UPDATED oDesk Search Engine Optimization skill Test Answers

Question: 1

Which of the following search engines or directories provides the directory  search results for Yahoo?

Ans:  B

Question: 2

Which of the following statements regarding website content are correct?

Ans: A

Question: 3

What is Keyword Density?

Ans: D

Question: 4

Which of the following statements about the Google Sitemap are correct:

Ans: A

Question: 5

Are RSS/Atom feeds returned in Google’s search results?

Ans: B

Question: 6

What does the term Keyword Prominence refer to?

Ans: C

Question: 7

Which of the following factors does Google take into account  while assessing whether or not a website is an authority website?

Ans: A,B,C

Question:  8

What is Anchor Text?

Ans: C

Question: 9

If you search for the term “iq test” in the Word Tracker keyword  suggestion tool, will it return the number of independent searches  for the term “iq”?

Ans: B

Question: 10

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

Ans: D

Question:  11

Do search engines such as Google detect unnatural linking patterns by checking  the Class C IP address of the page where the link to the website originates?

Ans: A

Question:  12

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

Ans: B

Question: 13

While grading your website, Google gives credit to outbound links pointing  to authority websites?

Ans: B

Question:  14

Which of the following URLs can the Google search engine spider?

Ans: E

Question: 16

What does the 302 server response code signify?

Ans: D

Question: 17

Which of the following statements is correct with regard to the description meta tag?

Ans: D

Question: 18

State whether true or false.The Yahoo Directory listing is a free service for commercial sites.

Ans: A

Question: 19

Which of the following statements is correct with regard to the images within a webpage?

Ans: B

Question: 20

Cloaking is a controversial SEO technique. What does it involve?

Ans: B

Question:  21

Which of the following facts about Alexa are correct?

ANS: A

Question: 22

Google looks down upon paid links for enhancing page rank. If a website sells links, what action/s does Google recommend to avoid being penalized?

Ans: C

Question:  23

Which of the following actions could get you banned by Google?

Ans:  A

Question:  24

Which of the following statements about Google’s technical and quality guidelines is true?

Ans: B

Question: 25

Which of the following is an ethical SEO Technique?

Ans: D

Question:  26

All major search engines are case sensitive.

Ans: B

Question:  27

While optimizing your website it is important to generate the right type of traffic, how does the Bounce Rate information help in this regard?

Ans: B

Question:  28

Which of the following factors contribute towards link popularity of a website?

Ans: A,B,C,D

Question:  29

Search engines do not index some common words (such as “or”, “and”, “when”, and “in”) within the webpage. What are these common words called?

Ans: D

Question:  30

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

Ans: B,C

Question:  31

Which of the following statements about RSS are correct?

Ans: A

Question:  32

_________ is usually the best web page to get linked to while receiving a themed in-bound link from another website.

Ans: D

Question: 33

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

ANS: A, D

Question:  34

If your site is not appearing in Google search results because of some unethical SEO practices in the recent past, _________________.

Ans:  D

Question:  35

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

Ans: A, B, D

Question:  36

A Hallway Page is used to:

Ans: D

Question:  37

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”?

Ans: D

Question:  38

How are site maps important for the search engine optimization process?

Ans: C

Question:  39

State whether the following statement is true or false.A Sitemap provides a list of internal links to user accessible pages on a website.

Ans: A

Question:  40

What is the function of “indexer” part of the Google search engine?

Ans:  D

Question:  41

Which of the following conditions will Google treat favorably from the ‘Relevancy’ perspective?

Ans: D

Question:  42

Some words, when followed by a colon, have special meanings to Yahoo. What is performed by the link: operator?

ANS:  C

Question:  43

Which of the following factors have an impact on the Google Page Rank?

ANS:  A

Question:  44

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

ANS: C

Question:  45

Why is it a bad idea from the seo perspective to host free articles and write ups that are very common on the internet.

ANS: B

Question:  46

The following robots meta tag directs the search engine bots:<META NAME=”robots” CONTENT=”noindex,nofollow”>

ANS:  B

Question:  47

_________________ use both crawlers and directories to generate relevant results.

ANS:  D

Question:  48

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

ANS: C

Question:  49

What will happen if you type the words ‘Certification -Networking’ in the Google search box?

ANS: D

Question:   50

If you enter ‘Help site:www.microsoft.com’ in the Google search box, what will Google search for?

ANS: B

Question: 51

Which of the following statements about FFA pages are true?

ANS: B

Question:  52

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?

ANS: D

Question:  53

If a website’s search engine saturation with respect to a particular search engine is 20%, what does it mean?

NS: A

Question: 54

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

ANS:   A