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Unsolved Links to my website are wrong
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 Hi, I have launch a new website, lorraine on october of 2021 and I have added it to a bunch a local and national directories to improme it local rankings. But when I get the domain authority and link data from MOZ it has only ten links and no one of them is from local/national directories. I have three questions: - Do you know if it is normal that after 9 months DA is 1?
- Is there any problem with local/national directory links?
- I dont like buy links like others do but it seems the only way to improve domain authority and rankings.
 
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 - Fluctuations in domain authority are common, this might be the effect of the bad links got from the directories.
- Try to get quality links from the local directories.
- You can always build organic do-follow links through guest posting it helps in building your Domain authority.
 If you're willing to do guest posting, I would say use Postifluence. It will make your guest posting work easier by finding the top ranking guest posting sites and it's quite an affordable tool.
 
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 @nkgrg said in Links to my website are wrong: inurl:edu/forum/*register Very interesting... I have this one link directory: https://www.qdq.com/lorraine-1196639 But If I google it: 
 site:qdq.com inurl:lorraine It seems to not been indexed. How can I index this page If it isnt of my property? Thanks 
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 @agnieszka4n Linked from where? 
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 I think it is correct, you have a PA of 16 on your domain with these links, then the DA will increase more slowly no doubt. 
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 @lorraine-es 
 Hi Lorraine,
 I was there where you are right now.
 But now I have gone far away by using some methods- try to submit your sites to high ranking directories, forums etc.
- Google this and submit your site manually.
 inurl:edu/forum/*register
 Hope it helps. 
 Gurung
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 @lorraine-es have you linked directories? 
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