SEO Preventive Maintenance Procedures 2

Question 1

Which HTTP status code indicates a permanent redirect that passes link equity and should replace 302 redirects for SEO purposes?

Accepted Answer

301 Moved Permanently

Answer

A 301 redirect signals a permanent move and passes the majority of link equity to the destination URL, unlike the temporary 302.

Question 2

During a routine SEO audit, you discover pages returning 404 errors that previously had backlinks. What is the recommended preventive fix?

Accepted Answer

Implement 301 redirects to relevant live pages

Answer

Implementing 301 redirects from dead URLs to relevant live pages recovers lost link equity and improves user experience.

Question 3

What is the recommended frequency for running a full technical SEO crawl on a large e-commerce site with frequent product changes?

Accepted Answer

Weekly or bi-weekly

Answer

Large, frequently updated sites should be crawled weekly or bi-weekly to catch broken links, duplicate content, and indexation issues early.

Question 4

Which tool would you primarily use to monitor a site for unexpected drops in crawl coverage as part of ongoing maintenance?

Accepted Answer

Google Search Console Coverage Report

Answer

The Coverage Report in Google Search Console shows indexed, excluded, and errored URLs, making it the primary tool for monitoring crawl health.

Question 5

A site's robots.txt file accidentally blocks the /product/ directory. Which immediate preventive action should an SEO specialist take?

Accepted Answer

Remove or correct the blocking directive and verify with Google's robots.txt tester

Answer

Correcting the robots.txt directive and validating it with Google's tester is the fastest way to restore crawlability for blocked pages.

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