Mozbar question
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Hi,
In the mozbar it has the following for this post:
PA: 55
mR: 3.28
mT: 4.43
DA: 88
What does this data mean and how would you use it to spot a weakness in a competitor?
Now the domain strength is very high 88, so I know you would have trouble attacking that if your own DA was 48.
p.s this is just an example
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The definitions for the mozBar metrics can be found in the URLs below:
PageAuthority - http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/page-authority
mozRank - http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/mozrank
mozTrust - http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/moztrust
Domain Authority - http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/domain-authorityFor spotting a weakness in a competitor, I wouldn't rely solely on the mozBar. But for all intents and purposes of your question I would look at two key metrics to compare: the PageAuthority and total number of linking root domains.
PA gives you an idea of how much more/less authority you have compared to your competitor's page. The number of linking root domains gives you a rough benchmark of how many more unique linking domains you'll need to catch up to them.
Hope that helps!
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