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    • Bhartink
      Bhartink last edited by

      My website "dailyrojgarbuzz.com" initially authority was 25 but suddenly became 17 please help!

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      • Enhandmade
        Enhandmade last edited by

        degerindenal.com web sitemde aynı sorunları bizde yaşamaktayız. Etki alanı düştü gözükmekte ne yapmamız gerek .

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        • rishu578
          rishu578 last edited by

          @rishu578 said in Why My Domain Authority Dropped:

          Hello sir i noticed that my DA is Dropped From 27 to 26 Of this website https://www.hinditechgyan.com/.
          What is the reason I don't i try a lot to find a solution but not get . But I notice that in google webmaster tool the domain linking increased every time but on the Moz.com, not domain added even my DA Dropped. Even When i checked my site on  https://ahrefs.com/   he shows approx 350 domain with high da and pa.
          help me i am getting frustrated.
          Is that Moz is crawling All domain Fairly or not ??

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          • Parker_Adam_916
            Parker_Adam_916 @stuartmccloud last edited by

            @stuartmccloud are you sure 400 quality links for your given website?
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            • stuartmccloud
              stuartmccloud last edited by

              My DA has dropped since yesterday https://www.overlandexpress.co.uk/

              Have added around 400 good quality backlinks to the domain in the last month and it is really disheartening when something like this happens. 75% of the links added are do follow and are from domains with a higher authority than ours.

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              • DarkSpike
                DarkSpike last edited by

                Same here, my blog https://www.ilgirasoleverde.it/ lost DA today

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                • KarenGardner
                  KarenGardner @himan232 last edited by

                  @himan232 Hi! It might be due to some Google changes. As it's already been mentioned, optimizing your content can help, and building links to your optimized content could definitely give it a big boost. I'm with BASE Search Marketing and that's all we do (create content and build high-quality backlinks). Don't hesitate to reach out if you need it for your site or for your client's site!

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                  • Draven.Watson
                    Draven.Watson last edited by

                    My DA was 14 on Moz and now it seems to be 13.
                    But, on Ahrefs it shows that my website (https://dbdpost.com/) has DA 7. Why is that?

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                    • himan232
                      himan232 last edited by

                      Hi,
                      The Domain Authority of my website https://chiropractorgoonline.com/ is also dropped in the last 4-5 days. an I know the reason for what is going on? Thankyou!

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                      • Zehlm
                        Zehlm last edited by

                        The website https://www.zehlm.com has also dropped, but not a few points. The last Google update, which was within the last week, diminished the DA and PA to "0". The thing here that doesn't add up, is that the SEO score according to Seobility is a whopping 99%. All of the code is valid through w3c and there are at least 8 keyword phrases that are above 88% on individual SEO scores.
                        Really is strange. I don't see this type of nonsense in other websites. Could this be sabbotage?

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                        • rajibpb143
                          rajibpb143 last edited by

                          My SItes faced same issue. https://www.startech.com.bd/ Can anyone explain why?

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                          • xkuza
                            xkuza last edited by

                            AFter buying some high DA dofollow links, my site https://www.packlt.lt dropped as well. Not sure if coincidence or penality

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                            • awan14
                              awan14 @Parker_Adam_916 last edited by

                              Same here, the domain authority of my website https://awanaidirmawan.com dropped significantly from 12 to 5, can I know the reason for what is going on? Thankyou!

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                              • samiullah_btm
                                samiullah_btm last edited by

                                The same also happened with my website "blueseotools.com" initially the authority was 18 but suddenly dropped to 1.8. please help!

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                                • Parker_Adam_916
                                  Parker_Adam_916 last edited by

                                  Domain authority (DA) is a metric used to measure how authoritative a domain name is. A higher DA means that the site is more trusted and authoritative than others.

                                  The DA of a website is calculated using several factors including backlinks, page rank, age of the website, etc.
                                  As we know, the number of backlinks is directly proportional to the traffic of a website. So, if the number of backlinks increases, then the traffic of a website will increase.

                                  So, if the number of links decreases, then the traffic of the website will decrease.

                                  In this article, I am going to explain what causes the drop in the number of backlinks and how to fix it.
                                  What Causes Backlink Drop?

                                  There are many reasons behind the link drop. Let's discuss them below:

                                  1. Google algorithm update
                                    Google updates its algorithms frequently. Sometimes they do it without any warning. In these cases, the search engine may penalize websites that have been ranking well previously.

                                  2. Website redesign
                                    If you have redesigned your website recently, then chances are that you might have lost some of your previous rankings.

                                  3. Low quality content
                                    When you write articles for your blog, make sure that they are high-quality and informative. If not, then you should consider writing guest posts instead.

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                                  • Hemantnegi121
                                    Hemantnegi121 last edited by

                                    my website ranking and authority has dropped in recent time https://www.hashtagacademy.in is there any new update in google ?

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                                    • DeFi_Noodle
                                      DeFi_Noodle @rishu578 last edited by

                                      @rishu578 Perpase the answer is that your competitors are going up in DA, indirectly lowering yours by surpassing your position.

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                                      • Jagadeeshperuri
                                        Jagadeeshperuri last edited by

                                        Hi Everone,

                                        Our website(https://www.buddyloan.com/) was having a DA of 28 and suddenly it dropped to 23. What would be the reason? I have checked the backlinks. there was a drop in no.of backlinks. what other factors can I check?

                                        #dadrop #domainauthority

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                                        • dessik
                                          dessik last edited by

                                          I recently experienced the same issue with a sudden drop of DA on Moz for our site https://fashionfinder.online/ - has there been a recent update?
                                          Thanks!

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                                          • vidinath637
                                            vidinath637 last edited by

                                            The same thing I have noticed with my website https://www.techtricknews.com/.

                                            I have disavowed several backlinks and updated theme few times. And guessing that this might be the reason for dropping DA from 15 to 12.

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                                            • effectdigital
                                              effectdigital @zeehj last edited by

                                              100% agree with Zee

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                                              • zeehj
                                                zeehj last edited by

                                                Both good answers above. Chiming in here to echo what's been said, and point out that it's unhelpful to track your domain's DA from Moz month over month because Moz's DA:

                                                • is to Moz
                                                • is not used by Google
                                                • is subject to change, pending updates Moz makes to its own DA algorithm

                                                I would, instead, focus on figuring out how to make your domain stronger with and without links. You may very well need to focus on building links to your site to increase authority and exposure, but you may not be able to accomplish that unless you create content that is "easy" to promote, and compels other websites to link to you.

                                                Hope this helps.

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                                                • effectdigital
                                                  effectdigital last edited by

                                                  See my relevant answer to an older, similar question here:

                                                  https://moz.com/community/q/why-did-my-site-s-da-just-drop-by-50

                                                  "Keep in mind that PageRank (which is used by Google to weight the popularity and authority of web pages, yes it's still true even after the little toolbars got deleted) does not read, utilise or rely upon Moz's DA metric in any way shape or form. DA is a 'shadow metric'. Since Google took away our view of the simplified PageRank algorithm (TBPR - ToolBar PageRank, which is dead) people working in SEO needed a new metric to evaluate the quality and ranking potential of web pages

                                                  Moz stepped in to supply this (in the form of PA / DA) but Google still use PageRank (they just don't show it to us any more). Whilst Moz's PA/DA metrics are a good 'indicator' of success, Google isn't using them (at all) and so they do not directly affect your rankings"

                                                  Only someone from Moz can confirm why your DA dropped, but it may have dropped for a reason that wouldn't impact or effect Google rankings in the slightest (so don't panic yet!)

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                                                  • rishu578
                                                    rishu578 last edited by

                                                    No, sir, i didn't make any changes

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                                                    • jasongmcmahon
                                                      jasongmcmahon last edited by

                                                      Hello Rishi,

                                                      Have you made any changes to the site?

                                                      DA is a concept proprietary to Moz, it was recently recalibrated which may explain the drop - https://moz.com/domain-authority-2.0

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