What is the best way to find high domain authority

[GAZ09]

Hi Guys,

Can you anyone tell me please the best way to find high domain authority websites?

I heard this is the best way to build links?

Thanks

Gareth

[eTundra]

As with most things in SEO, it depends.

High domain authority is only one of many metrics you should be using to determine which sites to target for link building.  Quality websites operating in your niche/industry/vertical are the ones you should target first.  Find these sites, and then if you want to prioritize them by highest DA to lowest, fine.

Also look for sites that target the same keyword groups you do and sites that accept guest content, and stay away from sites that look spammy, scrape content from other sites, have more ads than anything else, etc.

In other words, you need to take a more nuanced view of your link targets than just DA.  A high DA site with tons of crummy links and scraped content is never better than a low DA site with tons of original content targeting the same audience you are trying to reach.