Last updated: August 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08
#46,211
AI visibility: Grade A+
92
SEO health: Latest audit
92
Visits
3.1K
per month, estimated
Keywords
497
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
3.1K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
131 lines AI engines can read
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perma.cc Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Perma (Digital Archiving) is ranked #46,211 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100,000, up 1,101 places from #47,312 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 3,129 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 497 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 92 out of 100 (grade A+), with a published llms.txt of 131 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 92/100, with "Implement XML Sitemap" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #46,211 | ▲ 1,101 |
| July 2026 | #47,312 | ▼ 1,161 |
| June 2026 | #46,151 | — |
| May 2026 | #46,151 | ▼ 467 |
| April 2026 | #45,684 | ▲ 1,545 |
| March 2026 | #47,229 | ▲ 2,227 |
| February 2026 | #49,456 | — |
What this company does
Perma.cc provides a service that helps prevent the frustration of broken links in academic and professional citations. Instead of relying on URLs that may no longer work years after a paper is published, users can create archived copies of web pages through the platform. These copies are stored securely and assigned a unique, unchanging address that always leads back to the captured material, preserving the original…
Our read on the site
Excellent! Strong performance and SEO.
perma.cc Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Search engines send perma.cc an estimated 3,129 visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 3,129 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 497 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 6.3 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
3.1K
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
3.1K
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.
perma.cc AI Visibility
perma.cc scores 92 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade A+. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt, SEO health and Structured data. The biggest gap is Crawlability, at 5 of 10 points (robots ✓ · sitemap ✗), worth 5 points if closed. It also loses points on Company profile (22/25).
Grade A+
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
100/100
robots ✓ · sitemap ✗
Detected
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- → Complete your company profile so AI answers about you stay accurate.
- → Add sitemap.xml so AI crawlers can read you.
perma.cc LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on perma.cc runs to 131 lines (6,173 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in March 2026. It introduces the site as "Perma.cc - Digital Archiving and Web Preservation". It tells AI engines the business works in Digital Archiving, Web Preservation and Technology. It describes 3 products, including Permanent Link Creation, Web Archiving Service and Citation Management Tool. Services it lists include Custom Archiving Solutions and Consulting for Digital Preservation. The audience it names is Researchers, Educators, Publishers, Academic Institutions, aged 25-54 (Global). Technologies it mentions include Python, Django, AWS, PostgreSQL and Docker. The keywords it claims start with "digital archiving", "web preservation", "permanent links" and "citation management".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
131
In the file
Size
6.2K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Mar 22, 2026
What the file says
# Perma.cc - Digital Archiving and Web Preservation ## About Perma is a digital archiving service dedicated to creating permanent links for citations in published works, ensuring that web content remains accessible over time. It addresses the pervasive issue of link rot in academic and professional writing by providing reliable preservation tools. The platform serves researchers, educators, and publishers, enhancing the integrity of scholarly communication. Founded in 2013, Perma is a trusted solution for maintaining the longevity of online references. **Areas of Work:** Digital Archiving, Web Preservation, Technology ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://perma.cc - **Address:** Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** Not Available - **Hours:** Mon-Fri: 9AM-5PM - **Timezone:** America/New_York - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 20 employees - **Revenue:** Not Disclosed - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **Permanent Link Creation** (Contact for pricing): A tool to create permanent, unbreakable links for citations in academic and professional content, ensuring long-term accessibility. - **Web Archiving Service** (Contact for pricing): A service to archive web pages and content, preserving them for future reference and preventing data loss due to link rot. - **Citation Managemen
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Permanent Link CreationContact for pricing
- Web Archiving ServiceContact for pricing
- Citation Management ToolContact for pricing
Services it tells AI about
- Custom Archiving SolutionsContact for quote
- Consulting for Digital PreservationContact for quote
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Researchers, Educators, Publishers, Academic Institutions · 25-54 · Global
Company type
Private · actively hiring
perma.cc Organic Keywords
Google lists perma.cc for about 497 keywords, which together bring an estimated 3,129 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
497
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
3.1K
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
perma.cc SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of perma.cc scored 92 out of 100 overall. Accessibility is its weakest area at 85, while performance scores highest at 100. 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
Fix these first
- HighImplement XML Sitemap
- HighEnhance Accessibility Features
- MediumOptimize Page Load Speed
- HighMobile Optimization
8 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
perma.cc Competitors and Alternatives
Perma's company profile names archive.org and webcitation.org as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds mementoweb.org and waybackmachine.org. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are io-servers.com, callie.com, vulnweb.com and kwalee.com.
perma.cc Company Profile
Perma.cc provides a service that helps prevent the frustration of broken links in academic and professional citations. Instead of relying on URLs that may no longer work years after a paper is published, users can create archived copies of web pages through the platform. These copies are stored securely and assigned a unique, unchanging address that always leads back to the captured material, preserving the original…
Founded in 2013 (about 13 years ago), Perma is based in Cambridge, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 11 and 50 employees. It was founded by Ilya Kreymer. Its profile files it under Digital Archiving, with further tags for Web Preservation, Technology and SaaS. Products on record for it: Permanent Link Creation and Web Archiving Service. Total funding on record is Bootstrapped. Its tagline reads: "Websites change. Perma Links don’t.".
- Sector
- Digital Archiving
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, United States
- Founded
- 2013
- Employees
- 11-50
- Revenue
- Not Disclosed
- Funding
- Bootstrapped
- Founders
- Ilya Kreymer
- Products
- Permanent Link Creation, Web Archiving Service
perma.cc Traffic by Country
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