Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Linkedin Test Question Answers
Q.1. Which of these search operators shows you the number of cached pages for a site?
cache:
site:
maxpages:
Count:
Q2. How does the Featured Snippet appear?
Google extracts content from a website ranking organically on the first page of results
It’s Google’s answer to a question
It’s a paid search engine result
None of the above
Q3. Which Google search query should be used to return only PDF documents that reference Microsoft?
Microsoft + .pdf
"Microsoft" + "pdf"
Microsoft AND "pdf"
Microsoft filetype:pdf
Q4. Which link is not crawlable?
<a href="http://domain.com">
<a href="http://domain.com" class="blue">
<a onclick="newwin('domain.com')">
<a href="../category-2/page">
Q5. All byline dates articles are suddenly no longer visible on a website's listing within Google Search. Assuming no changes have been made to the site programming or content, what is the most likely cause?
The site has been delisted from Google Search
The articles have aged more than 365 days without any significant updates to the content or the site.
A Google New sitemap was not provided within 30 days of setting up a Publisher Center account
The site kept updating the date to make the content appear fresh, without changing the content.
Q6. What is an example of a Google search result that can be found in position zero?
Google Ads result
featured snippet
related searches
autocomplete
Q7. When developing a backlink strategy, what approach would be most beneficial?
Create an infographics and share it with relevant bloggers
Guest post the article to as many sites as possible
Create diverse and unnatural links
Distribute links in comment sections of websites
Q8. What is a key reason the URL domain.com/apparel/jackets is preferable to the URL domain.com/p=141?
It is longer
It is readable to a human
It is not preferable
It uses structured markup
Q9. Which HTTP response status code would indicate a page has been moved permanently?
410
301
302
200
Q10. You notice a website is serving HTML to a Search Engine than to a human user. What is this an example of?
Spam injection
Sneaky Redirect
Splicing
Cloaking
.
Q11. What would significantly improve Google's ability to a non-YouTube video in its Search Results?
Provide a 150 x 80 pixel thumbnail image
Convert .mp4 videos to .mov
Add Schema.org VideoObject
Embed video objects with JavaScript conditionals
Q12. All bylone dates for articles are suddenly no longer visible on a website's listing within Google Search. Assuming no changes have been made to the site programming or content, what is the most likely cause?
The site has been delisted from Google Search
A Google News sitemap was not provided within 30 days of setting up a publisher center account
The site kept updating the dates to make the content appear fres, without changing
The articles have aged more than 365 days without any significant updates to the content or the site
Q13. Which approach is not advisable to Geo-targeting your website?
Using a gTLD with subdomain
Using a ccTLD
using URL parameters
Using a gTLD with a subdirectory
Q14. You have been asked to help a big e-commerce brand optimize their website for search engines. They currently have thousands of products listed on their website. What is your most appropriate first step?
Recommend that they add more products
302 redirect all product pages to URL that contains target keywords
Work on compressing image files
Register the business with a Google My Business account.
Q15. What is keyword density?
The number of times the keyword is used in the page description
The number of times the keyword is used x (multiplied by) the total word count on page
The number of times the keyword is used / (divided by) the total word count on page - (minus)the total words in html on the page
The number of times the keyword is used / (divided by) the total word count on the page
Q16. What Is Anchor Text?
It Is The Main Body Of Text On A Particular Web Page
It Is The Visible Text That Is Hyper Linked To Another Page
It Is The Text Within The Left Or Top Panel Of A Web Page
It Is The Most Prominent Text On The Page That The Search Engines Use To Assign A Title To The Page
Q17. When creating accessible video content, what should you consider including?
thumbnail
Flash Player
transcript
event tracking
Q18. You are optimizing a website that sells supplies for baking donuts. Which approach is most appropriate to drive more organic traffic?
Buy donutbakingsupplies.com and 301 redirect to your website
Add the keyword "donut supplies" to every page.
Create a new blog with high-quality donut recipes
Join a link farm to rapidly build inbounnd links.
Q19. Why is it important to be mindful of outbound follow links?
There is a limit to how many links you can create.
Your site's reputation is tied to the sites you link to.
all of these answers
Any follow links reduce your PageRank by 1.
Q20. Which statement is true about JSON-LD?
It has no relation to JSON.
It is the only structured data format available.
It is considered the most complicated approach to adding structured data.
It is Google's preferred structured data format.
Q21. What is a key reason why duplicate content might cause an issue with ranking?
It makes it difficult for a search engine to determine the original and authoritative content source.
It creates an inability to use canonical URLs, which dramatically reduces crawl effectiveness,
It requires using a 302 redirect, which dilutes PageRank.
It triggers an immediate manual action penalty, which delists an entire domain until the duplicate content is removed.
Q22. What alt attribute should be assigned to an image of a decorative line being used to separate content
alt=""
alt="Thin black line being used to separate two blocks of content"
alt="dec"
alt="thin-line"
Q23. Your site serves identical content when you visit domain.com/page or domain.com/page?ref=123. What should you implement?
parameter stripping
a rel=canonical link
URL cloaking
a 302 redirect
Q24. What data vocabulary is most commonly used when marking up content on a page?
vocabulary.org
RDFa.org
schema.org
data-vocabulary.org
Q25. According to Google, what type of content includes topics such as news, legal issues, financial advice, and medical information?
KYC
YMYL
RSS
BDB
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Q26. When would it be necessary to 301 redirect every page on a site?
when parameters are used in URLs
when creating a new subdomain
when migrating from HTTP to HTTPS
when launching a new redesign
Q27. Which statement is true regarding the use of social signals, such as LinkedIn shares, by Google in its ranking algorithm?
Social signals are used to determine topic authority
Google does not use social signals to determine rank
Social signals are identical to backlinks
Social signals provide a benefit only if they have structured data markup
Q28. A user clicks an internal link resulting in this redirect chain: http://domain.com -> https://domain.com -> https://domain.com/. In this example, what is being consumed unnecessarily?
redirect allotment
crawl budget
velocity scale
domain authority
Q29. You are planning for the development of an e-commerce website. Which approach will be more beneficial for rankings?
Optimize the front page of your website to drive traffic from all category search terms.
Optimize product category pages to drive traffic from individual category search terms.
Optimize all pages on the site for all category search terms.
Optimize product pages to drive traffic from individual category search terms.
Q30. You want to block crwlers from accessing your entire website. What robots.txt entry would you use?
User-agent: Allbots
Disallow: *
User-agent: /
Disallow: *
User-agent: *
Disallow:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
Q31. What is the relationship of click depth to PageRank?
Click depth and PageRank are equal
The deeper the click depth, the lower the PageRank
The deeper the click depth, the higher the PageRank
PageRank and click depth have no relation
Q32. Google primarily determines indexing and ranking by crawling which version of a page?
Submitted version
Responsive version
Mobile version
Desktop version
Q33. You want to identify which US state has the most search interest for a particular keyword. What tool would help you determine this?
Google Analytics
Google Keyword Planner
Google Search Console
Google Trends
Q34. Which results is most likely if you use an interstitial pop-up that requires a user to take action before you load the content of the page?
Both the pop-up and the content of the page will be indexed
The pop-up will be indexed instead of the desired body content
An interstitial pop-up is treated the same as a soft 404
The pop-up will be ignored, and the content of the page will be indexed correctly
Q35. You notice a particular product in an e-commerce storefront is no longer indexed, despite no technical issues. What is a likely reason for this?
The Keywords is too competitive
No title or meta description tags were provided
Robots.txt is configured to allow access
The product is out of stock
Q36. What is a popular technique for writing content with the goal of having it appear in a features snippet?
Google manually generates featured snippets, so there is no special technique.
Submit the content through Google Search Console, and tag it with the correct snippet type
Write the question in a headline tag, and then answer it below in a format that matches the snippet type.
Use the features snippet schema and apply an object that matches the correct snippet type.
.
Q37. Which approach is not advisable to geotargeting your website?
using a gTLD with a subdirectory
using a gTLD with subdomain
using a ccTLD
using URL parameters
Q38. What is a common best practice for handling search result pages on a blog's built-in site search?
Set site research results to no-index.
Do not use site search.
Set site search to 404.
Add a canonical from the search result page to the home page.
Q39. What might help a search engine understand the difference between an article on a dog bark versus tree bark?
semantic analysis
tertiary analysis
ranked choice trees
knowledge graphs
Q40 A webpage has this tag: <title>Brad's Bagels: How to Bake a Bagel</title>. However, the Google search result for this page displays this title: Brad's Bagels: Baking Bagels in the Oven. What is a likely explanation?
The title tag was placed within the section of the webpage, but not before the meta content tags, so Google cannot identify the actual title.
Google generated a new title using text on the page that more closely matched the search query.
The page is using structured data to define an alternative title object, which allows the search engine to pick a preferable version.
A breadcrumb navigation is in use, which overrides the title tag supplied in the HTML.
Q41. What attribute would you use to describe the content of an image?
tabindex
alt
longdesc
src
Q42. You are researching keywords for a client and creating list for an optimization plan. Which is not a recommended method of creating keyword lists?
synonyms and related words
focusing on only high-volume, high-popularity words
queries about benefits, features, problems
how-to and question-based queries
Q43. You want to get a rough idea of how many searches per month a particular search term gets. Which tool do you use?
Google Keyword Planner
Google Tag Manager
Google Search Console
Google Suggest
Q44. Changing the title tag and/or meta description will have a measurable impact on your _.
RSS
PPC
CTR
LSI
Q45. How do keywords change as people progress through the buying cycle?
The stay simple, as searchers try to use as few words as possible.
The keywords do not change much at all.
They move from simple to more complex as searchers gather more information and then refine their choices.
They move from complex to simple, as searchers find answers to their questions.
Q46. What would contribute to a low bounce rate?
Content does not match search intent.
Page returns 404 error.
Content reflects search intent.
URL uses parameters.
Q47. What should be as consistent as possible across the web when developing a local SEO strategy?
backlinks
NAP
LRP
inbound links
Q48.A user enters a search _ to retrieve results from a search engine?
query
parser
bar
link
Q49. The search query "How to make donuts without yeast" is an example of what?
fresh keyword
operative keyword
short-tail keyword
long-tail keyword
Q50 What tool enables companies to display extra information within the natural search results without the need of any structured data?
Google Input Tools
structured data testing tool
Google Tag Manager
Google My Business
Q.51 Your client is ready to start a blog. but has read that they should put the blog on a subdomain instead of subdirectory in order to create more external links to their website. How would you advise your client about this strategy?
Only should the blog be on a subdomain, but each of the major navigation areas should be on separate subdomains in order to increase the number and value of the links into the primary domain.
It is best to have the blog on a subdirectory and build links to primary domain.
It is an advisable choice as it will enable
Interlinking between the domains and increase the number of links.
The blog should be on a separate URL to avoid building too many links between the same domain or IP.
Q.52 Blog author pages, each with only one sentence about the author, are at risk of being flagged as _________ content.
non-indexable
irrelevant
biased
thin
Q53. You load a page and start reading an article, and suddenly the content on the page moves. What metric is used to quantify this impact on user experience?
First Meaningful Paint (FMP)
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
Recalculated Style Timing (RST)
Latent Loading Signal (LLS)
Q54. What is this code is an example of?
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Organization",
"url": "http://www.domain.com",
"name": "Bradley Corp.",
"contactPoint": {
"@type": "ContactPoint",
"telephone": "+1-555-555-5555",
"contactType": "Customer service"
}
}
</script>
meta tag
HTTP response
XML sitemap
structured data
Q55. Which search query would be most difficult to determine search intent?
LinkedIn login
XBox live coupon
Microsoft Office 365
LAX airport directions
Q56. When you conduct a search, what are the bolded words within the search listing description?
suggested search terms
related search queries
keywords that match the search query
words with a <b> tag assigned in their meta description
BBBBBBBBB
Q57. Which choice represents the best header structure?
H1: How to Bake Bagels
H1:Ingredients
H1: Dry Ingredients
H1: Wet Ingredients
H1:Instructions
H2: Reviews
H1: How to Bake Bagels
H2: Ingredients
H3: Dry Ingredients
H4: Wet Ingredients
H2: Instructions
H6: Reviews
H1: How to Bake Bagels
H2: Ingredients
H4: Dry Ingredients
H5: Wet Ingredients
H6: Instructions
H1: Reviews
H1: How to Bake Bagels
H2: Ingredients
H3: Dry Ingredients
H3: Wet Ingredients
H2: Instructions
H2: Reviews
Q58. What is a common benefit to long-tail keywords?
They are less competitive, and may have higher conversion rates.
Long-tail keywords are no longer relevant in today's SEO landscape.
They are less grandular, so you capture broader searches.
They are more competitive, but drive significantly more traffic.
Q59. Which tool enables companies to display extra information within the natural search results without the need of any structured data?
Google Input Tools
structured data testing tool
Google Tag Manager
Google My Business
Q60. You have been asked to help a big e-commerce brand optimize their website for search engines. They currently have thousands of products listed on their website. What is your most appropriate first step?
Set campaign goals.
Conduct a technical audit.
Conduct a backlink audit.
Determine keyword strategy.
61. Which search query would be most difficult to determine search intent?
Microsoft Office 365
LinkedIn login
XBox live coupon
LAX airport directions
Q62. You are optimizing a large e-commerce website. Which strategy will likely yield the most organic traffic?
Launch a Smart Shopping Campaign in Google Ads.
Optimize the home page of your website.
Optimize each product page with a unique product-specific keyword.
Optimize your product category pages.
Q63. Google's Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines describe that experts should write content, especially YMYL content. This is one of the principles seen in the commonly used acronym ____
A.C.E
L-E-A-F
T.R.U.S.T.E.D
E-A-T
Q64. Why might using a subdirectory in place of a subdomain be beneficial?
Using a subdirectory is never preferable to using a subdomain.
The subdirectory will allow for keyword dilution.
The subdirectory will benefit from the backlinks the domain has acquired.
The subdirectory is better for the end user experience.
Q65. You notice that you have a backlink originating from a spam website, and you cannot get the site to remove it. What should you consider doing?
Disavow the link.
301 redirect the link back to the spam site.
Add the link to robots.txt.
Remove the page to which the link is pointing.
Q66. What is the best way to provide a search engine with crawl instructions?
Use a robots.txt file
Use the tag
Use the search engine's Remove URL tool
Use structured data
Q67. Which acronym is used to describe the page a user sees after submitting a search?
SERT
INDX
PARS
SEM
keyword research
useful content
on-page optimization
Q69. A local accountant wants to start attracting more business directly from Google organic search. What is the best piece of advice to give to her?
Register her business with a Google My Business account.
Use the pharse "local accountant" as a keyword to focus her website on.
Focus on short-tail keywords.
Leave a link to her website in the blog comments of popular accounting websites.
Q70. What is the anchor text in this code sample?
<a href="catalog/gloves.html">Blue Gloves</a>
Blue Gloves
href
catalog/
gloves.html
Q71. _ analysis allows you to review requests made to your web server to identify insights such as how ofter a crawler arrives, what pages have 404 errors, and most crawled pages
HTTP/2
Log file
Cron job
Resource packet
Q72. Which page title references content that is evergreen
Mega List of Teams Going to the Olympics
How to Reheat Pizza
Complete Coverage of Microsoft's Latest Announcement
The Future of SEO in 2020
Q73. What type of data can you find in Link Explorer?
The keyword density of a backlinking page
The relevance between domains
Pages linking to a competitor’s site
None of the above
Q74. What is anchor text in SEO?
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.
Q75. What is the largest page size that googles spider will crawl?
100 KB
1000 KB
2GB
No set limit exists - google may crawl very large pages
Q76. 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.
Q77. The most common reasons why many ecommerce web pages are not being indexed (Select all relevant answers)
Poor crawl efficiency
Duplicate content
Poor SEO
Error in Product listing
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