Digital Streets

Curious about what technologies was used to build a site or what type of advertising they are using?  Thanks to BuiltWith.com, by simply inputing the site’s url, you can find out things like:

(We’ll use Lifehacker for our example)

Analytics and Tracking

Javascipt Libraries

Frameworks

Other information included in the site’s profile:

• Advertising
• Content Delivery Network
• Aggregation Functionality
• Document Information
• Who is Hosting the site
• Server Information
• Site’s rankings according to Compete.com

Great way to find out about what’s under the hood of the popular sites (and even the not so popular ones).