Subdomain vs Root Domain Metrics
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My site has everything in the root - test.com. www.test.com is redirected to test.com and all content is in the root; there are no subdomains.
So I'm completely confused as to how the mozrank and moztrust are different. They have the same number of links yet:
Subdomain:
MozRank - 3.72
MozTrust - 3.23Root Domain:
MozRank - 3.05
MozTrust - 2.79This seems consistent with all my competitors too so just wondered if someone could explain why the root domain is usually/often lower? Surely the root domain numbers should always be equal to or higher than the subdomain?
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I think I understand the basic idea of mozRank and mozTrust, just confused as to how it's possible for a subdomain to have a lower score. I guess only by having multiple sub domains can your overall root domain rank as high or higher than your subdomain...
I have set the preferred domain to the non www. site and all www. are 301'd to non www. In sitexplorer if I view the www. then there is one followed link that is 301'd to the non www. site. So that's why I'd have thought they'd be the same.
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mozRank represents a link popularity score. So it could be a situation where people are linking to your site differently. (http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/mozrank)
mozTrust is more complicated because it has many factors. Here is a WBF on it by Rand (http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-domain-trust-authority)
That being said, have you set your preferred domain in Google WMT?
Have you used OpenSiteExplorer.org to see both link profiles (www vs non www)
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