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What Is Website Authority?

by Andrew S
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Of course, it's not Moz's domain authority.

So what is it?
  • Is it how many links a website has?
  • Is it the strength/power of those links?
  • Is it the trustworthiness and prominence of its contributing authors?
  • Is it the quality of its information?
  • Is it its connection with trust signals, like a real address, reviews, and a bonafide corporation?
  • Is it brand signals like a thorough About Us section, active social media accounts, and branded searches?

Is it a culmination of those things?

It's hard to put a finger on it.

But one thing we know for sure:

If we do enough of the above, eventually our sites become authoritative in their respective spaces.
#authority #website
  • Profile picture of the author samsabir
    It is a combination of a few things, and not just one single thing. Moz's domain authority is definitely less impactful as compared to Alexa Rank and its value.
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    • Profile picture of the author divyakochar
      Website Authority refers to Domain Authority basically it is a parameter to know the ranking of the website in search engine result pages. The interlinking of the website helps to gain high domain scores for example Wikipedia. Wikipedia has the highest domain ranking as it has the highest no. links interconnected to their websites.
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      • Profile picture of the author cbpayne
        Originally Posted by divyakochar View Post

        Website Authority refers to Domain Authority basically it is a parameter to know the ranking of the website in search engine result pages. The interlinking of the website helps to gain high domain scores for example Wikipedia. Wikipedia has the highest domain ranking as it has the highest no. links interconnected to their websites.
        As no search engines use the Domain Authority metric to rank websites, care to explain how it "know the ranking of the website in search engine result pages"? WTF does that even mean? You seem to have no clue what you are talking about and what DA even is.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jeffery
        Originally Posted by divyakochar View Post

        Website Authority refers to Domain Authority basically it is a parameter to know the ranking of the website in search engine result pages. The interlinking of the website helps to gain high domain scores for example Wikipedia. Wikipedia has the highest domain ranking as it has the highest no. links interconnected to their websites.
        That is not true:
        Google's John Muller, 10/11 July 2020:
        "Google doesn't use DA at all, so any rankings you might see would be totally independent of DA."
        divyakochar your statement is the most uneducated and ridiculous SEO statement that I have heard in a long time.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeffery
    Originally Posted by Andrew S View Post

    Of course, it's not Moz's domain authority.

    So what is it?
    • Is it how many links a website has?
    • Is it the strength/power of those links?
    • Is it the trustworthiness and prominence of its contributing authors?
    • Is it the quality of its information?
    • Is it its connection with trust signals, like a real address, reviews, and a bonafide corporation?
    • Is it brand signals like a thorough About Us section, active social media accounts, and branded searches?

    Is it a culmination of those things?

    It's hard to put a finger on it.

    But one thing we know for sure:

    If we do enough of the above, eventually our sites become authoritative in their respective spaces.
    It is called Domain Authority or DA for short.

    Google's John Muller, 10/11 July 2020 (5 days ago):
    "Google doesn't use DA at all, so any rankings you might see would be totally independent of DA."
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  • Profile picture of the author Rajamanickam
    I can say DA and PA playing major role nowadays like Page Rank did in the past.
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  • Profile picture of the author @Jennifer
    website authority is the type of trust in front of google about your site, it includes domain authority and page authority and based on these criteria you can easily rank on google it you have hight authority with good DA and PA.
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  • Profile picture of the author sandeepyadav1989
    Website authority is basically its is a combination for Page Authority and Domain Authority. If You are generating a backlink from Good domain authority sites, your page authority and domain will increase and it is good from an SEO point of view.

    Moz is a company and you can't ignore DA & PA.

    If you really want to get backlinks then you should do submission on high DA & PA Sites.

    Install Moz Chrome extension during submission. They actually play a crucial role in SEO
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  • Profile picture of the author Ruby James
    Website authority is an SEO concept that refers to the strength of a given website. It is also called as Domain Authority which is calculated using various factors such as how many unique domains are linking, quality of those linking domains etc.
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    • Profile picture of the author Janvi Arora
      Originally Posted by Ruby James View Post

      Website authority is an SEO concept that refers to the strength of a given website. It is also called as Domain Authority which is calculated using various factors such as how many unique domains are linking, quality of those linking domains etc.
      Yes, true!

      Below are some SEO metrics for DA.
      • Quality backlinks from website that have good DA
      • Domain name should be relevant to your niche
      • Onpage SEO Optimization (Meta Tags, URL, Content and Technical Errors)
      • Proper internal linking
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  • Profile picture of the author Rajeev Gaur
    Hi there,

    Domain Authority is a measure of how well a website is likely to perform in search engine results. It's a search engine ranking score developed by Moz to give an overview of likely site performance. After Google deprecated and then stopped publishing PageRank, DA became one of the go-to replacements
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    • Profile picture of the author cbpayne
      Originally Posted by Rajeev Gaur View Post

      Hi there,

      Domain Authority is a measure of how well a website is likely to perform in search engine results. It's a search engine ranking score developed by Moz to give an overview of likely site performance. After Google deprecated and then stopped publishing PageRank, DA became one of the go-to replacements
      What a total load of nonsense! No search engine uses DA as a metric to rank sites.
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    • Profile picture of the author cbpayne
      Originally Posted by Medon View Post

      Domain authority is a function of many aspects. Quality content, authoritative backlinks, userbility , responsiveness and many more. Just get them right.
      Most of those are NOT used in the DA calculations !!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author smithf
    Website PA, DA is a total SEO factor. It depends upon all SEO terms.
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  • Profile picture of the author surajbag94
    Domain Authority (DA) is a search engine ranking score developed by Moz that predicts how well a website will rank on search engine result pages (SERPs). ... This score can then be used when comparing websites or tracking the "ranking strength" of a website over time.
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  • Profile picture of the author ynmzcn
    Website authority = Backlinks
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrei Prakharevich
    Traditionally, website's authority is derived from the quality and quantity of backlinks a website gets. Realistically, though, it is a concept made up by SEO gurus and SEO tool developers and it doesn't mean anything in particular.
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    • Profile picture of the author cbpayne
      Originally Posted by nancypearl987 View Post

      The domain authority of a website describes its relevance for a specific subject area or industry.
      Why are so many clueless people posting in this thread? DA has NOTHING to do with the subject area or industry.
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      • Profile picture of the author DABK
        Because they are clueless.


        OP, DA is a metric invented by MOZ, so that MOZ could make more money. It is also used by people who sell backlinks to justify charging more for a backlink than it is worth.


        It is also used by wannabe SEO experts to justify their fees / existence.



        Not much use for it outside of the above.


        Originally Posted by cbpayne View Post

        Why are so many clueless people posting in this thread? DA has NOTHING to do with the subject area or industry.
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        • Profile picture of the author cbpayne
          Originally Posted by DABK View Post

          Because they are clueless.


          OP, DA is a metric invented by MOZ, so that MOZ could make more money. It is also used by people who sell backlinks to justify charging more for a backlink than it is worth.


          It is also used by wannabe SEO experts to justify their fees / existence.



          Not much use for it outside of the above.
          Have you noticed how many of them are actually selling SEO services?
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          • Profile picture of the author Jeffery
            Originally Posted by cbpayne View Post

            Have you noticed how many of them are actually selling SEO services?
            Yes and like so many over the years they are here today and gone tomorrow, per se. Dig a lil deeper and you'll find they are selling the same service in the WSO section. It is another reason "Why are so many clueless people posting in this thread?"
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            • Profile picture of the author fastreplies
              Originally Posted by Jeffery View Post

              Yes and like so many over the years they are here today and gone tomorrow, per se. Dig a lil deeper and you'll find they are selling the same service in the WSO section. It is another reason "Why are so many clueless people posting in this thread?"
              Let me try to put it this way;
              what are you going to do if Trollsylvania citizens all the sadden
              stop it regular trips to WF to post their deep thoughts, try to sell
              BS and most of all entertain you and others with stuff you wouldn't
              capable to come up with no matter how hard you'd try?

              We should be thankful to them for keeping us busy.



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          • Profile picture of the author DABK
            Yup. And, sadly, they find buyers.

            Originally Posted by cbpayne View Post

            Have you noticed how many of them are actually selling SEO services?
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  • Profile picture of the author seobusinesscom
    Website authority is scored on a scale of 1 to 100.
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  • Profile picture of the author divyakochar
    All assessment of your website according to the quality backlink it has, the traffic it has, how old the website is, the relevance of the content, and the most important thing is the optimization of the website to guidelines of search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author Medon
    To me, an authoritative site is one that gives the visitor the information they want and leaves them satisfied. They find no good reason to navigate to other sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lxman
    Website authority is the type of trust in front of google about your site it involves domain authority and page authority, and based on these criteria you can easily rank on Google if you have high authority with good DA and PA.
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    • Profile picture of the author cbpayne
      Originally Posted by Lxman View Post

      Website authority is the type of trust in front of google about your site it involves domain authority and page authority, and based on these criteria you can easily rank on Google if you have high authority with good DA and PA.
      FFS! Why do so many clowns continue to post in this thread?
      DA and PA are NOT used by any search engine as a metric to rank sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnsmi
    The domain authority of a website depicts its pertinence for a particular branch of knowledge or industry. This importance directly affects its positioning via web crawlers, attempting to survey space authority through computerized insightful calculations.
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    • Profile picture of the author cbpayne
      Originally Posted by johnsmi View Post

      The domain authority of a website depicts its pertinence for a particular branch of knowledge or industry. This importance directly affects its positioning via web crawlers, attempting to survey space authority through computerized insightful calculations.
      Your word salad is making no sense. You need to use a better spinner.
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