This makes no sense to me!

[Klindon]

Can anyone please explain why this list might be ordered in this way? It seems so counter-intuitive!

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[EGOL]

They are listed in the order of their google ranking.

[Klindon]

Wow EGOL - Thanks for that insight - You successfully read the title of the page!

I was actually hoping someone could explain how a page with just one linking domain and page authority of 35 can rank higher than one with 123 linking root domains and page authority of 50?

i.e. Does this suggest the number of linking root domains and page authority is irrelevant in this market?

[EGOL]

Wow EGOL - Thanks for that insight - You successfully read the title of the page!

Yes, see how easy your question was? 

I have a homepage with a PA of 52 that is outranked by an ebay page with a PA of 1 and an amazon.com page with a PA of 1.  These ebay and amazon pages have zero links from other domains.  My page has 45 linking root domains.

Amazon and Ebay win because GOOGLE awards high rankings to pages on authoritative domains.  SEOmoz PA is irrelevant because Google determines the rankings using a different set of factors - especially "onpage" factors.

SEOmoz PA and DA are great for tracking your progress over time but they are very imperfect for predicting google rankings.   If you don't believe that just watch Q&A and see how many people make a post like yours.... "WTF, my PA is higher and they are beating me"

These folks think one of these things:

1. Google is screwing them

2. SEOmoz metrics are bogus

The real answer is:  3) These folks don't  understand PA and DA or they have a site with some penalty or throttle.

I would like to see SEOmoz explain these numbers and how they should be used with greater clarity and post obvious links to that content  where the results of the tool is displayed.