Since people are still replying to my tweet about DA, let me address everything for you. Get ready for a thread.

Basically, two days ago, I came to Twitter to ask for advice about my DA, expecting only my followers - largely consisting out of fellow bloggers - to reply (1/)

In the beginning everything was fine, I got replies from fellow bloggers wanting the same thing as well as Billie offering me her advice - which I’m really grateful for, thank you!

But then... then.... the mansplainers came, mocking with me and belittling me, (2/)

as if I was some helpless poor woman uncapable of doing anything other than house chores. Yes, that’s how it made me feel.

So to those that tried to mansplain SEO to me, here’s the deal: people who ask for advice on DA, already know how SEO works. If you don’t know SEO (3/)

you don’t know what DA is either, whether you like or not, the two terms are connected. I can tell you that 9/10 bloggers have done their research on SEO and perfectly know how to do it. Many of them rank for multiple keywords, including myself. So save yourself the time to (4/)

try to mansplain to us what SEO is. The reason I - and any blogger - ask for advice on DA, is because we want to work with brands on sponsored/paid content and nearly all of them require a DA 20+. We don’t make the rules, that’s just how it is. Browse Twitter for a minute (5/)

and any company, any PR on there always ends their tweet asking for collabs with “preferably DA 20+”. So what do we as bloggers do? We do everything to get our DA up, because we know that is what brands & PRs want. We DO NOT do it because we think it influences our position (6/)

in search engines. Any bit of research told us that. Then off to the next subject: links inserted in sponsored/paid posts.

Most bloggers thoroughly do their research before starting to work with brands. We KNOW we are not allowed to insert do-follow links and that all have (7/)

to be no-follow to stay in line with Google regulations. We are not stupid like you make us out to be. We know to reject paid collabs that insist on do-follow links.

Trust me when I say that someone asking for advice on DA knows perfectly well what they’re doing (8/)

If our stats were enough proof, we would’ve used it, but a lot of brands don’t even bother looking at them if DA isn’t high enough. That’s how I’ve always experienced it. I don’t make the rules, so I listen and try to comply. When I asked for advice on my DA, I DID NOT ASK (9/)

FOR ADVICE ON SEO AT ALL. I know how SEO works. I don’t consider myself an expert, but I have a degree in Digital Marketing and SEO was part of my course. I know perfectly well what I can & cannot do. I have 4 years of experiencing in blogging, have actively been optimising (10/)

my blog for over 2 years. Do not come belittling me in the comments of my tweets if you have no idea who I am, what my background is and what my reasons for asking are. Next time, before you start mansplaining something someone DID NOT ask for, check out their profile first (11/)

to get to know them a little and get an idea of what they know. Don’t come pretending I’m a stupid little girl, I won’t have it. Simply put: don’t be a dick. I know what I’m doing. Next time you want to give advice, at least answer the question. (12/)

If you don’t have anything useful to bring to the table, then don’t say anything. It’s as simple as that. I’m off to work now. Rant over. (13/13)