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Domain Authority Checker
Review the authority score and backlink signals Crawly has indexed for a domain, including referring domains, link totals and available rank signals.
Enter a domain such as example.com. If you enter a full URL, the lookup uses its domain.
About this checker
Crawly’s score is its own index metric, not Moz DA. Page Authority (PA) is not available from this Crawly API, so this checker does not estimate or invent a PA score.
The domain is sent to Crawly’s API to retrieve its indexed link metrics. This checker does not submit page content. Scores are third-party estimates and may differ from other SEO providers.
How to interpret an authority score
Crawly's authority estimate is a third-party comparison metric based on the link data available in its index. It is not Moz Domain Authority, Page Authority or a score published by Google. Compare domains using the same provider and review the referring-domain and backlink counts alongside the score.
Common questions
Is this the same as Moz Domain Authority?
No. This checker reports Crawly's own domain authority estimate. Scores from different providers use different data and methods, so they are not interchangeable.
Does Google use this score to rank websites?
No. Crawly's metric is not a Google ranking metric. Use it as one comparison signal and review your site's Search Console performance and actual links.
Can I check Page Authority here?
No. Crawly's API does not provide a Page Authority score through this checker, so the tool does not estimate one.
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How to use the Domain Authority Checker
- Enter a domain like example.com in the 'Website domain' field; full URLs are reduced to their domain automatically.
- Click the 'Check authority' button to query Crawly's API for the domain's indexed link metrics.
- Review the metric cards for the authority score alongside referring domains and backlink totals.
- Compare domains only against other results from this same checker, since scores differ between providers.
Why it matters
Authority scores condense a domain's link profile into one number, which makes it practical to vet outreach prospects, shortlist guest-post targets, and benchmark competitors. The critical caveat is that every provider's score is its own estimate: this is Crawly's metric, not Moz Domain Authority and not a Google ranking factor. Used comparatively within one provider, it saves hours of manual link-profile review.
Domain Authority Checker FAQs
Is this the same as Moz Domain Authority?
No. This checker reports Crawly's own domain authority estimate, built from Crawly's link index. Scores from different providers use different data and methods, so a Crawly score and a Moz DA score for the same domain are not interchangeable. Check the label on every tool you use so you know whose index produced the number.
Does Google use this score to rank websites?
No. Crawly's authority metric is a third-party estimate and is not a Google ranking metric. Use it as one comparison signal for research, and judge your own site by Search Console performance data and your actual link profile. Ranking itself comes from Google's own systems evaluating your pages, links, and user experience.
Can I check Page Authority here?
No. Crawly's API does not provide a Page Authority score through this checker, so the tool does not estimate or invent one. It reports the domain-level authority estimate plus the referring-domain and backlink counts Crawly returns. If you need page-level metrics, use a tool whose data source explicitly provides them.
Why should I only compare scores from the same provider?
Each provider crawls a different slice of the web and scores it differently, so the same domain can look strong in one index and weak in another. Comparing a Crawly score against a Moz score is meaningless; compare Crawly scores against Crawly scores for consistent relative judgments.