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        • joinpakarmy234
          joinpakarmy234 last edited by

          When I check my this website https://joinpakarmy.com.pk/  on Moz it gives me DA 3
          But when I check it out on Ahrefs, it tells me there is no authority for this site.
          So who is more accurate in the result?
          thanks

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          • dave.kudera
            dave.kudera Staff last edited by

            Hi - thanks for reaching out.

            One thing to keep in mind is the data we collect in our index will vary from what they collect in there's. If you are seeing data in Link Explorer but not in their tools, most likely this is because we have data around your site, and they do not.

            We hope that helps, let us know if you have further questions we can assist with.

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            • DmitriiK
              DmitriiK @Vanderlindemedia last edited by

              Actually, even Google folks don't really know  how exactly the algorithm works, all due to machine learning.

              Check this: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-understand-complex-algorithms-23848.html

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              • Vanderlindemedia
                Vanderlindemedia last edited by

                Take into account that, both MOZ and A hrefs have the tendency to still list links while being removed for a while.

                Really these numbers dont mean alot in comparison to google. Both are not asociated with google but do their own maths or calculation on how to summerize it's DA/PA. What google does is litterally a mystery for everyone except for who works at google obviously.

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                • DmitriiK
                  DmitriiK last edited by

                  Hi there,

                  Well, It's not about which tool is more accurate.

                  MOZ and Ahrefs are using completely different ways of calculating DA and DR, therefore, scores will be different.

                  If you check your URL, you can also see that MOZ reports 19 domains and 53 backlinks, while Ahrefs reports 45 domains and 134 backlinks.

                  Ahrefs has much bigger index, so, technically, Ahrefs is more "accurate". The way I distinguish Ahrefs vs MOZ's indexes is that MOZ shows "important" backlinks, and Ahrefs shows everything.

                  Here is a link to MOZ's description of DA: https://a-moz.groupbuyseo.org/learn/seo/domain-authority

                  Here is Ahrefs' DR: https://ahrefs.com/blog/dr-score/

                  Hope this helps.

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