🆚 DNS Prefetch vs. Sitemap

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
DNS Prefetch
Sitemap

Type

Performance technology
Standard

About

The rel="dns-prefetch" attribute on HTML <link> elements.

A sitemap is a file in XML format that allows webmasters to inform search engines about URLs on a website that are available for web crawling.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

html.spec.whatwg.org
sitemaps.org #821,309

Categories

Performance › Rank #2
Standards › Rank #6
Standards › Rank #26

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

DNS Prefetch performance technology is 78 times more popular than Sitemap.
Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

DNS Prefetch is more popular than Sitemap in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Germany
France
Spain
Italy
Australia
Netherlands
Canada

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

DNS Prefetch is more popular than Sitemap in all market segments.
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.

Name
Rank
#7
#12
#13
#14
#16
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Name
Rank
#94
pussyboy.net
#836
ap**nvideo.com
#903
s***amatkadpboss.co
#956
desitelugus*x.com
#965
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