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    • garypropellernet
      garypropellernet last edited by

      I want to quantify how much better a score of 80 is compared to 60.

      Or 60 compared to 30 etc....

      What is the logarithm base?

      Thanks,

      Rik

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      • Dr-Pete
        Dr-Pete Staff last edited by

        It turns out to be a bit complicated, since DA/PA are based on a machine-learning algorithm. Dr. Matt Peters, our resident data scientist, answered a similar question here:

        https://seomoz.zendesk.com/entries/22546573-domain-page-authority-logarithmic

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        • Jeepster
          Jeepster last edited by

          Have you looked here?
          http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/domain-authority

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