What's actually working for you to increase Domain Rating in 2026?
Referring domains are growing, backlink count is up — but DR has barely moved.
After digging into it properly I realised a few things that are working against most people:
- Referring domains are 0 DR spam sites that nobody asked for
- Most high-DR backlinks (DR 80+) are nofollow
- The few dofollow links from strong domains are on pages with almost no URL Rating themselves
Curious what's actually moving the needle for others:
- Are you seeing better results from link insertions vs guest posts?
- What kind of content is earning you editorial backlinks without outreach?
- For those in the DR 50-70 range, what finally got you unstuck?
- Anyone had success converting nofollow profile/directory links to dofollow?
Would love to hear what's working and what's been a waste of time.