Hey Colin,

Whenever I receive a prompt like this, I head on over to Google to see if they offer a guide or support forum discussion. See screen print below...

Here are the links found in my search results:
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9205520?hl=en

https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/67470722/they-disagree-console-core-web-vitals-vs-pagespeed-cls-validation-failed-but-also-passed?hl=en

Hope you find this helpful.

Could it be delayed? Check you have the correct protocol for your desktop.
Have you tried support? There may be technical issues.

Also, you may check below.

https://ahrefs.com/backlink-checker
https://moz.com/link-explorer

have you checked out the links option in search console...

another way is to use the google search operator link...
i.e. link: www.gibson.com -gibson.com
in google

This may help
https://ahrefs.com/blog/hreflang-tags/

I was sent this “pay it forward “ and I am no expert on this. I have never tried using ahrefs not even for keywords. I heard it is great to use. Looks like you have an excellent answer from Partha, the knowledgeable man! Hope you have found what went wrong and fixed the problem.

You have fantastic responses here; kindly let us know if you require additional assistance. I hope you have figured it out.

Hey Colin,

There's a few reasons for this, all of which you can confirm via ahrefs anyway.

Firstly, you must remember that DR is from 1-100.

So, if a DR100 website improves it's backlink profile with more high-quality relevant backlinks it's imposible for it to become a DR101 website.

In other words, this website stays put, but websites rated below this MAY get "pushed down".

This is probably the LEAST likely factor.

Next, and potentially the most likely, you've lost do-follow backlinks.

This could be that sites linking to you previously are now linking elsewhere.

It could be that the links pointing to you have changed from do-follow to no-follow, so they are no longer passing "link juice".

It could be something more technical such as moving hosts, changing domain name, and not having proper redirects in place.

ahrefs has a "Lost Referring Domains" option so you can check this and at a guess, this is where you'll find your answer.

The final factor would be that perhaps the websites linking to you have also lost significant domain rating themselves, exactly the same as you have, so the "link juice" they pass to you is not as strong as it once was.

As DR and DA are mainly linked to the quality and quantity of do-follow backlinks, this definitely has to do with the websites that are or were linking to you.

I know that we get excited by increases in DR or DA, and obviously being viewed as an authority can significantly increase exposure, rankings, traffic, income, etc.

However, DR and DA are DEFINITELY NOT a requirement for success.

I guarantee that you can you earn a 6-7 figure annual income from a website that hasn't even hit double figures for these ratings.

Hope that helps?

Partha

0Wordpress backoffice scroll down lefthadn side to "settings" (not SEO) hover and see "reading" click on reading and scroll to bottom and see Check box for discourage search engines from drawling this site.

Settings > Reading and check the box next to Search Engine Visibility option - save changes.