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Metrics guide

Domain Rating vs Domain Authority: Useful Metrics, Different Systems

DR and DA are third-party authority metrics from different tool providers. They are useful for comparison inside a tool, but neither is a Google ranking score.

Editorially reviewed • Updated September 14, 2026

What DR measures

Domain Rating is Ahrefs’ metric for the relative strength of a website’s backlink profile.

What DA measures

Domain Authority is Moz’s predictive metric for ranking strength based on its own data and model.

Why buyers misuse them

Metrics become dangerous when they replace relevance, traffic, editorial quality and page-level evaluation.

How to use them better

Treat authority metrics as screening signals, then inspect the actual publisher and placement.

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