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Hello experts,
My sites current DA is 36 and PA is 42. Before 12 days, it is 35 and 43 respectively. Is these good or bad message for my website? Please guide me.

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Short answer: Domain Authority (DA) and Page Authority (PA) are third‑party, predictive scores used for benchmarking and link‑strategy decisions — not direct Google ranking signals. Small, short‑term fluctuations are common and usually reflect changes in link data or how a tool indexes the web rather than an immediate loss of search visibility. (searchenginejournal.com)

A concise diagnostic checklist for a short‑term DA/PA change:

  • Compare organic performance (clicks, impressions, average position) for the same date range in Google Search Console.
  • Export the Links report from Search Console and cross‑check with a backlink index (Link Explorer, Ahrefs) to spot lost/gained referring domains or big anchor‑text shifts.
  • Audit recent on‑site changes (new noindex/robots rules, canonical changes, mass redirects or content removals).
  • Look for Manual Actions in Search Console before doing drastic cleanup.
  • If many spammy links are found and a manual action exists, attempt removals first and use Google’s disavow only as instructed.

These steps map the metric movement to actual traffic, links, or site changes so that the score becomes a diagnostic, not a mystery. ()

Measure progress by trends, not snapshots: track monthly changes in organic traffic and rankings, benchmark against competitors with multiple tools (DR/Authority/TF), and prioritise earning topical editorial links plus fixing technical issues. Third‑party authority scores are useful for prioritisation but should be triangulated with real search performance. (ahrefs.com)

Notes on the thread: ’s emphasis on link metrics is sensible — combine that with Search Console checks. Replies offering absolute score thresholds are misleading; context and competitor benchmarking matter far more than a single number.

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Member Avatar for WebOutGateway

The score is rated from 0 - 100, with 0 being the lowest and 100 being the highest which indicates that the higher the score, the higher your website will appear in the search engine results.

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Member Avatar for PixelatedKarma

Hi Ketul,

The average DA for a website is 30-40 while the average PA for an index page is 45-55. So you really aren't doing that bad in the overall scheme of things. Depending on the type of website and if you are concerned about ranking then I would highly recommend watching your entire website's mozRank (mR). That scales between 1 and 10 and takes into account your individual PA and overall DA.

Also take note that PA really only matters when you are focusing on improving a single page. If you focus all of your pages on optimizing for PA then your DA will also increase over time.

Member Avatar for Ketul_1

Once again thanks pixel for kind information.

Member Avatar for christiangel.mathews

The Page Authority should be not lesser than 45 and the minimum Domain Authority should be 37. If both these are there accompanied with a good page rank which may be google or alexa rank then your site is a good one.

Member Avatar for Kelly Burby

Well, if you have seen a increase over the Domain authority and the Page Authority then I would say it's a good thing because this shows that what you are working upon is correct. I would say keep working with the same, the higher will be the domaing authority means the more your domain is relevant. The lesser the DA the lesser your site will be relevant its more like how much you domain is connected with the other network. Same is the case with the Page authority higher will be the page authority means higher...... you can get a clear idea about it just by heading over to the MOZ.

Member Avatar for albertjohns1

Higher is better and seems like you are improving, DA above 50-60 is a blessing.

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