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  • joinpakarmy234
    joinpakarmy234 last edited by Jul 10, 2020, 12:27 PM

    When I check my this website https://joinpakarmy.com.pk/  on Moz it gives me DA 3
    But when I check it out on Ahrefs, it tells me there is no authority for this site.
    So who is more accurate in the result?
    thanks

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    • dave.kudera
      dave.kudera Staff last edited by Aug 6, 2020, 12:12 PM Aug 6, 2020, 12:12 PM

      Hi - thanks for reaching out.

      One thing to keep in mind is the data we collect in our index will vary from what they collect in there's. If you are seeing data in Link Explorer but not in their tools, most likely this is because we have data around your site, and they do not.

      We hope that helps, let us know if you have further questions we can assist with.

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      • DmitriiK
        DmitriiK @Vanderlindemedia last edited by Jul 14, 2020, 4:09 PM Jul 14, 2020, 4:09 PM

        Actually, even Google folks don't really know  how exactly the algorithm works, all due to machine learning.

        Check this: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-understand-complex-algorithms-23848.html

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        • Vanderlindemedia
          Vanderlindemedia last edited by Jul 11, 2020, 9:48 AM Jul 11, 2020, 9:48 AM

          Take into account that, both MOZ and A hrefs have the tendency to still list links while being removed for a while.

          Really these numbers dont mean alot in comparison to google. Both are not asociated with google but do their own maths or calculation on how to summerize it's DA/PA. What google does is litterally a mystery for everyone except for who works at google obviously.

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          • DmitriiK
            DmitriiK last edited by Jul 10, 2020, 1:52 PM Jul 10, 2020, 1:52 PM

            Hi there,

            Well, It's not about which tool is more accurate.

            MOZ and Ahrefs are using completely different ways of calculating DA and DR, therefore, scores will be different.

            If you check your URL, you can also see that MOZ reports 19 domains and 53 backlinks, while Ahrefs reports 45 domains and 134 backlinks.

            Ahrefs has much bigger index, so, technically, Ahrefs is more "accurate". The way I distinguish Ahrefs vs MOZ's indexes is that MOZ shows "important" backlinks, and Ahrefs shows everything.

            Here is a link to MOZ's description of DA: https://moz.com/learn/seo/domain-authority

            Here is Ahrefs' DR: https://ahrefs.com/blog/dr-score/

            Hope this helps.

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