Why did the April Index Raise DA?
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All of our websites DA raised dramatically, including the competitors we track Any idea why this may have happened across the board?
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Hi,
This is a recurring question on the Moz Q&A - you might want to check Rand's post about fluctuation of the DA in relation to index updates: https://moz.com/community/q/da-pa-fluctuations-how-to-interpret-apply-understand-these-ml-based-scores
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