What is the anchor text of this link: <a href="http://jane.com">Fashion deals</a>
A) <a href>
B) "https://jane.com"
C) Fashion Deals
D) </a>
I place the following link on my website: <a rel="nofollow"
href="http://jane.com">Fashion deals</a>. How will this link be treated differently
by the search engines than the link in question 1?
A) Instead of navigating the current window to jane.com, it will create a new window for
jane.com
B) The link will not pass link authority to jane.com
C) The link will be used for an image rather than show anchor text
D) The link will show up as an "unsecured" link
Which of the following is NOT a category of earned backlinks?
A) Popular
B) Editorial
C) Manual
D) Manufactured
Two competing websites have the same number of links. Website A received all
of its links between January 2016 and January 2017. Website B received its links
from January 2016 to present. Which website is likely to rank higher today for a
search that is equally relevant to both sites?
A) Website A, because it initially had a faster pace of link generation
B) Website B, because it has higher link freshness
C) They will be equally ranked, so Google will determine the higher-ranking site by
random selection
D) Website A, because of legacy rankings (it was ranked higher in the past, and Google
will continue to rank it higher regardless of current status)
Why is receiving 100 links from 10 different websites better than receiving 100
links from the same website?
A) links from 10 websites mean a higher link diversity than links from one website
,B) links from 10 websites are more likely to generate social sharing
C) many links from the same website are a signal of black-hat SEO
D) search engines only register on link from any given domain, so they only count the
100 links from the same site as a single link
An editorial link is:
A) a link created by a newspaper editor
B) a link created by submitting one's own site to a directory or local business archive
C) a link created in quid pro quo agreement with another website owner, a link created
voluntarily by another website owner because he/she values the websites content
D) a link created voluntarily by another website owner because he/she values the
website's content.
Sending out press releases to entice news organizations to do a story about a
company can result in links from the news organization's websites. These links
would be considered:
A) editorial links
B) manual links
C) Manufactured links
D) nofollow links
Writing a blog post for someone else's blog and including links to one's own site
would give a website what kind of links?
A) Editorial links
B) manual links
C) Manufactured links
D) nofollow links
Content marketing differs from advertising in that:
A) it is illegal to pay for distribution of content marketing
B) content marketing is meant to entice relationships/ viewership on its own merits
C) advertising content requires more time and energy to create
D) Content marketing cannot contain calls to action
A major advantage of creating content specifically with the goal of ranking well
for a popular search phrase is:
A) the content is not likely to have any competition
B) earning high organic rankings typically happens instantaneously
C) a high conversion rate is almost guaranteed from search engine traffic
D) the content will have built-in distribution
, A link profile is:
A) A directory that catalogs links to other websites
B) An HTML attbiubute that instructs search engines not to count linked-to websites as
endorsements
C) A list of backlinks for a particular webpage
D) Links that take the site visitor elsewhere in the site
White-hat SEO practices are:
A) Actions designed to manipulate a search engine into giving a website good rankings
without the site actually providing value to searchers
B) Actions designed to manipulate the search engine into giving a website good
rankings while also providing high value to searchers
C) actions designed to undermine the integrity or weakness of a search engine using
ethical and sustainable techniques that improve a website's rankings
D) none of these
Which of the following is NOT a method for how to acquire a manual link?
A) creating secondary sites
B) "Quid pro quo" linking
C) Utilizing social bookmarking sites
D) submitting to directories
Which of the following is considered a "popularity metric"?
A) link diversity
B) social sharing
C) anchor text
D) all of these
True or False: "Dofollow" links instruct search engines to pass authority to the
linked-to page.
TRUE
Career SEOs
professionals whose jobs center on improving the rankings of their clients' websites
Citation
a mention of the company's website without a link
Content Marketing
the creation and distribution of media content that entices and engages potential
customers and has a commercial benefit for the publisher