When looking at creating a backlink strategy which is more important to look at, Domain auhtority or page authority?
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Trying to see which one has more relevance when looking at back linking, if it;s what more important, Domain or Page Authority?
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Thanks for you response!
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Ditto Bevelwise. We see Page Authority as gaining much more rank this year. Link's from pages with low page authority seem to have very little effect.
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Exclellent!!! Thanks!!!
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Short answer: Look at both. Long Answer:The page authority is more important in my opinion because that is the page that would specifically be passing link authority to your site. You may find a page you are trying to get a link from and it may be a really strong domain but at the same time it's a very large website and your link is 6 levels deep in the architecture and has a low page authority. The link from this page with a low page authority would be a weak link, which is why I say page authority is more important.
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