Website domain authority can be one of the most important ways to measure success in your online business. As a website domain owner, it's important to stay informed on the most current ways to keep it in front of the most people at all times. Part of that involves using measurement tools to see what your website looks like to outside sources that may be used to find you. Therefore, you may be wondering what is my domain authority? Learn how to find your domain authority, learn what is domain authority and page authority,  what is a good domain authority, and more.

What Is Domain Authority?

Ranking on or near the first page with the biggest search engines is essential to getting your website seen. Domain authority is a score developed by Moz that measures your ability to rank on the search engine result pages (SERPs). This score ranged from 1 to 100, with 100 being the best score possible and 1 being the lowest.

How To Check Domain Authority And How DA Works

To check domain authority, you'll need to use a domain rating checker. The Moz Link Explorer is the best place to find your domain authority or the page authority of any given page on your website. Many online marketing platforms and SEO tools will quote your website’s domain authority. This useful tool will provide the domain authority ranking, which will be a number between 1 and 100. 

New websites always begin with a DA score of 1. As a website gains high-quality backlinks to it over time, this score will gradually increase. Keep in mind that because it’s figured on a logarithmic scale, it’s much easier to get to 10 than it is to 20, and so on. In order to track your progress, you’ll want to check domain authority history and use a domain rating checker periodically to check and log your current score.

What's A Good DA Score?

What is a good domain authority? A “good” DA score for a website is one that is higher than that website’s competitors in search. It all depends on what the website you’re trying to rank is about. In some niches, a 20 or 30 is a good score if your competitors in search rank below 20. Other niches will require that you have a DA of over 70 to even have a good chance to appear on the first page of Google.

Domain authority is a predictive metric. It should be used to compare competing websites or tracking the ranking of a certain site over time. It’s not an absolute metric. Also, while DA is not an official metric used by Google itself, it is recognized as a benchmark that other SEO tools refer to all the time.

DA VS. Page Authority

What is domain authority and page authority and how do each of these relate to each other? Page authority looks at the ranking strength of individual pages on a website. It’s ranked the same way, but compares individual pages in search results instead. So, you could have a website with a low DA but have individual pages with much higher PA (page authority).

How Can I Influence My DA?

Because DA is an approximation based on many different factors that Google uses in ranking websites, it’s difficult to influence it directly. As a general rule, you should focus on building high-quality backlinks. Track and log your domain authority ranking often. Then, check domain authority history periodically to see how you're doing. This will help you find patterns in what is increasing your score.

Why Did My Domain Authority Change?

There could be many reasons your DA would change, some of which are out of your control. The first and most common reason for it to change is that Moz recently crawled more or fewer domains that were linking back to your domain. It can change based on the number of links, as well as the quality of said backlinks. The DA also may have changed because of a higher authority domain having its score raised or reduced. This can change the ranking of other indexed domains in the category, including yours. 

How To Improve My Domain Authority

The easiest way to improve your domain authority is to create content that people want to link to. Also, making sure backlinks use keyword rich anchor text is important. Keeping track of your link profile and disallowing poor quality links with Google’s Disavow Tool also helps. DA is not something you can change overnight, so you have to continue to work on it.

In short, your domain authority ranking will tell you where you are in relation to competitors. Tracking it frequently will help you learn how much you are improving or of your score drops. To search for your domain authority score, use a domain checker, such as Moz Link Explorer. Improve your score by gaining quality backlinks from reputable sources.


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by Phoenix Desertsong, Social Media Expert

Social media can be a great tool for building a community around your business. But, no matter what channels your target audience prefers, you must build a community so strong that it just requires a little watering here and there. It’s gotta be sort of like a Chia pet - a Chia Community, if you will.

You may have that community on Twitter, or LinkedIn, or Facebook, or Instagram, or somewhere like on a Discord chat server. It may be across multiple channels. But, wherever you start getting people to interact, whether it's actively commenting and sharing, or even just passive likes and clicks, that's where you should focus. And, that's different for everyone.

So, how do you build a Chia Community online?

It’s actually a lot more straightforward than you might think. It’s not EASY, per se. But, here’s the key: you need cheerleaders. By cheerleaders, I mean members of your community that are active on a regular basis. 

Whatever platforms they may be on, those are your cheerleaders. They are the ones that make your stuff visible. Feed them, nurture them, and keep them around as long as you can.

Of course, you want to post on a regular basis. Whenever that is, be consistent. Even if it’s just once a week. But, once a day Monday through Friday seems to work the best. Really, watch for the days that your audience is most active. Then, focus on posting at those times, even if those times are on the weekends. You can always schedule posts. Then, be sure you respond to comments and thank people for their shares.

Is it really all that easy? Well, that part of it is easy enough. But first you have to actually get those cheerleaders AND find the content that speaks most to your audience. That takes a lot of trial and error.

There is NO “one-size-fits-all” solution for building a Chia Community. You can certainly get ideas from other successful communities. But, it all comes down to what works for you. 

Also, what works on one platform may not work on another and vice versa. If you have to chart it all out, by all means, do so. My best suggestion is to focus on the channels that get you the most exposure and trickle stuff out to the others that don’t.

What channels do you find work the best for you when it comes to networking? Where will you build your Chia Community?

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Once one of our Brand Healing Specialists (aka Brand Shamans) has done an analysis, we can outline what we feel will work best for you based on that research. This step is FREE and is where you will gain your FREE insight that is needed in order for us to take action. Actions may include things like email discussions on what your brand means to you, interactions via social media and/or your online community, content marketing that matches your brand, and more! This custom brand healing plan can help you find your brand's inner spirit and begin the healing process on your company's life path.

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Once you have your analysis, it's in your hands to take action by having us kick your brand or community's spirituality (voice) into high gear. If there's not enough interaction going on around your community or brand, it's not connected properly. Let the Brand Shamans work together as a team with you and your audience to find your brand's inner spirit and strengths.

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When the connection has been found, watch how your brand or community's spirituality and positive interactions improve! Many companies and communities forget the connection part when it comes to engaging with their audience and members. We help you bring everything and everyone together to find a common ground and purpose surrounding your community or brand. Once this happens, the rest falls into place quickly.

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