MOZ contributor Eric Enge has published the results of a study on correlation between authoritative links and ranking.

He says, “Each year, Moz has graciously provided us with access to their Link Explorer index, where we obtain the raw data to perform our analysis. In these studies, we perform Spearman Correlation analyses to show how the following variables correlate with ranking:

  • Number of links to the ranking page
  • DA of links to the ranking page
  • PA of links to the ranking page

Please note that Moz has never compensated us for including, or asked us to include, the DA and PA calculations — we have chosen to do that of our own volition. In fact, Moz staff only learned that we had done so in early October of 2020, even though we published the post with our findings on April 16, 2020 (to be honest, I was too busy to catch up with the Moz team and let them know). In short, there is no quid pro quo here”.

The Correlation Between Authoritative Links and Ranking [SEO Study]

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