Sophomore Quiz

  • Question of

    Which of the following statements about HTTPS and its impact on SEO is true?

    • HTTPS is a deprecated security measure and no longer affects SEO rankings as Google has removed it as a ranking signal.
    • Websites with HTTPS will always rank higher than those with HTTP, regardless of other SEO factors such as content quality and backlinks.
    • HTTPS improves user trust and reduces bounce rates, which can indirectly benefit SEO by increasing the time visitors spend on a site and decreasing the likelihood of them leaving quickly.
    • The presence of HTTPS on a site guarantees that it will automatically receive a high ranking in search engine results, without needing any additional SEO optimization.
  • Question of

    Implementing Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) is generally recommended for SEO as it significantly improves site speed and does not negatively impact link building or site functionality.

    • True
    • False
  • Question of

    Which of the following does not contribute to improving website speed?

    • Using content delivery network
    • Lower hosting plan
    • Activate browser caching
    • Compress code & images
  • Question of

    Which of the following scenarios benefits the most from implementing an XML sitemap?

    • A website with a high number of backlinks but minimal internal linking.
    • A small website with fewer than 50 pages and a robust internal linking structure.
    • A website with frequent updates or additions of new content.
  • Question of

    Which of the following statements accurately describes a valid use of the robots.txt file?

    • Using Disallow: / in the robots.txt file will block all search engine bots from crawling your entire site, including the /wp-admin/ directory.
    • Including a Crawl-delay directive in the robots.txt file will affect Googlebot’s crawling speed even though Google ignores this directive.
    • Specifying Disallow: /private_file.html in the robots.txt file allows Googlebot to access the specified file, but blocks all other bots.
    • The robots.txt file can be used to prevent bots from crawling certain sections of a website while still allowing them to crawl other sections, provided the syntax is correctly implemented.
  • Question of

    Which of the following is NOT a common cause of a site error in website crawling?

    • DNS Errors
    • Server Errors
    • URL Errors
    • Robots Failure
  • Question of

    Which of the following statements accurately describes the impact of schema markup on a website’s SEO?

    • Schema markup guarantees that all content on a page will be indexed by search engines, regardless of the crawl budget.
    • Schema markup helps search engines understand the context of content, which can enhance the appearance of search results with rich snippets, but it does not directly influence the crawl budget.
    • Implementing schema markup ensures that search engines will prioritize crawling the page over other pages on the website.
    • Schema markup allows search engines to bypass the robots.txt file restrictions, making previously restricted content accessible to crawlers.
  • Question of

    Which of the following methods is NOT a recommended approach for addressing internal duplicate content issues on a website?

    • Implementing a canonical tag on the main page to indicate which URL should be considered the primary version.
    • Merging content from duplicate pages into a single page and using canonical tags to consolidate ranking signals.
    • Allowing multiple URLs with slight variations to exist if they serve different purposes, as long as they are tracked with URL parameters.
    • Using search engine operators to identify duplicate content issues and manually checking for duplicate pages across the site.
  • Question of

    Why is it beneficial to use a robots.txt file to block certain pages from being crawled by search engine bots?

    • To avoid the risk of duplicate content issues by ensuring that only unique, important pages are crawled and indexed.
    • To conserve crawl budget by directing search engine bots away from less significant pages, ensuring that they focus on crawling and indexing the most valuable content.
    • To improve the visibility of all pages on your site by increasing the likelihood that every page will be indexed and shown in search results.
    • To increase the overall crawl frequency of your site by ensuring that search engine bots encounter and crawl every available page.