Google Certification Google Search Console and SEO Certification

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of Google Search Console?

Accepted Answer

To monitor and maintain your site's presence in Google Search results

Answer

Google Search Console helps webmasters monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot their site's presence in Google Search results.

Question 2

Which report in Google Search Console shows which queries led users to click your site?

Accepted Answer

Performance Report

Answer

The Performance Report in Google Search Console shows search queries, clicks, impressions, CTR, and average position.

Question 3

What does a 'Crawl Anomaly' error in Google Search Console indicate?

Accepted Answer

Googlebot encountered an unexpected error while crawling a URL

Answer

A crawl anomaly means Googlebot received an unexpected HTTP response code when trying to access a URL.

Question 4

What is the recommended way to request Google to recrawl updated pages?

Accepted Answer

Use the URL Inspection tool and request indexing

Answer

The URL Inspection tool in Search Console allows you to request indexing for individual updated URLs.

Question 5

Which file tells Googlebot which pages NOT to crawl on your website?

Accepted Answer

robots.txt

Answer

The robots.txt file uses Disallow directives to instruct search engine crawlers which URLs to avoid.

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