MozBar V4 Update - Worst Update Yet?

I’ve been using the old MozBar for ages, and it worked perfectly fine. But this V4 update‍ ? Honestly, it feels like they’ve taken something that worked well and messed it up. Things seem slower, features feel clunky, and the layout is just… meh. Why fix something that wasn't broken?

Bring back the good old days of MozBar, please!

It’s always frustrating when a tool you rely on gets an update that feels like a step backward. The old MozBar had a simplicity and efficiency that just worked, and I totally get your frustration with the V4 update. I'm hoping they take user feedback seriously and bring back some of that old MozBar magic!

i updated mozbar v4

I haven't used their extension, but honestly, Moz is very outdated. Why would anyone rely on their metrics?

Maybe they think MozBar is too old and want to update it, but the more it is updated, the more rubbish it becomes.

bhuva47 said:

I’ve been using the old MozBar for ages, and it worked perfectly fine. But this V4 update‍ ? Honestly, it feels like they’ve taken something that worked well and messed it up. Things seem slower, features feel clunky, and the layout is just… meh. Why fix something that wasn't broken?

Bring back the good old days of MozBar, please!

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yeah its awful. Any way to revert to an older version?

roydan said:

I haven't used their extension, but honestly, Moz is very outdated. Why would anyone rely on their metrics?

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If you've got their extension icon in their toolbar, it was a decent way to tell if a site you're visiting is "legit" or not, if you've never heard of the site before.

For example when online shopping, I'd take a quick glance and see DA 1 and know it's a brand new site that could possibly be sketchy. Conversely when you see a DA above 60 or 70, most of the time you can be pretty confident it's an established brand

joseph15 said:

For example when online shopping, I'd take a quick glance and see DA 1 and know it's a brand new site that could possibly be sketchy. Conversely when you see a DA above 60 or 70, most of the time you can be pretty confident it's an established brand

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DA is the easiest metric to manipulate. You can get your DA to 50-60 for $50.

joseph15 said:

For example when online shopping, I'd take a quick glance and see DA 1 and know it's a brand new site that could possibly be sketchy. Conversely when you see a DA above 60 or 70, most of the time you can be pretty confident it's an established brand

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I know a 15 years old shopping website with DA 9... It means nothing

roydan said:

DA is the easiest metric to manipulate. You can get your DA to 50-60 for $50.

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That's why I said "most of the time" and not "all of the time".

For personal use, 95% of the sites you visit aren't manipulating their DA with fiverr packages. It's a decent way to tell if a website has been around for a couple of years or not when browsing, online shopping, and visiting unknown sites.

TaMNoNa said:

I know a 15 years old shopping website with DA 9... It means nothing

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What's your point? What I'm saying is that If I've never heard of a site in my life, I can generally use a very high DA as an indicator that it most likely has been around for a decent while. Doesn't have to be online shopping, could just be a news site, or a non profit organization..

If you want to make the claim that most of the sites on the internet are manipulating their DA, you're just being dishonest. In reality it's less than 1% of all sites in existence that have ever done this. Everybody knows Moz DA is outdated and pointless in terms of indicating search engine value.

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That's why I said "most of the time" and not "all of the time".

For personal use, 95% of the sites you visit aren't manipulating their DA with fiverr packages. It's a decent way to tell if a website has been around for a couple of years or not when browsing, online shopping, and visiting unknown sites.

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The sites you should be worried about are the ones that would manipulate their DA.

roydan said:

The sites you should be worried about are the ones that would manipulate their DA.

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I would be shocked if just 1 out of the last 1,000 websites I've ever visited in my life (for personal use) have manipulated their DA.

Outside of the SEO world this is so uncommon that it is basically pointless to talk about. When casually browsing it's a reliable way to distinguish between a totally new site and one that has been around, the vast majority of the time.

joseph15 said:

I would be shocked if just 1 out of the last 1,000 websites I've ever visited in my life (for personal use) have manipulated their DA.

Outside of the SEO world this is so uncommon that it is basically pointless to talk about. When casually browsing it's a reliable way to distinguish between a totally new site and one that has been around, the vast majority of the time.

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What do you mean by 'outside the SEO world'? Every site owner is in the SEO world.

What are the alternatives to MozBar under the new update?