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# How is my Linkscore calculated?

It get's a little nerdy now. We want to offer full transparency on our metrics. Which is why we show you exactly how your Linkscore is calculated in the [backlink checker tool](https://morningscore.io/backlink-checker/).

These are the variables that we use to calculate your Linkscore:


**1) Number of websites that link to you**

We're calculating the Linkscore based on a maximum number of 100.000 websites.


**2) The average DA* of those websites**

Specifically we use the average DA of the top 80 % of those websites, while always rounding up individual DA values to the nearest 10.** 

**3) The DA of your own website as a percentage.**

In case your own DA is below 10, we'll round up to 10 which equals 10%


The formula looks like this: 
**Number of websites that link to you x The average DA of those websites x The DA of your own website = Linkscore**

Example with numbers:
500 links x 24.5 average DA of websites linking x your websites 17% DA = 2083 Linkscore (always rounded to nearest whole number)



**DA is short for Domain Authority, i.e. the expected authority assigned to a website by Google*
_**Example: A DA of 12 becomes 20 in our calculation. 1 becomes 10. 48 becomes 50. _






[Read more about Linkscore here](https://help.morningscore.io/en/article/what-is-the-linkscore-6j5ybh/)