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  • iescobill
    iescobill last edited by Jul 5, 2020, 2:37 PM

    Hello,

    I have a local website (https://iescobill.pk) where I am getting good organic traffic, and also social traffic, and so far my page authority (PA) has reached #13, but DA still 1? Is it normal?

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    • skchad13j
      skchad13j last edited by Nov 28, 2023, 7:46 AM

      Hello,

      It's not unusual for Page Authority (PA) to increase faster than Domain Authority (DA) on a specific page. PA is page-specific, reflecting the strength of individual pages, while DA encompasses the overall strength of the entire domain. It's common for PA to show quicker improvements, especially on pages with good content and SEO practices. Over time, as more pages gain authority, you can expect to see a positive impact on your Domain Authority. Keep focusing on high-quality content and SEO strategies to further enhance both metrics.

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      • wlee2
        wlee2 last edited by Nov 20, 2023, 11:45 AM

        DA is a score is accumulated over a long period of time. I would say the domain age plays a critical role in improving the DA score. This site DA is less but increase gradually ( https://iescoonlinebill.com/ )This means it's impossible to increase the DA of your website from 1-50 in a week's time. The result of all your effort may reflect only after a few months.

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        • Vanderlindemedia
          Vanderlindemedia last edited by Jul 7, 2020, 10:47 PM Jul 7, 2020, 10:47 PM

          I'm not sure why you would to stare blind at PA or DA in general. It's just a calculation from some link value pointed to your domain, with no indication or link with google. You can have a PA or DA of 80 and still perform worse in Google or in Bing for that matter. The more incoming (follow) links the better your DA will grow (over time).

          My DA is stuck at 76, but i know it takes far more links from this point on to grow even further then when going from DA 10 to 20 or so. It's normal. And i dont really look at it anymore. What matters is organic traffic, good content and having everything as healthy as possible.

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          • iescobill
            iescobill last edited by Jul 6, 2020, 6:49 AM Jul 6, 2020, 6:49 AM

            Hi Sam,

            Thanks for the detailed and quick answer. So, probably Moz didn't crawl my external links yet, but I'll do check in Link Explorer and also review the links quality.

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            • samantha.chapman
              samantha.chapman Staff last edited by Jul 6, 2020, 6:38 AM Jul 5, 2020, 8:16 PM

              Hi there,

              Sam from Moz's Help Team here!

              So when you see a DA of 1 or 2,, this will usually mean that we haven't indexed that site yet or we haven't found any inbound links for that particular site. That can happen for a number of reasons, such as we haven't found any external links to the site or the site is blocking our crawler or the site is fairly new.

              When we compile our index by first crawling the more valuable pages we find and moving on from there. Specific pages may not be crawled if they have lower quality links on them or appear to be part of an unintentional link farm (for example, things like programmed calendars). If you’re wondering why we’re not identifying links to your site, I would suggest checking to make sure we’ve indexed the sites and pages you know are linking to your site.

              Also, it’s important to keep in mind that with Link Explorer, new data is added all the time, so please keep an eye out for new data to be available for your site!

              I hope this helps - please let me know if you have any other questions!

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              • p4pakao
                p4pakao last edited by Jul 5, 2020, 5:39 PM Jul 5, 2020, 5:39 PM

                hehaheha

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