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BeckyKey last edited by

Hi

Our Domain Authority has dropped recently from 29 > 23 - which is really low.

I wondered if anyone had any ideas of why this might be? http://www.key.co.uk/en/key

I'm seeing ranking/traffic improvements for SEO & I'm not currently building any bad backlinks, I did a sweep to Disavow any bad ones last Oct.

I am planning to add good quality links, but is there anything else I can do to improve the authority?
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BeckyKey @Alick300 last edited by

Great thank you
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Alick300 last edited by

Check this latest thread on same topic @ https://moz.com/community/q/drop-in-domain-authority

Thanks
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Alick300 last edited by

Hi Becky,

Please check these two old threads on the same topic.

1>https://moz.com/community/q/why-my-domain-authority-da-is-decreased-from-21-to-19

2>https://moz.com/community/q/domain-authority-and-links-drastically-decreased-in-less-than-a-month

Hope this helps.

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