What is the absolute strongest way to increase domain authority?
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I'm asking for specific techniques and or examples. I have been link building strong links from related websites and yet my DA has fallen two points in a month.
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Your DA fluctuates over time and you may have gotten hit by Google's "Hummingbird" search engine update.
For links, I'd recommend
1. Posting on forums with your website in the signature line and legitimately respond to questions with good answers, as opposed to spam responses
2. Post new website content to social media with links
3. Take a look at where your competitors are getting links and trying getting a link from the same source
4. Write content for other websites via being a guest host and put a link to your website on the article
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DA fluctuates Jonathan, OSE might not have registered all your links and I would not get too hung up about it. For one of my websites I have had for instance in the last months 68, 65, 64, 62, 64, 66, 64. My sites are pretty strong and about 10% make up .gov and .edu root domain links but are pretty well fixed this year.
Ultimately I don't get hung up on DA much. Also I would use Freshweb explorer and reach out to sites that are mentioning you to develop better links with them.
Best
David
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Honestly, OpenSiteExplorer gives the fewest links of any site I check including webmaster tools. Webmaster Tools shows twice as many links as OSE, and no its not showing them, Roots or Total links.
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Is OpenSiteExplorer showing those new links you acquired? If OSE hasn't detected the links yet, they won't affect your DA.
If yes, check to see if you lost links from other sites and had a net loss, thus the drop in DA.
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