How much Domain Authority is enough?
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I will clean my backlinks removing those with low DA and keeping medium and high DA.
Since which number of Domain Authority is good to focus my efforts?
Thanks!
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Great add Joseph! Totally agree with you that there is much more to it than just creating quality content from the link earning perspective. I was just making the point that focusing on your sites DA & PA shouldn't be the focal point of one's efforts. I could have elaborated more but I appreciate you doing so! Cheers!
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I agree with both previous comments but also have another opinion to add as well.
1. I agree not to delete any back links just because of a low DA/PA score unless they are malicious or banned sites with a penalty of some sort.
2. Creating a great experience with relevant content is great advice, however that alone without backlinks is not going to do much to raise your rankings on it's own. You do need some sort of quality back linking plan of action to spread the word and get your great content linked to.
3. What I would add is if you are looking for new back links and thinking about what actual number would be good, I would say any DA/PA above your actual website scores would be a great start. If you website PA is 24, shoot to add links that have a PA of 25 or more where possible. I would not start working on obtaining back links from pages with a lower score. So to answer your specific question I would say a good number would be any number above your website current score.
Note: I would not focus on only this without focusing as well on quality content, site speed, user experience and on site page optimization as well.
Hope that helps,
Joe
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Hey Esteban!
OFW12387 makes some great points, but I am not sure if the approach you're referencing in your question is a good plan of action. IMO you should not focus on building links with high or low authority (especially for the purpose of increasing authority). Instead just focus on creating valuable content for your users. The links should and will develop naturally once you implement this course of action. Focusing on DA & PA is a losing game and a waste of your time since it is ultimately out of your control. Focus on doing things clean and for the best interests of your site visitors.
Unless you discover that there are malicious or toxic links pointing to your site, you should leave them be and focus on new content that provides value. Just keep it simple. I think you may be doing TOO much.
Hope this helps!!
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I will not remove backlinks just because they have a low DA value. Variety on your link profile is very important
And about your question, difficult to say since it will always depends in which niche you want to rank, for example, if you want to rank in domains/flights niche, you will need a huge authority ( almost impossible ).
That´s why it´s important to analize the competence of a niche very good before starting with a project
Hope this helps
Br
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