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    • waqazolqa
      waqazolqa last edited by

      hey moz community i want to ask something i have blog on https://bestbeginnerguitars.net/ guitars.this blog is 7 months old and i created backlink on it.but today i am checking DA of my website its 7 how can i increase it

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      • rightangledev
        rightangledev last edited by

        A domain may have low authority due to factors such as limited quality backlinks, insufficient relevance and quality of content, or slow website loading speed. Improving these areas through strategic link-building efforts, content optimization, and technical improvements can gradually increase your domain's authority over time.

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        • sarahwalsh
          sarahwalsh last edited by

          The domain authority could be low on your website because it is brand-new, so you need to improve the organic SEO.

          It could also be because you haven't got enough good-quality backlinks. Our summerhouse business did drop off slightly off the first page because some backlinks were deleted.

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          • sarahwalsh
            sarahwalsh last edited by

            The domain authority could be low on your website because it is a brand-new company website?

            So you need to improve the organic SEO.

            It could also be because you haven't got enough good-quality backlinks.

            Our fencing business dropped slightly off the first page, simply because some backlinks were deleted, so could it be because you have backlinks deleted?

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            • Rehan65
              Rehan65 last edited by

              The only thing I can fathom is that some of your links aren't really being counted. There could be some legitimate reasons for that! For example, some links are no-followed and the links callutheran.edu seem to be from pages which have billions of links on (link-list URLs) which we know Google does not like to count Pinoy Flix

              It's possible you got links from some great sites, but all that benefit was nullified by the format under which your links 'actually went live' (e.g: being on spammy link list URLs or being no-followed, or both!)

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              • Shahveer6447
                Shahveer6447 last edited by

                Yes, making high authority backlinks with a naked URL can increase your site Domain authority. For more information @  https://moz.com/blog/effective-link-building-campaign 

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                • NIRAJ1280
                  NIRAJ1280 last edited by

                  If you want to increase the DA of your site, then go to great links with high-quality websites. Mostly try with DA 50 plus. For this always make links with Naked URL like https://pinoyhdonline.su/pariwiki/. Then read it about @  https://moz.com/blog/effective-link-building-campaign   you will find everything right here.

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                  • mark7422
                    mark7422 Banned last edited by

                    • We took a quick glance at https://theeurot20slam.comand this is what we found:

                      • You have a total of 20 links from root domains. Your competitors have thousands. You need to get links.

                      • In order to get links and to keep visitors browsing your site, you need to create compelling content. Look at the top ranking pages' content to get ideas on why there content is compelling and therefore has many links pointing to it.

                      • On your Euro T20 Slam History page you spent the first two paragraphs telling me that this page is going to tell me about the history of this league. That's just fluff. You need to just start telling me about the history.

                      • On your Boom Boom Shahid Afridi page you also waste the first paragraph telling me that this page is going to tell me about Boom Boom Afridi.

                      • Unfortunately, there are a lot of grammar mistakes within your content that you need to fix as well. It's not compelling content if it's a little difficult to read.

                      You also need to create more pages. For example, when I go to your Icon Players page, you have a brief summary of 4 players but only one of them has a link to a bio page all about that player (Shahid Afridi). You'll have a better chance at ranking for Shane Waston, Brendon McCullum, and Rashid Khan if you build out awesome pages for each player.

                      Good luck!

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                    • effectdigital
                      effectdigital last edited by

                      To be honest I do find this very surprising and it would be interesting to see someone from Moz comment directly with the nuts and bolts of why this is. Google always ways that in terms of links, quality trumps quantity. Here we have an example of someone who has produced a new website, which Moz says has only a few links - but they are (for the most part) medium-high to high in terms of quality

                      I honestly would have expected to see a higher DA rating with links like that

                      The only thing I can fathom is that some of your links aren't really being counted. There could be some legitimate reasons for that! For example, some links are no-followed and the links callutheran.edu seem to be from pages which have billions of links on (link-list URLs) which we know Google does not like to count

                      It's possible you got links from some great sites, but all that benefit was nullified by the format under which your links 'actually went live' (e.g: being on spammy link list URLs or being no-followed, or both!)

                      If you want links to count for SEO, they have to be less shared and more your own. They have to serve a strong, obvious purpose that would bring users from one site to another (links which probably carry no actual traffic, aren't weighted by Google). Obviously your links should not be nullified for SEO via the no-follow tag

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                      • jasongmcmahon
                        jasongmcmahon last edited by

                        Basically, buy more high DA links from even more domains, I'd recommend in investing DA 60+ links. Moxz has produce some great Blogs recently on this matter:

                        • https://moz.com/blog/boost-content-linkability
                        • https://moz.com/blog/effective-link-building-campaign 
                        • https://moz.com/blog/20-illustrations-on-search-engines-valuation-of-links
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