Could be the PA greater than the DA?
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Hello users MOZ:
I have a question about page and domain authority. It is OK that sometimes PA is greater than the DA? I think that's not right, but it happens in some domains, for example in the attached image. -
So glad I could help!
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Thank you very much for your reply, I really clarified
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Eric and Andrew are both right on this one; PA can definitely be higher than DA in certain situations.
PA is a measure of how likely a page is to rank against any other page in our index, while DA is the same thing for a domain rather than just one page. You can definitely have one page on a domain that ranks well while all of the other pages aren't doing so great.
Both DA and PA are calculated based on a large number of metrics so, while they aren't mutually exclusive, they aren't directly correlated either. DA is taken into account when calculating PA, so a low DA could bring down a high PA a bit, but it doesn't negate all of the other metrics that would make the PA high.
I hope this helps to clear things up!
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Thanks Eric, lot better said than I put it
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Yes, I actually see this quite often for smaller sites. DA is looking at the entire site, while PA is only that page so if that one page is really awesome then yes it will have a PA higher than the overall site. Typically that will happen with the homepage or a really great piece of content, since both would attract the most links to your site. Those pages would grow to have a higher PA, which would be a strong indicator these are important for the overall health of the site.
So if you have a page that has a high PA, you can spread that by having a solid internal linking structure within your website. Link from the high PA page to other important pages for your site, and you'll see the PA of the linked pages grow.
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It can happen that PA is higher than DA on some sites but from my understanding of this both factors can be important and it depends on the situation. They are both measures of ranking power.
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