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    • vtmoz
      vtmoz last edited by

      Hi,

      It's a known fact about quality of back-links than quantity. Still domains are heavily different from links. Multiple domains are huge comparing to multiple links. Taking an average, how much does 'number of referring domains" boost website authority? I am not speaking about low quality domains, just number of domains including which are irrelevant to the topic or industry.

      Thanks

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      • donsilvernail
        donsilvernail last edited by

        Hello vtmoz,

        I think your questions is very difficult to answer correctly. Domains are not weighted the same. Even high quality domains are not weighted the same. Where are the links coming from DA 100 or DA 25 links. DA is more difficult to increase the higher a domain is, if you have a DA 20 site and want to increase it to a DA 30 site it would have to have a good mix of high DA links. Every ten DA after that the quality needs to be the same or higher and exponentially more links from those higher DA sites.

        DA 100 sites like Facebook have millions of links.

        If you want to see the link profiles of your competitors, use the open site explorer and research the higher DA sites and see who links to them. Then try to emulate the links that are relevant to your niche.

        Thanks,

        Don

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