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What benefit does a site with a low DA get from someone guest posting who links to a site with a high DA?
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I'm relatively new to link building and although this may be an obvious question I can't seem to find an answer anywhere even after searching Google.
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Thanks Adam,
That's cleared it up a bit. So if I were to accept a guest post on my site, which for example has a DA of 17, from someone who is linking their article back to their site (DA of 70) I don't receive any link value?
That's a shame, I would have liked to benefit a bit more haha.
Thanks again,
Josh
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Hi Josh.
There isn't really much benefit to the site with low DA in terms of link value. However, if the guest poster is particularly knowledgeable on the topic they are writing about, you would expect them to link to sites with high DA. In other words, it could be taken as a sign that the poster knows the topic well if they are linking to other authority sites on the topic.
Hope that helps,
Adam.
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