🆚 DNS Prefetch vs. Pingback
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 DNS Prefetch is twice as popular as Pingback.
- 🌎 DNS Prefetch is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
- 🌎 Pingback is more popular in the United States Minor Outlying Islands, Pitcairn, and Wallis and Futuna.
DNS Prefetch
PingbackType
Performance technology
Standard
About
The rel="dns-prefetch" attribute on 
HTML <link> elements.
Pingback is a method for web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents.
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Categories
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
DNS Prefetch performance technology is 2.2 times more popular than Pingback.
Total websites
Market share
Standards
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
DNS Prefetch is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan, while Pingback is more popular in the United States Minor Outlying Islands, Pitcairn, and Wallis and Futuna.
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Germany
Spain
France
Italy
Australia
Netherlands
Canada
Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Performance category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Performance category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Italy in the Performance category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Performance category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Canada in the Performance category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Bhutan in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Japan in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Vietnam in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Macedonia in the Standards category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
DNS Prefetch is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and blogs and wiki, while Pingback is more commonly used on travel, real estate, and recreation and hobbies sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Entertainment
Health
General News
Sports
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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