hi, yes
8:48 am
so, an issue with the indication of my DR
due to spammy backlinks, I think ahrefs' DR misrepresents my DR
and shows artifically higher than it should be
that's because of plenty of artificial redirects
let me give you an example
we're talking about site: devsdata.com
plenty of artificial redirect like that one
now, I'll of course take time and aim to remove them
that being said, I don't have control over these links
and it could be that i will not succced in removin them
but ahrefs being a remarkable tool
there should be a feature to disregard these link
and don't take them into consideration when calculating a DR
I mean, these links are invisible to Google
so it's really a pity that ahrefs takes them into consideration when calculating dR
what can we do about it?
all i need is to see my TRUE DR
right now, ahrefs show artificial, fake and false DR
becaause of these spammy redirects
Steven profile
So I can see there is a surge in your backlinks and referring domains, so you mean there are spammy backlinks to your domains right
some of them, yes
especially the ones with redirects
like that one
Steven profile
Have you tried to disavow those spammy links?
in google - yes
but ahrefs still shows them
if I disavow in ahrefs, will the change be reflected on my ahrefs DR or not?
Steven profile
Actually it will not affect the DR, it will help to remove those spammy backlinks from your backlinks profile
yes, so we'll need to find the solution
i mean, I appreciate the effort that ahrefs takes to be a remarkable tool
but this is just simply a bug in your system and allows people to artificially increase the DR just in ahrefs, but not in google
but of course the goal is to have ahrefs DR as a valid indicator of domain authority
so, what can we do about it
there need to be a solution
this is obviously a big bug in the system if not addressed
Steven profile
That is a good question, but there is no quick fix on this topic. Let me explain first by how do we calculate DR
To calculate DR, we consider:
When a domain's DR is higher, more "link juice" is transferred to linked domains.
The source domain splits its rating equally amongst the domains it links to. So: a DR-10 domain which links to three other domains can influence your DR more than a DR-80 domain which links to a million other domains.
So your question now is if spammy backlinks point to your site and inflate your domain authority, how to get that fix. There are lots of factor put into consideration for a spammy score and in fact there is no predefine "spammy score" within Ahrefs cause there is no best way to define the link is spammy or not unless you check through it. In case you are keen to learn more, we have a guidance to help user find out those spammy links -> https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/752797-is-there-an-accurate-way-to-detect-spammy-backlinks
So with that said, if you look into changing of DR which will be a more complex topic to address and there is no quick walk around to fix that I am afraid. However, we are working on an improved version of Site Explorer and that might be able to help further on this topic. Currently this is an ongoing project, we are looking to have more updates by next quarter.
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yea
but the problem remains
it's not even a matter of spammy links
in a sense, I'm not talking about links considered spammy
I'm talking about links that are genuinely worthless to google, but at the same time they are used to inflate ahrefs DR
these are all the artificial redirects e.g. google.com ... ?q=http://devsdata.com
Steven profile
I know, but as I mentioned, this is a complex issue and there is no quick solution currently. We are working on some improvement on DR but again no confirm time when this will get fixed.
quick solution would be just the ability to, perhaps only locally if the project is added, allow the users to submit a list of links that should be totally ignored.