Big Jump in Domain Rank

[fraserhannah]

We have just seen a big jump in domain rank (35 - 40) since the last update, this is also the case with the other sites we are tracking through Campaign Manager.

Can anyone give me an idea what has caused this?

[fraserhannah]

This is why I love Moz, ask a question and there is always one or two people there to help.

Thanks

Fraser

[Travis-W]

I agree with Schwaab that there was something wrong with the previous update (or it was just run differently).

All my competitors and I dropped in DA after the previous update, but after the most recent update it seems to have fixed itself (3 points down, then 3 points back up).

[Schwaab]

I believe Moz had some issues with their linkscape index sometime over the past few months.  The metrics for the last update were put together using a smaller sample size of links, meaning the numbers were down across the board for most sites.  The problems were corrected and now the metrics are being calculated using a larger sample size of links, meaning the metrics went back up.