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Domain authority describes a family of scores from SEO tool vendors that estimate how likely a domain is to rank, mostly from its link profile. Each vendor has its own name, scale and formula; the numbers are not comparable across tools and none of them is used by Google.
Some directories require a minimum score in a named checker before they accept a listing; that is a platform rule, not a property of your site.
Sources: Moz: Domain Authority · Ahrefs: What is Domain Rating (DR)?
Example
A directory’s submit page asks for “Domain Rating above zero”. That names one vendor’s metric, Ahrefs Domain Rating. A Moz Domain Authority score, or a screenshot of someone else’s check, does not satisfy it. The agent looks up your domain in the named checker; if the value is zero or it cannot verify it, the platform is recorded as blocked with that reason.
The directory’s own score tells you nothing more useful here. It does not say whether your listing page will be indexed or whether its link is crawlable.
Why it matters for a directory launch
Directory lists sorted by a vendor score look precise and are mostly noise: the score says nothing about whether your listing page will be indexed or whether its link is crawlable. It also invites the wrong optimization — chasing high-score directories that are not a fit for your product’s audience.
How LaunchRepo handles it
LaunchRepo shows no vendor scores for directories, concept only. The priority method scores a directory from observed facts — Google has indexed sample listings, the product anchor resolves and carries no restrictive hints — plus product fit and audience evidence. Where a directory requires a score in a named checker, the playbook notes it as an eligibility condition; the agent records blocked rather than attesting a value it has not verified, as the Fazier field guide shows.
Go deeper
Directory backlinks: what we can prove
Which facts about a listing can actually be verified, and why vendor authority scores are left out of every list on this site.
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