2014 Local Search Ranking Factors – Domain Authority

2014 Local Search Ranking Factors – Domain Authority first appeared in: Semantic Mastery

In this video I analyse Moz’s 2014 Local Search Ranking Factors study and point out that Domain Authority (DA) is one of the most important ranking factors.

Here is the link to the original study: http://moz.com/local-search-ranking-factors

Link to screenshot with notes: http://screencast.com/t/40SuojDOQnir

Other critical components are Page Authority (PA) and quality/authority of inbound links and structured & unstructured citations.

I mention how Semantic Mastery teaches ways to boost both Domain Authority and Page Authority very quickly and also reveal our approved source for building the highest quality citations, BrightLocal’s Citation Burst service:

http://semanticmastery.com/brightlocal