Last updated: August 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08
#37,090
AI visibility: Grade B
77
SEO health: Latest audit
0
Visits
102.2K
per month, estimated
Keywords
17.3K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
102.2K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
137 lines AI engines can read
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journalstar.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Lincoln Journal Star (Media) is ranked #37,090 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100,000, down 1,292 places from #35,798 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 102,200 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 17,300 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 77 out of 100 (grade B), with a published llms.txt of 137 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 0/100, with "Optimize Images" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #37,090 | ▼ 1,292 |
| July 2026 | #35,798 | ▲ 383 |
| June 2026 | #36,181 | — |
| May 2026 | #36,181 | ▼ 4,926 |
| April 2026 | #31,255 | ▲ 1,592 |
| March 2026 | #32,847 | ▲ 21 |
| February 2026 | #32,868 | — |
What this company does
The Lincoln Journal Star functions as a daily news outlet focused on delivering reports from Lincoln, Nebraska, and surrounding regions. Its coverage includes updates on local incidents, state-level happenings, athletic competitions involving area teams, forecasts for changing conditions, and articles exploring leisure activities or home and family topics. The website serves as the main hub where these stories appear…
Our read on the site
Significant improvements needed. 1 critical issue. 2 high-priority issues.
journalstar.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
journalstar.com draws an estimated 102,200 visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 102,200 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 17,300 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 5.9 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
102.2K
Latest estimate
Change
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It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
102.2K
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.
journalstar.com AI Visibility
On our AI visibility scale journalstar.com earns 77 of 100 points, a grade B. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt, Crawlability and Structured data. The biggest gap is SEO health, at 0 of 20 points (0/100), worth 20 points if closed. It also loses points on Company profile (22/25).
Grade B
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
0/100
robots ✓ · sitemap ✓
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journalstar.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on journalstar.com runs to 137 lines (6,262 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in March 2026. It introduces the site as "Lincoln Journal Star". It tells AI engines the business works in Media, Publishing and News. It describes 3 products, with prices such as Digital News Subscription at $9.99/month, Print Newspaper Subscription at $15.99/month and E-Edition Access at $7.99/month. Services it lists include Advertising Services and Event Listings. The audience it names is Residents of Nebraska, Professionals, Families, Local Businesses, aged 25-54 (United States (Nebraska-focused)). Technologies it mentions include HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, CMS and Cloudflare. The keywords it claims start with "Lincoln news", "Nebraska news", "local news" and "sports news".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
137
In the file
Size
6.3K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Mar 21, 2026
What the file says
# Lincoln Journal Star ## About Lincoln Journal Star is a premier news organization based in Lincoln, Nebraska, dedicated to providing in-depth coverage of local events, sports, entertainment, and lifestyle topics. With a history dating back to 1881, the Journal Star serves the community by delivering timely and accurate reporting. Their mission is to keep readers informed about significant happenings in Nebraska through both digital and print platforms. They also offer advertising solutions for businesses looking to reach a local audience. **Areas of Work:** Media, Publishing, News ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://journalstar.com - **Address:** 926 P Street, Lincoln, NE 68508, United States - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** +1-402-473-7300 - **Hours:** Mon-Fri: 8AM-5PM - **Timezone:** America/Chicago - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 150 employees - **Revenue:** $10M - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **Digital News Subscription** ($9.99/month): Access to premium online content, including breaking news, in-depth articles, and exclusive features on the Lincoln Journal Star website and app. - **Print Newspaper Subscription** ($15.99/month): Daily delivery of the Lincoln Journal Star newspaper, featuring local news, sports, and community updates in a traditional print format. - **E-Edition Access**
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Digital News Subscription$9.99/month
- Print Newspaper Subscription$15.99/month
- E-Edition Access$7.99/month
Services it tells AI about
- Advertising ServicesContact for quote
- Event ListingsContact for quote
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Residents of Nebraska, Professionals, Families, Local Businesses · 25-54 · United States (Nebraska-focused)
Company type
Private · actively hiring
journalstar.com Organic Keywords
Google lists journalstar.com for about 17,300 keywords, which together bring an estimated 102,200 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
17.3K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
102.2K
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
No ranked-keyword data cached for this domain yet.
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What it ranks for
journalstar.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of journalstar.com scored 0 out of 100 overall. The audit makes 15 recommendations in all, and 3 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Performance
Accessibility
Fix these first
- HighOptimize Images
- HighMinimize JavaScript and CSS
- MediumImplement Lazy Loading
- HighImprove Mobile Responsiveness
11 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
journalstar.com Competitors and Alternatives
Lincoln Journal Star's company profile names omaha.com, nebraskapublicmedia.org and kmtv.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds 1011now.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are frame.work, typeracer.com, appsto.re and got-game.org.
journalstar.com Company Profile
The Lincoln Journal Star functions as a daily news outlet focused on delivering reports from Lincoln, Nebraska, and surrounding regions. Its coverage includes updates on local incidents, state-level happenings, athletic competitions involving area teams, forecasts for changing conditions, and articles exploring leisure activities or home and family topics. The website serves as the main hub where these stories appear…
Lincoln Journal Star was founded in 1881, about 145 years ago, and is headquartered in Lincoln, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 101 and 250 employees. Its profile files it under Media, with further tags for Publishing, News and Subscription-Based. Products on record for it: Digital News Subscription, Print Newspaper and Advertising Services. Reported revenue is $10M (2023). Its tagline reads: "Read the latest Lincoln, NE news.".
- Sector
- Media
- Headquarters
- Lincoln, United States
- Founded
- 1881
- Employees
- 101-250
- Revenue
- $10M (2023)
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Products
- Digital News Subscription, Print Newspaper, Advertising Services
journalstar.com Traffic by Country
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