Last updated: August 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08
#51,914
AI visibility: Grade A
84
SEO health: Latest audit
82
Visits
1.7M
per month, estimated
Keywords
82.5K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
1.7M organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
164 lines AI engines can read
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hpb.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Half Price Books (Retail) is ranked #51,914 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100,000, down 117 places from #51,797 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 1.7 million visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 82,500 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 84 out of 100 (grade A), with a published llms.txt of 164 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 82/100, with "Implement a Robots.txt file" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #51,914 | ▼ 117 |
| July 2026 | #51,797 | ▲ 2,833 |
| June 2026 | #54,630 | — |
| May 2026 | #54,630 | ▲ 1,883 |
| April 2026 | #56,513 | ▲ 4,338 |
| March 2026 | #60,851 | ▼ 12,009 |
| February 2026 | #48,842 | — |
What this company does
Half Price Books runs a chain of stores that buy and sell new and used books, textbooks, music, and movies. The business centers on acquiring items directly from customers at their locations and then offering those same materials back to shoppers at lower prices. They maintain an online presence that lists inventory and directs people to nearby stores, while also handling requests for donations and gift cards through…
Our read on the site
Significant improvements needed.
hpb.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Search engines send hpb.com an estimated 1.7 million visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 1.7 million visits from unpaid results. Spread across 82,500 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 20 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
1.7M
Latest estimate
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Organic visits
1.7M
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.
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hpb.com AI Visibility
hpb.com scores 84 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade A. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt and Structured data. The biggest gap is Crawlability, at 0 of 10 points (robots ✗ · sitemap ✗), worth 10 points if closed. It also loses points on Company profile (22/25) and SEO health (17/20).
Grade A
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
83/100
robots ✗ · sitemap ✗
Detected
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- → Complete your company profile so AI answers about you stay accurate.
- → Add robots.txt and sitemap.xml so AI crawlers can read you.
hpb.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on hpb.com runs to 164 lines (7,209 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in March 2026. It introduces the site as "Half Price Books Official Website". It tells AI engines the business works in Retail, Books and E-commerce. It describes 5 products, including New Books, Used Books and Textbooks. Services it lists include Book Buyback, Gift Cards and Community Donations. The audience it names is Readers, Students, Media Enthusiasts, Budget Shoppers, aged All ages (United States). Technologies it mentions include HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and Cloudflare. The keywords it claims start with "Half Price Books", "used books", "textbooks" and "music CDs".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
164
In the file
Size
7.2K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Mar 22, 2026
What the file says
# Half Price Books Official Website ## About Half Price Books is a retail chain specializing in the sale of new and used books, textbooks, music, and movies. With a commitment to affordability, they cater to a diverse audience of readers and media enthusiasts. The company promotes sustainability by buying back used items, fostering a circular economy. Their welcoming store environments are designed for book lovers and casual shoppers alike. **Areas of Work:** Retail, Books, E-commerce ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://hpb.com - **Address:** Dallas, Texas, United States - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** Not Available - **Hours:** Mon-Sun: 10AM-8PM (varies by location) - **Timezone:** America/Chicago - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 500 - **Revenue:** $100M - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **New Books** (Varies by title): A wide selection of newly published books across various genres including fiction, non-fiction, and children's literature. - **Used Books** (Varies by title): Affordable pre-owned books in good condition, covering all genres and often at half the original price or less. - **Textbooks** (Varies by title): New and used textbooks for students of all levels, available for purchase at discounted rates. - **Music CDs** (Varies by title): A collection of new and used music CDs spanning various
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- New BooksVaries by title
- Used BooksVaries by title
- TextbooksVaries by title
- Music CDsVaries by title
- Movies DVDsVaries by title
Services it tells AI about
- Book BuybackVaries by item condition and demand
- Gift CardsCustomizable amounts
- Community DonationsFree (subject to approval)
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Readers, Students, Media Enthusiasts, Budget Shoppers · All ages · United States
Company type
Private · actively hiring
hpb.com Organic Keywords
Google lists hpb.com for about 82,500 keywords, which together bring an estimated 1.7 million organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
82.5K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
1.7M
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
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What it ranks for
hpb.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of hpb.com scored 82 out of 100 overall. Performance is its weakest area at 67, while accessibility scores highest at 86. The audit makes 10 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Performance
Accessibility
Fix these first
- CriticalImplement a Robots.txt file
- CriticalCreate and Submit a Sitemap
- HighOptimize Images
- HighMinimize HTTP Requests
6 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
hpb.com Competitors and Alternatives
Half Price Books's company profile names barnesandnoble.com, bookdepository.com and thriftbooks.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds abebooks.com and booksamillion.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are vispero.com, essen.de, verolive.net and ephotozine.com.
hpb.com Company Profile
Half Price Books runs a chain of stores that buy and sell new and used books, textbooks, music, and movies. The business centers on acquiring items directly from customers at their locations and then offering those same materials back to shoppers at lower prices. They maintain an online presence that lists inventory and directs people to nearby stores, while also handling requests for donations and gift cards through…
Founded in 1972 (about 54 years ago), Half Price Books is based in Dallas, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 501 and 1,000 employees. It was founded by Patricia Anderson. Its profile files it under Retail, with further tags for Books, E-commerce and Resale. Products on record for it: New Books, Used Books, Textbooks and Music. Reported revenue is $100M (2022). Its tagline reads: "New and Used Books, Textbooks, Music and Movies".
- Sector
- Retail
- Headquarters
- Dallas, United States
- Founded
- 1972
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Revenue
- $100M (2022)
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Founders
- Patricia Anderson
- Products
- New Books, Used Books, Textbooks, Music
hpb.com Traffic by Country
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