Increase Your Domain Authority For A Higher Search Engine Ranking

Domain Authority or [DA] in SEO helps determine your search engine ranking thereby the flow and quality of web traffic. It is a metric score developed by Moz and several other companies have also coined metrics based on various factors to rate the sites. Even though search engines go through hundreds of factors to reveal the page and position of your site, domain authority is increasingly becoming of the key factors in recent times. So what exactly is and how do you get a high one? Let’s find out!

What Is The Score About?

So the domain authority is a score between 0 and 100 where the more the number the higher the chances of ranking better of search engine ranking. It takes into account over 40 factors to determine the score and one of the primary ones being the number of backward links to your website on the web and the authority of these site with the link and the age of your website. Though this does not directly reflect as a Google ranking score but it’s a great tool to measure your SEO efforts and tweak strategies and plans.

Can I Hit The Century?

So the question that pops up is can your site have domain authority of 100? Well, the answer is, a very tough nut to crack. The reality is sites like Google and Facebook enjoy the privilege of having such a score and getting there would be hill not climb. Instead you should focus on getting a number that would push you up the search rankings and you can even hit the first with a domain authority of 25. But it’s not an easy road to influence it directly to improve your score.

How To Improve What I Got?

There are several foundational steps to building a site that scores well on domain authority. For starters you could purchase an old domain. As referred before it’s is one of the key factors that determines the score. Since it’s quite about the backward linking, you must generate a lot of linkable content on your website. You need generate high quality content that other authoritative sites will be interested to link. With the drastic increase in mobile browsing, having a mobile friendly site is a definite yes, otherwise the chances of losing putting you in a potential spot of losing visitors thereby adversely affecting your score.

While these are just some of the steps to improving the score they can be an effective ground to start at.  To remind you a low domain authority score does not mean you are doomed to perform badly on Google, so always look wide and beyond and approach the score from a wholesome perspective. Being patient and consistent are the keywords here. Keep your focus on building a website that delivers killer content and a blazing user experience that will collectively contribute in the overall attraction and loyalty of relevant visitors.

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