Spam links with high DA
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I'm running through the spam analysis and noticed a few links that are considered to be 9+ on the spam score (high spam level), but some of them have DA of 60 -75. How can this be possible? When I view the sites they appear to be be pretty low quality. If i'm considering disavowing a site should I focus on spam score or DA? A DA of 75 is a pretty reputable standing.
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Thank you so much for this answer Tyler. I have a bunch of tumblr blogs and one has a spam score of 9. It looks like the reason for the spam score is that it reblogs one post from a very legit blog with a spam score of 8. That blog is written by the type of guy who headlines social media conferences, so I certainly wouldn't want to disavow him.
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I can't tell you which one to focus on, but I would say be careful about spam score. I have a link from a site that has a high spam score, but I know the site is legit. They do several hundred million dollars per year and have been around decades, but for whatever reason Moz thinks they are spam.
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