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Domain & Page Authority

Domain Authority (DA) and Page Authority (PA) are third-party scores — from SEO tools like Moz, not Google — that estimate how likely a whole site, or a single page, is to rank. They’re rough predictions on a 1–100 scale, based largely on backlinks.

Why it matters

They’re useful for comparison — gauging a competitor’s strength or tracking your own trend over time. Higher generally means more established and harder to outrank.

The common misreading

Treating DA as a Google ranking factor. It isn’t — Google doesn’t use it; it’s a vendor’s estimate. Chasing a third-party score instead of real visibility (rankings, traffic, citations) is a classic vanity trap.

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