Correlation study: DA vs Branded search volume

Links still do represent a useful source of information for google's ranking algorithm. Google uses many other sources now. One of them is branded search volume. Hence a study about this would be beneficial.
To read more about this, check this:
https://moz.com/blog/rankings-correlati ... rch-volume
To read more about this, check this:
https://moz.com/blog/rankings-correlati ... rch-volume