{"id":24722,"date":"2024-08-25T20:18:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T10:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=24722"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:06:47","slug":"domain-rating","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/glossary\/domain-rating\/","title":{"rendered":"Domain Rating (DR)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Domain Rating (DR)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Domain Rating (DR) a metric created by Ahrefs and it developed to represent a websites strength of its backlink profile on a logarithmic scale from 0 to 100, with 100 being to strongest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is similar to SEMrush\u2019s AS (Authority Score) &amp; Moz\u2019s DA (Domain Authority) metrics developed to represent similar metrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahrefs DR is often used by SEO professionals for competitor analysis, link opportunities, and website authority within SERPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been several studies on these metrics and DR being a key focus \u2013 displaying a strong correlation to the higher a website&#8217;s DR, the more likely the website will rank for a higher quantity of keywords &#8211; therefore increasing organic traffic through to the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See below Ahrefs example of DR and Page UR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ahrefs-DR-and-UR-1024x263.png\" alt=\"Ahrefs DR and UR\" class=\"wp-image-43060\" style=\"width:448px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ahrefs-DR-and-UR-1024x263.png 1024w, https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ahrefs-DR-and-UR-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ahrefs-DR-and-UR-768x198.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ahrefs-DR-and-UR.png 1042w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does Domain Rating scale?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The key part for how DR scales is in the term \u201clogarithmic\u201d \u2013 this means that the increase required to move from DR10 to DR11 is far less that trying to increase from DR70 to DR71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simply put\u2026 The higher your DR, the harder it is to increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you increase your Domain Rating (DR)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahrefs doesn\u2019t disclose the domain rating formula, yet they have outlined some key factors that influence the number;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Number of domains linking to your website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The DR of these linking domains \u2013 The higher a linking domain&#8217;s DR, the more \u201cDR\u201d it passes onto your website.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The number of domains the linking domains are linking too \u2013 If you are receiving a link from a DR 50 website that out links to 1m sites\u2026 this will provide little \u201cpass-through\u201d in authority\u2026 whereas receiving a link from a DR 40 with that links to only 100 sites may have more impact on your DR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":""},"class_list":["post-24722","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/24722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}