What are Backlinks?
In 2016, Google confirmed what many SEO experts already knew—backlinks are essential to an effective website. Backlinks and content are the two SEO factors that carry the most weight for websites that rank.
Tools We Love: Moz Domain Authority
Understanding SEO rankings can feel like you’re learning another language. SERPs, keyword optimization, titles, metas, snippets, queries – the list goes on. If you’re just starting to learn about SEO, domain authority is a topic you may not have heard of yet, but it’s one that has a huge impact on understanding your website’s search engine rankings.
What is Domain Authority?
Everyone knows that being at the top of a search engine page is necessary to drive business to your website. However, it can be tricky to know where you stand against competitors without searching for every possible keyword that your site ranks for. That’s where domain authority comes in. Domain authority is a ranking designed to score how knowledgeable your site is about a topic, and by extension, how well it will rank on a search engine. Domain authority scores are between one and 100 — the higher your website’s score, the greater its ability to rank.