🔍 Overview
Search Atlas tracks Domain Power — the platform's proprietary authority metric — and lets you visualise how it changes over time through a dedicated line graph. This feature lives exclusively in the Report Builder, inside a widget called Historical Authority. Tools such as Site Explorer and Backlink Analyzer show your current Domain Power score but do not display a historical trend graph.
🧭 Where to Find the Historical Authority Widget
Follow these steps to generate a Domain Power trend graph for any domain:
- Log in to your Search Atlas account.
- In the left sidebar, click Report Builder.
- Open an existing report or click Create New Report to start a fresh one.
- Inside the report editor, click Configure Report (top-right area of the canvas).
- In the widget library that appears, locate the Historical Authority widget.
- Click Add or drag the widget onto your report canvas.
- In the widget settings panel, enter the target domain you want to analyse.
- Select your preferred date range to define how far back the trend should go.
- Click Apply. The widget will render a line graph showing Domain Power scores plotted over your chosen time period.
📊 Reading the Trend Graph
Once the Historical Authority widget loads, here is what you will see:
- X-axis: Timeline covering the date range you selected.
- Y-axis: Domain Power score (0–100 scale).
- Line graph: Each data point represents the Domain Power recorded at that point in time, making it easy to spot gains, drops, or plateaus.
This view is directly comparable to how tools like Ahrefs display Domain Rating history — giving you a clear, visual record of authority changes driven by your link-building or content efforts.
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Looking in Site Explorer: Site Explorer shows your current Domain Power score in the metrics summary, but there is no historical graph available there.
- Looking in Backlink Analyzer: This tool focuses on individual backlink data and link profiles — it does not include a Domain Power trend chart.
- Skipping Configure Report: The Historical Authority widget only appears when you click Configure Report inside the Report Builder editor. It is not visible on the main Report Builder dashboard.
💡 Tips for Getting the Most Out of This Feature
- Add the Historical Authority widget to client-facing reports to demonstrate SEO progress over time.
- Compare multiple domains by adding separate Historical Authority widgets to the same report — one per domain.
- Use longer date ranges (6–12 months) to surface meaningful authority trends rather than short-term fluctuations.
- Pair this widget with a Backlink Growth widget in the same report to correlate link acquisition with Domain Power improvements.
🆘 Need Help?
If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.