Open Site explorer (last 1-3 updates) shows new and wierd results
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Hi Moz'ers! I have a questions for you guys. Can you explain why the website "Netspiren" has a lower "domain Authority" than "Duft og Natur"? See screenshot. I know it's a tough question without a detailed analysis, but looking at OSE's data, does the mozrank,moztrust, C-block don't reflect the power of the Domain Authority. What's you take? BTW: "Netspiren" has always had more and better links, and also had a higher Domain Authority. Something about the Domain Authority changed since the past 1-3 OXE updates. Looking forward for your take on this! Have a good weekend!
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Hi Frederik,
Domain Authority is highly correlated with both mozRank and mozTrust, and includes factors from both of these metrics into the final Domain Authority score. Most of the time, a site with both superior Domain MozRank and superior MozTrust will also have a higher Domain Authority, but not all the time.
In this instance, I think we are seeing an edge case where Linkscape was reporting funny numbers. In the time since you posted your original question, not only Linkscape has been updated but the way Domain Authority metrics has also been updated for the first time in a couple years. The old Linkscape calculations were accidently including certain types of binary and junk files. If Duft og Natur had a large number of these types of files included in the Index, it could have certainly thrown the numbers off.
The end result is more accuracy today.
In fact, looks like Netspiren now scores a DA of 45, whereas Duft og Natur scores a 40. Nice!
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Hi Yannick,
Thanks for your response.
I agree that such links build Domain Authority.
But great links from CNN etc. should also increase the moz-trust/rank... And Netspiren has a higher moz rank/trust. What I am wondering about, is the logic/correlation between: Mozrank/trust vs. Domain Authority. The screenshot shows that Netspiren.dk has more of any other metric, than the overall metric "domain Authority (And Total amount of links, which I don't take much into account). -
It's not only about sheer numbers. If you get a link from bbc.co.uk, theguardian, etc. etc. Those links are only from 2 root domains/C blocks, but will be very trustworthy/authoritive. So you have to look a bit further than just the numbers.
Followed links are of course giving more link juice than no-followed links (which give almost none or no link juice at all)
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