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Which of the following are examples of agents?

Internet Explorer

Search engine spiders

Opera

SQL Server database attached to a website

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What is the most likely time period required for getting a google page ranking?

1 week

3 weeks

1 month

More than 3 months

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What is Anchor Text?

It is the main body of text on a particular web page

It is the text within the left or top panel of a web page

It is the visible text that is hyper linked to another page

It is the most prominent text on the page that the search engines use to assign a title to the page

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If you enter ‘Help site:www.locseonearme’ in the Google search box, what will Google search for?

It will open up the Google help pages applicable to www.locseonearme.com

It will find pages about help within www.locseonearme.com

It will only find page titles about help within www.locseonearme.com

It will direct you to the request page for re-indexing of www.locseonearme.com

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Which of the following options describes the correct meaning of Mouse Trapping?

The technique of monitoring the movement of the mouse on the webpage

The technique of monitoring the area on which an advertisement was clicked

The web browser trick, which attempts to redirect visitors away from major websites through a spyware program

The web browser trick, which attempts to keep a visitor captive at on a website

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Which of the following is the least important area in which to include your keyword(s)?

Meta Keywords

Meta Description

Title

Body Text

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How can Meta Description tags help with the practice of search engine optimization?

Trick question – meta description are NOT important

They help to tell the engines which keywords are most important on your page

They serve as the copy that will entice searchers to click on your listing

Theyre an important ranking factor in the search algorithms

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What is Page Rank?

The Alexa technology for ranking pages.

The way Yahoo! measures how popular a given page is based on the number and quality of sites that link to it.

The search relevancy of a page compared to the other pages in the search engine

The way Google measures how popular a given page is based on the number and quality of sites that link to it.

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Which of the following is NOT a “best practice” for creating high quality title tags?

Make sure the title is unique for every page

Include an exhaustive list of keywords

Limit the tag to 65 characters, including spaces

Write compelling copy that encourages users to “click” your listing

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Which of the following statements about RSS are correct?

It is a form of XML

It stands for Realtime streamlined syndication

It is a good way of displaying static information

It is a microsoft technology

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Which of the following methods can help you get around the Google Sandbox?

Buying an old Website and getting it ranked

Buying a Google Adwords PPC campaign

Placing the website on a sub domain of a ranked website and then 301 re-directing the site after it has been indexed

Getting a DMOZ listing

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What is the most likely time period required for getting a Google page rank?

1 week

3 weeks

2 months

More than 3 months

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What does the term Keyword Prominence refer to?

It refers to the fact that the importance of choosing high traffic keywords leads to the best return on investment

It refers to the importance attached to getting the right keyword density

It refers to the fact that the keywords placed in important parts of a webpage are given priority by the search engines

It refers to the fact that the keywords in bold font are given priority by the search engines

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That link then has a _______ click through rate.

less than 30%

30 percent

more than 30%

40 percent

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Which of the following factors does Google take into account while accessing whether or not a website is an authority website?

The frequency with which the contents of the website is updated

the number of web pages containing relevant information on the main theme of the website

The number of in-bound natural links related to the website’s theme (or keywords)

None of the above

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If a website’s search engine saturation with respect to a particular search engine is 20%, what does it mean?

20% of the web pages of the website have been indexed by the search engine

Only 20% of the pages of the website will be indexed by the search engine

20% of the websites pages will never be indexed

The website ranks in the first 20% of all websites indexed by the search engine for its most important search terms

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Why is it bad idea from SEO perspective to host free articles and write ups that are very common on the internet?

Because they will not lead to fresh traffic

Because you could be penalize by search engine for using duplicate contents

Because you will not get the benefits of proper keyword targeting

Because people could turn up claiming copyright infringement

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What is the generally accepted difference between SEO and SEM?

SEO focuses on organic/natural search rankings, SEM encompasses all aspects of search marketing

No difference, theyre synonymous

SEO refers to organic/natural listings while SEM covers PPC, or paid search

SEO tends to be a West coast term, SEM is more East coast.

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What will happen if you type the word ‘Certification-Networking’ in the Google search box?

Google will find the web pages about “certification” and also containing the word “networking”

Google will find ALL the web pages containing the word word “Certification” and “Networking”

Google will find ALL the web pages in which the words “Certification” and “Networking” appear together.

Google will find the web pages about Certification that do not contain the word Networking

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What does the term “Sandbox” mean in SEO?

The box with paid ads that appear when you perform a search.

This is where sites are kept till they get mature enough to be included in the top rankings for a particular keyword

A special category of sites that are listed in kid-safe searches

The first 10 search results for a particular keyword.

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Which of the following can be termed as a good keyword selection and placement strategies?

Targeting synonyms of the main keyword

Targeting the highest searched keywords only

Copying competitor keywords

Optimizing 5 or more keywords per page (check)

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Which of the following statements regarding website content are correct?

If you have two versions of a document on your website, Google recommends that you only allow the indexing of the better version

Linking to a page inconsistently does not affect the way Google views the page/s.

Syndicating your content could lead to Google viewing the material as duplicate

Placeholders for pages which do not have content are never viewed as duplicate content by Google

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Which blackhat Seo techniques is characterized by a method to decieve search engine, by detecting the search engine bot and “feeding” it with a different HTML code than the HTML actually served to users?

Coaling

Foisting

Slighting

Cloaking

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Which of the following statements are correct with regard to using javascript within the web pages?

It uses up the valuable space within the webpage, which should be used for placing meaningful text for the search engines

Search engines cannot read Javascript

It is a good idea to shift the Javascript into a separate file

Most of the search engines are unable to read links within Javascript code

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How are site maps important for the search engine optimization process?

Site maps help the search engine editorial staff to quickly go through a website, hence ensuring quicker placement

Google gives credit to the websites having site maps. The GoogleBot looks for the keyword or title “Site Map” on the home page of a website.

Site maps help the search engine spider pick up more pages from the website

None of the above

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Which of the following statements about FFA pages are true?

They are greatly beneficial to SEO

They are also called link farms

They are paid listings

They contain numerous inbound links

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Which of the following search engines offers a popular list of the top 50 most searched keywords?

Google

Yahoo

AOL

Lycos

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What Does The Term "Sandbox" Mean In SEO?

The Box With Paid Ads That Appear When You Perform A Search

This Is Where Sites Are Kept Till They Get Mature Enough To Be Included In The Top Rankings For A Particular Keyword

A Special Category Of Sites That Are Listed In Kid-safe Searches

The First 10 Search Results For A Particular Keyword.

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What is performed by the link: Operator?

It shows all the pages that point to that url

It show url’s with broken links

it shows all the outbound links from the url

It shows how many pages of the site yahoo is pointing to

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Which of the following statement about FFA pages are true?

They are greatly beneficial to SEO

They are also called Link Farms

They are Paid Listings

They contain numerous inbound links

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Which of the following can be termed as good keyword selection and placement strategies?

Targeting synonyms of the main keyword

Targeting the highest searched keywords only

Copying competitor keywords

Optimizing five or more keywords per page

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What does it involve?

Increasing the keyword density on the web pages

Offering a different set of web pages to the search engines

Hiding the keywords within the webpage

Creating multiple pages and hiding them from the website visitors

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Which of the following factors have an impact on the Google Page Rank?

The total number of inbound links to a page of a web site

The subject matter of the site providing the inbound link to a page of a web site

The text used to describe the inbound link to a page of a web site

The number of outbound links on the page that contains the inbound link to a page of a web site

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What is the advantage of putting all of your important keywords in the Meta Keywords tag?

There is no specific advantage for search engines

It increases relevance to Yahoo! and MSN/Live, although Google & Ask ignore it

They will be bolded in searches for that term

You have to have a term in Meta Keywords in order to bid for AdWords to that page

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Which HTTP server response code indicates a file that no longer exists? (File Not Found)

401

301

500

404

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What is the illegal act of copying of a page by unauthorized parties in order to filter off traffic to another site called?

Traffic jacking

Visitors Jacking

View Jacking

Page Jacking

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Which of the following statements is correct with regard to natural links?

They are two way links (reciprocal links)

They are from authority websites

They are voluntary in nature

They are from .edu or .gov extension websites

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When do you apply for Re inclusion in a search engine’s index?

When you have made changes to your site.

When you have changed your hosting provider and the IP address of your site.

After you have been banned from the search engine for black hat practices and you have corrected your wrongdoings.

When you are not happy with your current ratings.

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s Page is used to:

Attract visitors from the search engines straight onto the Hallway Page

Organizes the Doorway Pages

Helps people navigate to different Doorway Pages

Enables search engine bots to index the Doorway Pages

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What is the illegal act of copying of a page by unauthorized parties in order to filter off traffic to another site called?

Trafficjacking

Visitorjacking

Viewjacking

Pagejacking

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What aspects of a hyperlink are not important for SEO?

The visibility of the link text.

The anchor text, especially the keywords in it.

The place from which the link originates.

The place to which the link leads.

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If you want a page to pass value through its links, but stay out of the search engines’ indices, which of the following tags should you place in the header?

Use meta robots=”noindex, nofollow”

Use meta robots=”index, nofollow”

Use meta robots=”noindex, follow”

Use meta robots=”autobot, decepticon”

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What is the term for Optimization strategies that are in an unknown area of reputability/validity?

Red hat techniques

Silver hat techniques

Grey hat techniques

Shady hat techniques

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The de-facto version of a page located on the primary URL you want associated with the content is known as:

Home Page

Canonical Version

Heretical Version

Empirical Version

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Which one of the following practice is ethical ?

Buying links from link farms

Having the same page twice – once in html, once in pdf.

Using hidden text that users dont see but spiders can read

Stuffing the metatags with keywords

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Is the following metatag appropriate for a site that sells ebooks?

Yes, the following metatag contains all the keywords I need.

No, it is rather short, I have more keywords to optimize for

Why bother with metatags at all?

Yes, this metatag is OK even though it could have had more keywords.

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What term is commonly used to describe the shuffling of positions in search engine results in between major updates?

Waves

Flux

Shuffling

Swaying

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If a website sells links, what action/s does Google recommend to avoid being penalized?

The text of the paid links should state the words “paid text link” for Google to identify it as a paid link

Only Paid text links to non profit websites should be accepted

Paid links should be disclosed through the “rel=nofollow” attribute in the hyperlink

Paid links should be disclosed through the “index=nofollow” attribute in the hyperlink

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