Change in Number of Historic Referring .EDU Domains with Exact TLDS
This alert is based on the number of historic referring .edu domains with exact TLDS known found linking to your paid level domain. This can be affect your Trust Flow and Citation Flow, which can correlate to a change in overall rankings in Google’s (and other search engines’) search results. Changes in Citation Flow and Citation Flow are generally associated with a shift in the backlink metrics for a domain, the relevancy of the content to the user’s search query, among many other Majestic Flow Metrics.
Increase in Number of Historic Referring .EDU Domains with Exact TLDS
This alert is based on an increase in the number of historic referring .edu domains with exact TLDS found linking to your paid level domain. More simply put, there are more educational domains pointing to your website. It is possible that a resource on your website was utilized on an educational website, which led to a new citation (link) to your website. Educational website links can offer a lot of value and, oftentimes, referral traffic.
Decrease in Number of Historic Referring .EDU Domains with Exact TLDs
This alert is based on an decrease in the number of historic referring .edu domains with exact TLDS known linking to your paid level domain. It is possible that this decrease was the result of the educational website being down at the time it was crawled, the link was removed or replaced, or the website was deactivated. Keep a close eye on high value links such as ones from .edu domains, as these can offer lots of SEO value to your website.
Increase or decrease in .edu domains linking to your website can be a good or bad thing. It is generally a good idea to closely monitor high value links such as .edu linking domains. Hopefully, educational domains have found your website to be a valuable resource, and they have begun linking to your site.