DA (Domain Authority)

third-party SEO metric

01 Definition

DA (Domain Authority) meaning: A third-party score intended to estimate a domain's ranking strength.

Domain Authority is a proprietary comparative metric created by Moz that predicts how likely a domain is to rank based largely on its link profile. It is not a metric used by Google.

Also called

domain rating

Why it matters

How DA (Domain Authority) fits the work

It can be useful for relative competitive research when its limitations are understood.

In context

The analyst compared Domain Authority alongside traffic quality and topical relevance.

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Practical note

Do not treat the score as a search engine ranking factor or a business outcome.