SEO Technical SEO 2

Question 1

What does a 301 HTTP status code indicate to search engines?

Accepted Answer

The resource has permanently moved to a new URL

Answer

A 301 redirect signals a permanent move, transferring most link equity to the new URL.

Question 2

Which structured data format is recommended by Google for implementing Schema.org markup?

Accepted Answer

JSON-LD

Answer

Google recommends JSON-LD because it is easy to implement and keeps markup separate from HTML content.

Question 3

What is the purpose of the 'rel=canonical' tag?

Accepted Answer

To tell search engines the preferred version of a duplicate page

Answer

The canonical tag consolidates ranking signals to the preferred URL when duplicate or near-duplicate content exists.

Question 4

Which Core Web Vital metric measures visual stability of a page?

Accepted Answer

Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)

Answer

CLS measures the sum of unexpected layout shifts during the page's lifetime, with a good score being below 0.1.

Question 5

What does an XML sitemap primarily help search engines do?

Accepted Answer

Discover and prioritize URLs for crawling

Answer

XML sitemaps list URLs and optional metadata to help crawlers efficiently find and prioritize pages.

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