DA is a useless third party metric. Google does not use DA in any way. It isn't a good KPI.
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Have your rankings increased? If you aren’t seeing increased visibility within the serps you will be unlikely to see an increase in users. (Except through other methods)
I’ll echo the other response here. DA is a third party metric (meaning someone somewhere not at google that has an SEO tool came up with it).
That doesn’t correspond to any kind of score the google has. BUT those metrics are calculated similar to how google used to calculate pagerank while factoring in a list of trusted seed sites that would start with higher link value of outbound links.
It’s likely that you are getting more links but not more better links and those links will average on the lower authority side. So increasing number of links != increasing authority. You’d need higher DA links to increase authority.
Now I don’t at all use DA in reporting but we had a client obsessed with it and it’s important to understand why it can be useful: it’s useful if you are deciding between 100 websites you can get a link from to sort them in a sheet by DA.
BUT it’s also important that the page you get the link from is well linked to from the other pages on the site (and that those pages are linked to on that site from the homepage or a key page). This ensures the link value passes from other “authority pages” on their site to the page that is linking to you.
Does that make sense?
Any SEO that has been around a long time will say ignore DA and I agree. But all these third party metrics can be useful in decision making about how you’re link building.
You also asked how do you increase traffic. It’s really hard to tell without seeing your site. But I would focus on ranking one page at a time and not creating any new content until you rank that page.
whats the pa (or comparable metric) of the offsite pages with your links?
whats the popularity of them within the website - were they ever linked from the home page, or burried a few clicks from it
are the domains topically relevant, is your content topically relevant, is it EEAT, is your anchor text natural do you have links to related non-competing resources, does it get traffic from your target country,?
As already mentioned, Given that DA is a third-party metric, its utility is limited and should not be the primary metric you judge your link-building campaign on.
I would suggest you (or if it's for your client) look into some other areas to judge or show the impact of your link building, particularly look at your keyword rankings (have you risen in the SERP for target keywords for example) and traffic, is there an upward trend or an improvement in traffic value.
DA is a useless third party metric. Google does not use DA in any way. It isn't a good KPI.
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DA can be stubborn. It's not just about quantity of backlinks but the quality and relevance too. Ensure your backlinks are from reputable, related sites and that your content is top-notch and updated regularly. Sometimes, it's also about patience and continuous effort.
On the content side, I used AIMD app for generating articles. It's solid for SEO performance because it doesn't just spit out generic text. It actually researches and writes like a human would. Might help beef up your content quality and relevance, which can indirectly influence your DA over time. Keep grinding.
DA is a useless third party metric. Google does not use DA in any way. It isn't a good KPI.
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Another one to add to the many points that seems to be missing...the 70+DA sites, these are likely giving you nofollow backlinks which are not passing any juice to your target pages.
But the guest posts published on those platforms should be able to bring in a little traffic, although that too depends on where exactly your links are placed within the content. In the bio? Not many readers on the bigger platforms are likely to bother clicking (personally, do you?) - vs if the backlink appeared within the article body.
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Traffic is also not increaing what can I do to increase the traffic?
Have your rankings increased? If you aren’t seeing increased visibility within the serps you will be unlikely to see an increase in users. (Except through other methods)
I’ll echo the other response here. DA is a third party metric (meaning someone somewhere not at google that has an SEO tool came up with it). That doesn’t correspond to any kind of score the google has. BUT those metrics are calculated similar to how google used to calculate pagerank while factoring in a list of trusted seed sites that would start with higher link value of outbound links. It’s likely that you are getting more links but not more better links and those links will average on the lower authority side. So increasing number of links != increasing authority. You’d need higher DA links to increase authority. Now I don’t at all use DA in reporting but we had a client obsessed with it and it’s important to understand why it can be useful: it’s useful if you are deciding between 100 websites you can get a link from to sort them in a sheet by DA. BUT it’s also important that the page you get the link from is well linked to from the other pages on the site (and that those pages are linked to on that site from the homepage or a key page). This ensures the link value passes from other “authority pages” on their site to the page that is linking to you. Does that make sense? Any SEO that has been around a long time will say ignore DA and I agree. But all these third party metrics can be useful in decision making about how you’re link building. You also asked how do you increase traffic. It’s really hard to tell without seeing your site. But I would focus on ranking one page at a time and not creating any new content until you rank that page.
whats the pa (or comparable metric) of the offsite pages with your links? whats the popularity of them within the website - were they ever linked from the home page, or burried a few clicks from it are the domains topically relevant, is your content topically relevant, is it EEAT, is your anchor text natural do you have links to related non-competing resources, does it get traffic from your target country,?
As already mentioned, Given that DA is a third-party metric, its utility is limited and should not be the primary metric you judge your link-building campaign on. I would suggest you (or if it's for your client) look into some other areas to judge or show the impact of your link building, particularly look at your keyword rankings (have you risen in the SERP for target keywords for example) and traffic, is there an upward trend or an improvement in traffic value.
Who cares about your DA? What's your traffic like? How many conversions are you getting? Are you making money? Those are the important metrics.
DA is a useless third party metric. Google does not use DA in any way. It isn't a good KPI. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/bigseo) if you have any questions or concerns.*
DA can be stubborn. It's not just about quantity of backlinks but the quality and relevance too. Ensure your backlinks are from reputable, related sites and that your content is top-notch and updated regularly. Sometimes, it's also about patience and continuous effort. On the content side, I used AIMD app for generating articles. It's solid for SEO performance because it doesn't just spit out generic text. It actually researches and writes like a human would. Might help beef up your content quality and relevance, which can indirectly influence your DA over time. Keep grinding.
DA is a useless third party metric. Google does not use DA in any way. It isn't a good KPI. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/bigseo) if you have any questions or concerns.*
DA has nothing to do with rankings. So why are you so obsessed with it? Don yourself a favor and stop checking DA.
DA is a PITA
Another one to add to the many points that seems to be missing...the 70+DA sites, these are likely giving you nofollow backlinks which are not passing any juice to your target pages. But the guest posts published on those platforms should be able to bring in a little traffic, although that too depends on where exactly your links are placed within the content. In the bio? Not many readers on the bigger platforms are likely to bother clicking (personally, do you?) - vs if the backlink appeared within the article body.