—Does this sound familiar? But the reality is, many people spend money chasing high DA values
only to find their rankings unchanged and their websites flagged by Google. Why? Because Google stopped falling for this trick a long time ago.
Last year, a client in the lighting export business listened to so-called “experts” who advised focusing on backlinks with DA40+.
They paid 500 yuan per link, spending 60,000 yuan over three months, but their keywords remained stuck on the second page. When we analyzed the data
we found that 80% of those high-DA domains actually relied on scraped content for traffic, and Google had already flagged them as “low-quality.”
A truly effective backlink structure requires data-driven strategies. For example
start by using PBN backlinks (GMB) to aggressively boost indexing, pushing the website’s page count beyond 100,000.
Then, use forum comment backlinks (GNB) to cover 3,000 domains—even if only 10% are dofollow
it helps dilute the “unnatural” feel of the backlinks. Finally, use independent website backlinks (GPB) to secure 200 long-term
stable domains—these are the ones that truly “hold rankings.”
Now, this client has learned their lesson and no longer obsesses over DA values.
Instead, they focus on results: Does indexing increase within a week of posting backlinks?
Are there fluctuations in the rankings of target keywords? After three months
their core keyword “LED lights” climbed from 18th to 4th place. They said, “If I had known DA was just a myth
I would’ve saved the money and focused on building more volume!”
