Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Elance SEO Questions

Question: 1
What is the main reason for the effectiveness of optimizing a webpage towards a long tail keyword search?

a.
There are more long tail searches than shorter keyword queries
b.
Search engines often pass on long tail searches to lesser known and new websites
c.
Search engines do not pass on long tail search traffic to websites that rank high for shorter keyword searches
d.
There are fewer websites that have targeted such keywords


 Question:  2
What is the name of the search engine technology due to which a query for the word 'actor' will also show search results for related words such as actress, acting or act?


a.
Spreading
b.
Dilating
c.
RSD (real time synonym detection)
d.
Stemming
e.
Branching


 Question:  3
What will happen if you type the words 'Certification -Networking' in the Google search box?


a.
Google will find the web pages about Certification and also containing the word "Networking"
b.
Google will find all the web pages containing the words "Certification" and "Networking"
c.
Google will find all the web pages in which the words "Certification" and "Networking" appear together
d.
Google will find the web pages about Certification that do not contain the word Networking



 Question:  4
What is the term for Optimization strategies that are in an unknown area of reputability/validity?


a.
Red hat techniques
b.
Silver hat techniques
c.
Grey hat techniques
d.
Shady hat techniques



 Question:  5
What is the function of "indexer" part of the Google search engine?


a.
It helps to retrieve web pages from the world wide web
b.
It helps to gather information from other search engines
c.
It helps to sort the documents that Google has retrieved
d.
It helps to generate meaningful results based upon the user's search term



 Question: 6
What does the 302 server response code signify?


a.
It signifies conflict, too many people wanted the same file at the same time
b.
The page has been permanently removed
c.
The method you are using to access the file is not allowed
d.
The page has temporarily moved



 Question:  7
What term is commonly used to describe the shuffling of positions in search engine results in between major updates?


a.
Waves
b.
Flux
c.
Shuffling
d.
Swaying



 Question: 8
What is the illegal act of copying of a page by unauthorized parties in order to filter off traffic to another site called?


a.
Trafficjacking
b.
Visitorjacking
c.
Viewjacking
d.
Pagejacking  



 Question:  9
What is Anchor Text?


a.
It is the main body of text on a particular web page
b.
It is the text within the left or top panel of a web page
c.
It is the visible text that is hyper linked to another page
d.
It is the most prominent text on the page that the search engines use to assign a title to the page



 Question: 10
What does the term Keyword Prominence refer to?


a.
It refers to the fact that the importance of choosing high traffic keywords leads to the best return on investment
b.
It refers to the importance attached to getting the right keyword density
c.
It refers to the fact that the keywords placed in important parts of a webpage are given priority by the search engines
d.
It refers to the fact that the keywords in bold font are given priority by the search engines 



 Question: 11
What is Keyword Density?


a.
The number of times the keyword is used / (DIVIDED BY) the total word count on page - (MINUS)the total words in HTML on the page
b.
The number of times the keyword is used X (MULTIPLIED BY) the total word count on page
c.
The number of times the keyword is used in the page description
d.
The number of times the keyword is used in the page title
e.
The number of times the keyword is used / (DIVIDED BY) the total word count on the page



 Question: 12
Which of the following statements about FFA pages are true?


a.
They are greatly beneficial to SEO
b.
They are also called link farms
c.
They are paid listings
d.
They contain numerous inbound links



 Question:  13
Which of the following statements is correct with regard to natural links?


a.
They are two way links (reciprocal links)
b.
They are from authority websites
c.
They are voluntary in nature
d.
They are from .edu or .gov extension websites



 Question:  14
Which of the following factors have an impact on the Google PageRank?


a.
The total number of inbound links to a page of a web site
b.
The subject matter of the site providing the inbound link to a page of a web site
c.
The text used to describe the inbound link to a page of a web site
d.
The number of outbound links on the page that contains the inbound link to a page of a web site



 Question:  15
Which of the following conditions will Google treat favorably from the 'Relevancy' perspective?


a.
The website offering products and services to the visitors country
b.
A website that provides free content for the related keywords
c.
Hidden keywords on the home page matching the search term
d.
Image Alt tags on the home page matching the search term



 Question:  16
Which of the following free tools/websites could help you identify which city in the world has the largest search for the keyword - "six sigma"?


a.
Yahoo Search Term Suggestion Tool
b.
Alexa
c.
Google Traffic Estimator
d.
Google Trends
e.
WordTracker



 Question:  17
Which of the following statements about search engine optimization techniques are correct:


a.
Making a keyword bold does not influence the way that the search engine looks at the keyword
b.
Websites with deep linking are looked at favorably by search engines
c.
search engine robots follow the first link they find to any particular page and they do not follow additional links to the same page
d.
It is not a good idea to have the same anchor text for all inbound links as it could look automated to the search engines



 Question: 18
Which of the following can be termed as good keyword selection and placement strategies?


a.
Targeting synonyms of the main keyword
b.
Targeting the highest searched keywords only
c.
Copying competitor keywords
d.
Optimizing five or more keywords per page



 Question:  19
Which of the following statements about RSS are correct?


a.
It is a form of XML
b.
It stands for Realtime streamlined syndication
c.
It is a good way of displaying static information
d.
It is a Microsoft technology



 Question:  20
Which of the following activities could be looked down upon by Google as per their quality guidelines?




a.
Using automated website submission software


b.
Loading pages with irrelevant links


c.
Intentionally adding keywords to the TITLE tags and ALT attributes

d.
Registering misspellings of well-known websites