SEO Fundamentals & Techniques 2

Question 1

Which HTTP status code indicates a permanent redirect that passes full link equity to the destination URL?

Accepted Answer

301 Moved Permanently

Answer

A 301 redirect signals a permanent move and transfers nearly all link equity (PageRank) to the destination URL.

Question 2

What does the term 'crawl budget' refer to in SEO?

Accepted Answer

The number of pages Googlebot will crawl on a site within a given timeframe

Answer

Crawl budget is the number of URLs Googlebot fetches and indexes from a site within a set period, influenced by crawl rate and demand.

Question 3

Which on-page element has the greatest direct influence on a page's title in Google Search results snippets?

Accepted Answer

Title tag

Answer

The <title> tag is the primary source Google uses to generate the blue clickable headline in search result snippets.

Question 4

What is the primary purpose of an XML sitemap?

Accepted Answer

To help search engines discover and prioritize pages on a site

Answer

An XML sitemap lists URLs so search engine crawlers can efficiently discover and schedule pages for indexing.

Question 5

Which canonical tag implementation correctly tells Google the preferred version of a duplicate page?

Accepted Answer

Answer

The correct syntax is placed in the section of the HTML document.

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