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Backlink from really high DA and low PA? Does it improve my ranking?

by Andrea Rillo
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Hello,
I was thinking about letting my website be on this site which is called "groupon".
From what I can see through ahrefs it has got a really high domain authority (ahrefs domain rank) but a low page rank (in average).
What will google look after? Mostly the domain authority or the page authority?
Or both?
Thank you for the answers in advance.
Kind Regards
Andrea

Image of the DA and PA : http://puu.sh/d5A5g/58f5476739.png
#backlink #high #improve #low #ranking
  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Is Groupon a followed link? I've never checked.

    Either way the page will be weak with no direct internal/external links. Doubtful there's any static supporting links on strong internal pages.

    [edit]
    I just checked, they are followed links.

    Interesting.
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    • Profile picture of the author Andrea Rillo
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Is Groupon a followed link? I've never checked.

      Either way the page will be weak with no direct internal/external links. Doubtful there's any static supporting links on strong internal pages.

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      I just checked, they are followed links.

      Interesting.
      I'm not sure about why it should be weak. Could you explain it again please?
      Thank you again for the advice/support
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by Andrea Rillo View Post

        I'm not sure about why it should be weak. Could you explain it again please?
        Thank you again for the advice/support
        The backlink page has to have strong links pointing directly at the same page (the page with your followed backlink).

        DA/PA are made up metrics, those same guys are counting Facebook Likes & Tweets. Showing the backlink profiles is useful.
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        • Profile picture of the author habibkhan01
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          Backlinks from high PA & DA helps you the best results to top your site. Do follow links also give you better ranking cuz most of the search engines emphasis dofollow backlinks.
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  • Profile picture of the author AskAnAffiliate
    Hi,

    Either way the page will be weak with no direct internal/external links. Doubtful it's a static link on any strong internal pages.
    This is very true. If you have a link coming from a page with a LOW PA it means the page has a low value and won't be too useful. Next, make sure the link is DO-FOLLOW as it will count as a link back.

    Having a LOW PA means that no other internal or even external valuable links are linking to the content. I would try and find a better source. Make sure whatever link you are building, it's relevant as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author AskAnAffiliate
    I'm not sure about why it should be weak. Could you explain it again please?
    Page Authority measures the strength of individual page so when you are getting a link from the page, if its low, then the link has low value. For example, if I have 2 pages with the following..

    PA 56 and PA2...The one which has PA56 will provide more value. Next, there are other factors which will determine value of link but in regards to PA...that's individual strength of page.

    Now...PA can be influenced overtime which means if its low today it doesn't mean it won't increase later on. This is why so much value has been put on high quality content because with quality comes the chance people will link to that page increasing PA overtime and increase value of links on the page.
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    • Profile picture of the author Andrea Rillo
      Originally Posted by AskAnAffiliate View Post

      Page Authority measures the strength of individual page so when you are getting a link from the page, if its low, then the link has low value. For example, if I have 2 pages with the following..

      PA 56 and PA2...The one which has PA56 will provide more value. Next, there are other factors which will determine value of link but in regards to PA...that's individual strength of page.

      Now...PA can be influenced overtime which means if its low today it doesn't mean it won't increase later on. This is why so much value has been put on high quality content because with quality comes the chance people will link to that page increasing PA overtime and increase value of links on the page.
      What about the domain authority then? Does having a really high DA do not really improve the page link made on a low PA page?
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by Andrea Rillo View Post

        What about the domain authority then? Does having a really high DA do not really improve the page link made on a low PA page?
        Nope. You aren't getting squat in value from a site like Groupon.
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  • Profile picture of the author AskAnAffiliate
    What about the domain authority then? Does having a really high DA do not really improve the page link made on a low PA page?
    Here is something which will explain DA... It measures the overall quality of a website.

    MOZ uses it to understand the overall link profile of the domain. Having a direct impact on search rankings is hard to say. A high DA means that other high DA websites are linking to the domain. It's means the domain has a high link profile or valuable profile.

    Having pages interlinked from a high DA domain will add value to the PA. If the DA is powerful then interlinking between pages on a high DA will add value to PA. DA does matter because it can influence PA. However DA to influence is very difficult as many metrics build up the metric. It's a predictive metric.
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  • Profile picture of the author mase857
    Originally Posted by Andrea Rillo View Post

    Hello,
    I was thinking about letting my website be on this site which is called "groupon".
    From what I can see through ahrefs it has got a really high domain authority (ahrefs domain rank) but a low page rank (in average).
    What will google look after? Mostly the domain authority or the page authority?
    Or both?
    Thank you for the answers in advance.
    Kind Regards
    Andrea

    Image of the DA and PA : http://puu.sh/d5A5g/58f5476739.png

    Very interesting ... How do you get that backlink from Groupon ,.. Logged on the site but I didn't see where ? I'd really appreciate it .
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by mase857 View Post

      Very interesting ... How do you get that backlink from Groupon ,.. Logged on the site but I didn't see where ? I'd really appreciate it .
      You don't want it. It's a junk link.

      You have to run an offer with them and they will link to your page. It is a link on a new page... PR n/a, PA 1... useless. And it will have very few internal links pointing at it and quickly be buried 50 pages deep.
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

        You don't want it. It's a junk link.

        You have to run an offer with them and they will link to your page. It is a link on a new page... PR n/a, PA 1... useless. And it will have very few internal links pointing at it and quickly be buried 50 pages deep.
        That's what I figured, at best it might get a temporary internal ink on an authority page that would disappear within hours considering how fast Groupon ads new offers/businesses.

        I checked one random old offer on Groupon, it had 2 weak external links pointing at the offer page.
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  • Profile picture of the author promo87
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    Yes, of course it helps alot in getting good ranking the more the DA and PA of the site the more will be the trust flow among the search engines and the chances of getting ranking would be more !
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  • Profile picture of the author RafaelPratt
    Page ranks already don't matter so don't worry about that. Leaving your link/s on high DA sites can help you rank but of course there's a lot more things that you should consider rather than that.
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