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    • dballari
      dballari last edited by

      Hi!! I'm comparing OSE metrics for a site named like www.mydomain.com and have the following results:

      • Subdomain MozTrust 5.65 (that is www.mydomain.com subdomain)

      • Root domain MozTrust 0.82 (that is mydomain.com domain)

      On the other hand one of my competitor have:

      • Subdomain MozTrust 3.68 (that is www.otherdomain.com subdomain)

      • Root domain MozTrust 3.67 (that is otherdomain.com domain)

      Both websites' root domains point to the www subdomain. So how come in my domain theres is such a huge difference between these metrics and on the competitor's site both values are very similar?

      I'd greatly appreciate any comment on this.

      Cheers,

      David

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      • Cyrus-Shepard
        Cyrus-Shepard last edited by

        Hi David,

        I'm actually unsure. Could you send me the URL you're looking at (feel free to private message me if your uncomfortable)

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