. The outlet maintains sections for news, sports, arts, and opinion pieces written entirely by current BC students. Its independent voice allows honest takes on university policies and student concerns without official oversight. Readers rely on it for updates on upcoming campus events, scholarship listings, and community resources around Chestnut Hill. The publication mixes traditional print issues with an active online presence to reach both on-campus and remote audiences. Staff gain real experience in reporting, photography, and digital editing that translates well after graduation. Advertising from local businesses and student groups supports operations while keeping content free to access. Coverage of college sports and student organizations keeps the community engaged year-round. The site also highlights resources for academic success and wellness that matter most during busy semesters. **Areas of Work:** Local News, Student Journalism, Campus Media ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://bcheights.com - **Address:** Chestnut Hill, MA, United States - **Contact:** - *
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Digital EditionFree
- Print SubscriptionContact for pricing
- NewsletterFree
- Event ListingsFree
Services it tells AI about
- Student Reporting
- Opinion Publishing
- Event Promotion
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
College students and recent alumni · 18-24 · Boston area
Company type
Private
bcheights.com Organic Keywords
Google lists bcheights.com for about 22,700 keywords, which together bring an estimated 90,000 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
22.7K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
90.0K
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
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What it ranks for
bcheights.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of bcheights.com scored 0 out of 100 overall. The audit makes 12 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Performance
Accessibility
Fix these first
- CriticalImplement Title and Meta Description
- CriticalAdd H1 Tags
- HighCreate a Sitemap
- HighAdd Robots.txt File
8 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
bcheights.com Competitors and Alternatives
The Heights's company profile names https://boston.com, https://bc.edu, https://thebostonpilot.com and https://thetab.com/us/boston as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds https://bostonmagazine.com and https://wbur.org. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are iteach4u.kr, yappe.in, abcr.com and cuk.pl.
bcheights.com Traffic by Country
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