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Ahrefs has decided to dump google domains for DR calculation so in case you’re planning to bank on them for DR consider changing your strategy
Ahrefs changes DR calculations - doesn’t count google domains
- Thread starter Mr Positive
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rajkumar31
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- Feb 15, 2014
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This is at least 2 to 3 weeks old already. Some DR50 websites became DR5.
- Sep 7, 2017
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By removing link types that were built to manipulate the domain rating statistic, such as Google redirects.
rajkumar31
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Some websites pump up DR entirely building backlinks off of Google properties with the sole intention of using them to provide guest posts service to gullible people
When Ahrefs cracked it, they lost all backlinks and "authority"
stfumanish
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I prefer Semrush! LOL
Doctor Sleep
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Finally
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I'm aware of what link sellers do. But a drop from 50 to 5 is not very believable.
Anyway it's a step in the right direction. Trying to make their metric become more reliable is the way to go.
OlafRustle
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Shit now the smaller sites get stolen from again
Ekalavya Hansaj
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This is actually better for sites providing contenxtual content and articles
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Hmmm, how long until this takes effect? Some of my most spammy sites rely on the g redirects, but to date, nothing has changed yet...
DR is and always has been a 3rd parties metric and THEIR interpretation of Google’s algorithm, same thing goes for DA too, thus will always be manipulatable. Never forget that and never rely on these metrics alone.. proper link profile analysis is where it’s at if you want to ensure you’re getting solid sites to target for links/outreach.
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Still, not sure to which extent Google properties don't affect to the reputation of the site. Ultimately there are legit non Google owned sites that rely on this properties...
I think they are misusing the authority metric from Google as they should be treated as any other dominant 2.0 provider like wordpress.com, but not with the PR of Google itself.
I think they are misusing the authority metric from Google as they should be treated as any other dominant 2.0 provider like wordpress.com, but not with the PR of Google itself.
I'm calling BS on this update. Here's a screenshot of a domain I took today with 1 backlink from the Google web forums... definitely looks fixed....
All that traffic is rocking it though.......