Google Search Console and SEO Certification Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of Google Search Console?
Answer: To monitor and maintain your site's presence in Google Search results
Google Search Console helps webmasters monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot their site's presence in Google Search results.
Which report in Google Search Console shows which queries led users to click your site?
Answer: Performance Report
The Performance Report in Google Search Console shows search queries, clicks, impressions, CTR, and average position.
What does a 'Crawl Anomaly' error in Google Search Console indicate?
Answer: Googlebot encountered an unexpected error while crawling a URL
A crawl anomaly means Googlebot received an unexpected HTTP response code when trying to access a URL.
What is the recommended way to request Google to recrawl updated pages?
Answer: Use the URL Inspection tool and request indexing
The URL Inspection tool in Search Console allows you to request indexing for individual updated URLs.
Which file tells Googlebot which pages NOT to crawl on your website?
Answer: robots.txt
The robots.txt file uses Disallow directives to instruct search engine crawlers which URLs to avoid.
In Google Search Console, what does CTR stand for and how is it calculated?
Answer: Click Through Rate — clicks divided by impressions
CTR (Click Through Rate) is calculated by dividing the number of clicks by the number of impressions and multiplying by 100.
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