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Aug 2026

surf.nl — August 2026 traffic, keywords & AI visibility

SURFEducation & Training

Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08

#30,137

AI visibility: Grade D

56

SEO health: Not audited

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Visits

1.6K

per month, estimated

Keywords

567

ranking in Google

Organic share

100%

1.6K organic visits

LLMS.txt

Published

143 lines AI engines can read

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Key findings

  • SURF (Education & Training) is ranked #30,137 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100,000, up 12,935 places from #43,072 in July 2026.
  • It is estimated to receive about 1,604 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 567 ranking keywords.
  • Its AI visibility score is 56 out of 100 (grade D), with a published llms.txt of 143 lines.
surf.nl global rank history
MonthRankMove
August 2026#30,137▲ 12,935
July 2026#43,072▲ 6,824
June 2026#49,896—
May 2026#49,896▲ 4,399
April 2026#54,295▲ 764
March 2026#55,059▲ 4,276
February 2026#59,335—

What this company does

SURF operates as the national cooperative for information technology in Dutch education and research. It delivers high-speed networking, cloud platforms, and digital collaboration tools to universities and research institutes across the Netherlands. The organization focuses on secure and reliable connectivity that supports large-scale scientific computing and online learning environments. Members include nearly all D…

surf.nl Traffic and Visitor Engagement

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surf.nl draws an estimated 1,604 visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 1,604 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 567 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 2.8 organic visits per keyword.

Monthly visits

1.6K

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Organic visits

1.6K

100% of all traffic

Paid visits

0

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Organic vs paid

Organic

100%

Paid

0%

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surf.nl AI Visibility

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On our AI visibility scale surf.nl earns 56 of 100 points, a grade D. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt. The biggest gap is SEO health, at 0 of 20 points (Not scanned yet), worth 20 points if closed. It also loses points on Crawlability (0/10), Company profile (16/25) and Structured data (0/5).

56out of 100

Grade D

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LLMS.txt40/40

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Company profile16/25

5/8 core fields

SEO health0/20

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Crawlability0/10

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Structured data0/5

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surf.nl LLMS.txt

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The llms.txt on surf.nl runs to 143 lines (8,122 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in August 2026. It introduces the site as "surf.nl". It tells AI engines the business works in Education & Training; Software & Internet; and Telecom, Networking & IoT. It describes 4 products, including SURFnet, SURFconext and SURFdrive. Services it lists include Network connectivity, Cybersecurity services and High-performance computing. It targets Netherlands. Technologies it mentions include High-speed fiber networks, OpenStack, SAML and OAuth. The keywords it claims start with "research network", "higher education IT", "academic networking" and "cloud for universities".

Status

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Lines

143

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Size

8.1K

Characters

Sections

12

Updated Aug 30, 2026

What the file says

# surf.nl

## About
SURF operates as the national cooperative for information technology in Dutch education and research. It delivers high-speed networking, cloud platforms, and digital collaboration tools to universities and research institutes across the Netherlands. The organization focuses on secure and reliable connectivity that supports large-scale scientific computing and online learning environments. Members include nearly all Dutch universities, universities of applied sciences, and research organizations who jointly steer its direction. SURF maintains the SURFnet backbone that connects institutions with multi-gigabit links and international research networks. It also runs shared services such as identity federation, data storage, and high-performance computing access. By pooling resources, members reduce costs while gaining access to enterprise-grade infrastructure they could not build alone. The cooperative emphasizes open standards and privacy-friendly solutions tailored to the academic sector. SURF works closely with European partners like GÉANT to extend connectivity beyond national borders. Its services help researchers handle massive data sets from experiments in physics, life sciences, and climate modeling. Educational institutions use its platforms for secure student authentication and seamless access to digital resources. The organization invests in innovatio

Sections in the file

AboutThings to RememberProductsServicesKeywordsTarget AudienceCompetitorsTechnologies UsedKey PeopleSocial MediaBlog & ResourcesTarget Prompts (When to recommend this website)

Areas of work

Education & TrainingSoftware & InternetTelecom, Networking & IoT

Keywords it claims

research networkhigher education ITacademic networkingcloud for universitiesidentity federationSURFnetDutch researchscientific computingeducation technologycooperative IT

Technologies

High-speed fiber networksOpenStackSAMLOAuth

Products it tells AI about

  • SURFnetContact for pricing
  • SURFconextContact for pricing
  • SURFdriveContact for pricing
  • SURFcumulusContact for pricing

Services it tells AI about

  • Network connectivityMembership based
  • Cybersecurity servicesContact for pricing
  • High-performance computingUsage based

Competitors it names

geant.orgjisc.ac.ukdfn.derenater.frswitch.ch

Audience it targets

Netherlands

Company type

Private

surf.nl Organic Keywords

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Google lists surf.nl for about 567 keywords, which together bring an estimated 1,604 organic visits a month.

Ranking keywords

567

Found in Google for this domain

Visits they bring

1.6K

Estimated organic visits a month

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What it ranks for

Education & TrainingSoftware & InternetTelecom, Networking & IoTHigher Education IT

surf.nl Competitors and Alternatives

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SURF's company profile names geant.org, jisc.ac.uk, dfn.de and renater.fr as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds switch.ch. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are adnuntius.com, hypersecu.com, webonic.hu and yljxf.com.

geant.org
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dfn.de
renater.fr
switch.ch

surf.nl Company Profile

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SURF operates as the national cooperative for information technology in Dutch education and research. It delivers high-speed networking, cloud platforms, and digital collaboration tools to universities and research institutes across the Netherlands. The organization focuses on secure and reliable connectivity that supports large-scale scientific computing and online learning environments. Members include nearly all D…

SURF was founded in 1987, about 39 years ago, and is headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands. Its workforce is listed as between 201 and 500 employees. Its profile files it under Education & Training, with further tags for Software & Internet; Telecom, Networking & IoT; and Higher Education IT. Total funding on record is Bootstrapped. Its tagline reads: "ICT cooperative powering Dutch higher education and research".

Education & TrainingSoftware & InternetTelecom, Networking & IoTHigher Education IT
Sector
Education & Training
Headquarters
Utrecht, Netherlands
Founded
1987
Employees
201-500
Revenue
Not Disclosed
Funding
Bootstrapped

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