Relevance or Authority for Links
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Which one do you weigh more than the other? I prefer high-authority sites over low-authority but relevant sites/pages personally. From my experience, non-relevant'authoritative' websites/pages tend to have a bigger impact than 'relevant' websites/pages.
What do you think? What is your experience?
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Well said Oracle.
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If you go to Google and search for a highly competitive keyword the authoritative sites will rank highest.
It is very easy to be relevant - any idiot can do it. Becoming authoritative is very hard.
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Same here.
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High Domain authority > Relevancy of site(if it's a low domain site)
I usually find that high domain authority sites even if they are not relevant give you a bigger boost than relevant sites with less Domain authority.
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