Low Metrics - High Rank
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I've recently been confused by a marketplace that appears to have significant traction (500K) despite having a very low DR (46). Has anyone experienced something similar and been able to attribute this?
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I've been following networthypeople for 3 months they're not making a single link, However their metrics are very good. I means they are ranking on many keywords and gradually they're getting traffic. so how could this be possible without offpage seo?
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For me, SEO is a dark world. No matter how much I try to understand this topic, I, unfortunately, do not succeed.
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There's a lot more to SEO than just one metric. (Although here at Moz, we obviously prefer DA to DR...)
In either case, these metrics measure domain-level linking strength. Depending on the keywords you compete for, a relatively low DA, combined with reasonable technical competence, may be enough for your content to carry you the rest of the way - particularly if nobody else is doing a good job of it.
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