How Domain Rating works

Domain Rating (DR) is a 0–100 score that estimates the strength of a website’s backlink profile. Higher DR generally means a stronger link profile — and better ranking potential.

rating.so also shows RatingDR — our own score, which weighs classic DR against traffic and link evidence.

How often it updates

• Free — recalculated once per day.
• Basic / Pro / Agency — recalculated 4× a day, plus unlimited Update now.

A scheduled job snapshots DR into your history so the chart fills in over time.

Free-plan pause policy

• If you don’t visit your dashboard for more than 10 days, updates for Free domains pause until your next visit.
• Abandoned domains still refresh about once a month.
• Paid plans never pause.

Reading the chart

• Δ 7d / 30d — change over the selected window.
• Green delta = DR climbed; red = dropped.
• Hover any point for exact DR and date.

Public surfaces

• DR Leaderboard — global ranks
• Categories — niche boards (up to 3 tags per domain)
• Index Stats — market-wide DR / RatingDR / traffic
• Compare — side-by-side DR history
• Founders — portfolios ranked by combined RatingDR

Tips to grow DR

• Earn links from high-DR, topically relevant sites.
• Fix or reclaim lost backlinks — rating.so flags these on paid Trust Map views.
• Prioritize a few strong links over many weak ones.