Will Moz move DA from an old domain to the new?
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Hi folks,
I'm moving a digital magazine of mine, which has a great deal of authority (DA53!) to a new domain, which is much more brandable. I'm curious if Moz ever passes the actual DA/PA numbers to the new domain. Does the tool pick this up, eventually?
I know once the domain is switched, DA will show a "1" -- as the domain is brand new, technically.
This is NOT a question about authority/link juice being passed, but rather the numbers being displayed by Open Site Explorer.
Some authors do look at Moz DA as an indicator of a sites "power" before applying for authorship, so I'm trying to find a way to move to a more brandable domain, while keeping the OSE stats in place.
If it's not possible, I'll have to live with it
Any input? Thanks everyone!
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Had the same question. I'm really glad to hear this!
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Hey there!
Sam from Moz's Help Team here!
I can confirm for you that if you're moving your domain, as long as you implement 301 redirects from the old to the new, this will redirect your link juice (PA/DA). but you might need to wait a little while (a few index updates) for our crawler to pick up those changes and display the appropriate numbers - it's unlikely that the numbers will appear exactly the same though. Typically, you'll see around 80-90% of the DA/PA move forward to the new site over time, so you'll want to continue to focus on consistent link building for the new domain to help to bulk up the metrics. I hope this helps - let me know if there's anything else I can help out with!
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Hey there!
Have you seen the webinar from Moz called "When we changed from SEOmoz.org to Moz.com"
Might be able to shed some light for you. Good luck with everything, cheers!
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