How does an index page have a higher Authority than the root domain?
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So just curious, but on my domain, http://www.bulwarkpestcontrol.com the Page Authority is 59 and the root domain authority 52. That seems odd as it is the same page. Explanation?
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DA and PA are modeled somewhat independently, if memory serves, and they aren't scaled against each other (only other metrics of their kind), so it is possible for you to have a DA that's lower than your PA. Typically, that would mean that the majority of your strength is rooted in the home-page, as Martijn said. Unless there's a big discrepancy, it's generally not any cause for alarm.
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Root Domain Authority doesn't exist, it's Domain Authority that shows the overall authority of your domain.
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So the root domain authority is an average of the domain? Isn't Root Domain just the Root of the domain, not the entire domain?
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Only if all the links go the root domain otherwise it's wasting your incoming links on /index.
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If you have a /index page, I assume it would be beneficial to 301 redirect this to the root domain?
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Hi Thomas,
It seems odd but it's quite normal. For almost all sites the most links to the root domain will be to the homepage/ index. That's why this page on average out performs the average pages of your site. That's why your PA is higher than the DA.
Hope this helps!
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