Domain Authority or Domain Rating?
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DigitalGrown
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DR for guest post and DA for pbn's
Content Power
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I always go for DR over DA. Ahrefs has a bigger backlink database which makes their metric more reliable.
safeSEOboost
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SEO metrics are just what they are, guestimates, so use a combination for better overview; mine is this order:
DA, RD,TF, DR, etc.
So yeah DR combined with DA is best, better than just looking at one of them.
HustleTong
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DA could be manipulated. Prefer DR.
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People prefer Domain rating.
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Common guys you should know better. First you have to understand what this metrics shows, then to decide which one to look for.
DR is measuring the strength of the incoming links only. Nothing more nothing less. Ignores nofollow completely and is kinda weird calculated as it looks at the total number of outgoing links -> links from BBC will give you less DR boost than from shitty PBN, as BBC have many outgoing links, while the PBN may have just one.
TF is trying to determine the proximity and the number of links of the website to/from the "seed" sites and given according to that. Seeds sites are sites than Majestic thinks are the authority website that Google get as a base for ranking.
DA is again looking only at the link strength at to some extend the spam factor.
Now I prefer DR simply because Ahrefs have the best index of those 3 so it gave me the best possible picture of the link profile of the website I am getting link from.
DR is measuring the strength of the incoming links only. Nothing more nothing less. Ignores nofollow completely and is kinda weird calculated as it looks at the total number of outgoing links -> links from BBC will give you less DR boost than from shitty PBN, as BBC have many outgoing links, while the PBN may have just one.
TF is trying to determine the proximity and the number of links of the website to/from the "seed" sites and given according to that. Seeds sites are sites than Majestic thinks are the authority website that Google get as a base for ranking.
DA is again looking only at the link strength at to some extend the spam factor.
Now I prefer DR simply because Ahrefs have the best index of those 3 so it gave me the best possible picture of the link profile of the website I am getting link from.
SEO knights
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Both are good metrics, I personally prefer DA metric for PBN links.
BlackStar81
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I also look more at DR since this rating is more important. DA is more for PBN sites.
soa0611
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and TF is for niche edits?
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Not anymore - they fixed that, last week I think.
RocketFuel
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DR probably, DA has not seemed to be that accurate or to update that often