SEO Transmission & Drivetrain Systems 2

Question 1

Which HTTP status code should be used when permanently redirecting an old URL to a new one to pass full link equity?

Accepted Answer

301 Moved Permanently

Answer

A 301 redirect signals a permanent move and passes the majority of link equity (PageRank) to the destination URL.

Question 2

What is 'crawl budget' in the context of technical 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 crawls and indexes on a site within a set time period.

Question 3

Which directive in a robots.txt file blocks all crawlers from accessing the entire site?

Accepted Answer

User-agent: * / Disallow: /

Answer

User-agent: * targets all bots and Disallow: / blocks access to every path on the domain.

Question 4

What does the 'noindex' meta robots tag tell search engines?

Accepted Answer

Do not include this page in search results

Answer

The noindex directive instructs search engines to exclude the page from their index and search results.

Question 5

Which sitemap type is specifically designed to help search engines discover video content on a site?

Accepted Answer

Video XML sitemap

Answer

A Video XML sitemap provides metadata about video content, helping search engines index and surface it in video search results.

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