Low Domain Authority
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Hi
Our Domain Authority has dropped recently from 29 > 23 - which is really low.
I wondered if anyone had any ideas of why this might be? http://www.key.co.uk/en/key
I'm seeing ranking/traffic improvements for SEO & I'm not currently building any bad backlinks, I did a sweep to Disavow any bad ones last Oct.
I am planning to add good quality links, but is there anything else I can do to improve the authority?
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Great thank you
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Check this latest thread on same topic @ https://moz.com/community/q/drop-in-domain-authority
Thanks
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Hi Becky,
Please check these two old threads on the same topic.
1>https://moz.com/community/q/why-my-domain-authority-da-is-decreased-from-21-to-19
2>https://moz.com/community/q/domain-authority-and-links-drastically-decreased-in-less-than-a-month
Hope this helps.
Thanks
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