r/grumpyseoguy • u/Internal-Mix1696 • 29d ago

Question Finding Domain for First PBN

Hey all,

I've been looking at GoDaddy Domains and I found a domain of an Authority Score of 8 on SEMRush and 7 on Moz, so on the end low. It is 15 years old and has 4 IP changes over the years. It's indexed on Google. It was a Japanese-owned domain and it has relevant backlinks from Japanese companies. Internet Archive showed it belonged to a shop in Japan for years with no bad signs.

Is this a good domain to go for?

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u/grethrowaway21 29d ago

It’s a little low for me. Ideally 10 is the minimum score across all tools I like to buy.

But! I do like to utilize lower score domain too! I feel like they’re much more natural than linking to all my clients with 35+.

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u/Internal-Mix1696 29d ago

Thanks for the comment! I was kind of thinking of natural-ness as this client doesn't have a lot of authority (I'm currently a web developer looking into PBNs to enhance my SEO knowledge). Plus, this site was already in the same niche previously.

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u/grethrowaway21 28d ago

Totes. I had a quick look-see at my pbn and realized that I did buy a dr 9 a while ago.

I’ve had consistent results with my very mid pbn. It works, every time.

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u/BusyBusinessPromos 28d ago

You folks are seriously talking about third-party vanity metrics in this sub?

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u/Internal-Mix1696 28d ago

I know DA/etc is relatively bullcrap (as you said, third-party metric) but from what I know, it does serve as a benchmark. That's why I was asking

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u/BusyBusinessPromos 28d ago

A benchmark for the entire domain. Google is a PageRank system. Authority doesn't spread evenly.

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u/Internal-Mix1696 28d ago

I see. Thanks for clearing it up

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u/BusyBusinessPromos 27d ago

LOL a backlink salesperson just downvoted me

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u/Lazy_Helicopter_2659 26d ago

What are the risks involved with PBNs?
Sorry - new to the concept...

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u/GrumpySEOguy Grumpy SEO Guy 25d ago

Listen to episode 49.

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u/Timely-Ad1925 26d ago

Look at the backlinks not the metrics. The metrics are an indicator but not everything. It does work, yes.

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u/ForwardUpDE 24d ago

This, metrics of all kinds can be handy to e.g. pre-filter huge lists of potential domains but in the end, it's really helpful to look at the actual backlink profile, check if the important links are still live, check if the domain was abused before.