QUIZ – How much do you know about SEO?

OK, you own a small business website and you keep hearing about search engine optimization. You know that it must be important, but what do you really know about it? Take the short quiz below and find out what’s good, what’s bad, and most of all, what you need to know about SEO.



SEO Quiz



	
	

	
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			When was the first documented use of the term Search Engine Optimization?			
						
						
						
						
							
					 1995 
				
							
					 1997 
				
							
					 2002 
				
							
					 2005 
				
									
	

	
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			Which search engine does NOT look at meta keywords in the page code?			Meta keywords are a category of keywords placed in the code of a web page, not key words used in the text in a web page.
						
						
						
						
						
							
					 Yahoo 
				
							
					 Bing 
				
							
					 Google 
				
									
	

	
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			Does the age of a website influence its ranking?			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Yes 
				
							
					 No 
				
									
	

	
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			What is an example of "black hat" SEO?			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Using a lot of images with little text 
				
							
					 Using a black background with white text 
				
							
					 Submitting to multiple search engines 
				
							
					 Using black text on a black background to stuff more keywords into a page 
				
									
	

	
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			Does Google use social media to rank websites?			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Yes 
				
							
					 No 
				
									
	

	
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			What is "Panda"?			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Using "cute" images to attract traffic 
				
							
					 A new SEO practice of getting people off of the Home page and into the site quickly 
				
							
					 A new way to cheat Google 
				
							
					 A way for Bing to rank websites 
				
									
	

	
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			Does changing your website content on a regular basis increase your ranking?			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Yes 
				
							
					 No 
				
									
	

	
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			Does using both "www" and non-"www" on my website help my ranking?			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Yes, it will help your ranking 
				
							
					 No, it will hurt your ranking 
				
									
	

	
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			I keep getting emails telling me that they can get me hundreds of backlinks? Is this for real?			


						
						
						
						
						
							
					 Yes, the more backlinks the better 
				
							
					 Backlinks don'tmake much difference to rankings 
				
							
					 Backlinks are obsolete 
				
							
					 Low traffic backlinks can hurt your ranking

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