Domain authority dropped 4 points in a week!
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I don't understand. I am continually blogging, optimizing, creating new landing pages, getting awesome inbound links... Traffic has even been up dramatically in the past two months. I checked the DA on Monday and it was 59 and today it is 55. What?? Help! http://www.howlatthemoon.com/
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Thanks everybody! That was absolutely terrifying
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Ours Did the exact same thing : read here for more answers to this question
[http://moz.com/community/q/domain-authority-droped-4-pointsi](http://moz.com/community/q/domain-authority-droped-4-points)t seems to be across the board, Hopefully it doesn't affect our traffic, so far i haven't seen any significant drop.
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Thank you for clearing this i was searching about this issue. My DA also reduced 3 points. I see this happens to all my competitors and I am not the only one!
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Considering the metrics that probably matter most to your business:
search revenue
leads
unique traffic
engagement
stickinessEverything else is something you will checkout in the line of your favorite coffee shop, and probably nothing you need to spend a lot (read: more than the time it takes to get coffee) on.
Hope this helps!
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Jessy is right... check other signals like traffic, rankings and quality links if they are going as you want them to be then dont care much about DA!
I lost 3 actually but when i look at other blogs I see this happens to all and I am not the only one!
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If your traffic is up then forget about your DA. You are winning! If my traffic is climbing I don't care if my PR reads banana and my DA reads apple, I'm gonna shout it from the rooftops and go out for sushi! (not banana/apple sushi though cause yuck.)
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Thank you for clearing that up for me.
Sincerely,
Thomas
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MozCast doesn't use Domain Authority in its calculation.
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Keri,
If you would not mind shedding light on if Moz Cast reflects domain authority through Moz as well as Google algorithm fluctuations information?
Mozcast is a fantastic tool for keeping up on Google's algorithm updates and changes.
I hope this helps as well,Thomas
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The index updated this week, for the first time in about six weeks. This can cause DA to change, especially since the index is a little smaller this month. Before worrying too much, check out your competitors and see how they compare to you, and if they've also decreased.
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