Webmaster Quiz - Answer Key


1	You have moved your site to a new domain name. For users and search engines, the preferred way to permanently redirect traffic is:	a) 301 redirect
2	Your server is going to be moved and unavailable for a day. What should you do?	c) Return "Network Unavailable (503)" with a helpful message to all requests
3	Your website is not in the index 5 days after you've put it online; what should you do?	b) Continue working on the site
4	Your homepage has 287 errors in the W3C validator. What is the maximum number of URLs that Google could index from your site?	d) All
5	You bought multiple domain names and want them to all show the same website. What should you do with them?	b) Use a 301 redirect
6	192 PDF files from your /private-files/ folder have gotten indexed and you need to remove them from Google's search results. What's the fastest way to do this?	d) Disallow the folder in robots.txt and request removal of the whole folder in Webmaster Tools
7	You need to prevent Google from indexing any content in the new folder /private-files/. What's the best way to do this?	b) Use server-side authentication (username/password) for this folder
8	Your site changed all URLs from .php to .asp, what do you need to do?	c) 301 redirect the old URLs to the new ones
9	You have a country-coded domain name called example.es. To associate your site with Spain, you need to:	c) None of this is necessary. Google should already associate a domain ending in .es with Spain.
10	You have some pages completely in Spanish and others completely in English. How would you tell Google about this?	c) No need to do anything. Google should figure it out.
11	Which of the following is NOT against Google's Webmaster Guidelines?	a) Running tests on a site that result in some users seeing one version of a page and other users seeing another version
12	All of the following can be link schemes that can negatively impact your site's ranking in search results EXCEPT:	a) Links to other sites that you think your users will find interesting or useful
13	What does it mean when a robots.txt file contains "User-agent: *" and "Disallow:"?	a) Allow all search engines to crawl your site
14	What does it mean when a robots.txt file contains "User-agent: *" and "Disallow: /"?	b) Don't allow any search engines to crawl your site
15	You may see a message in your Webmaster Tools Message Center for the following instances:	e) All of the above
16	If you're using First Click Free, the page displayed to users who come there from Google search results must be identical to the content that is shown to Googlebot.	TRUE
17	It's generally a best practice to convey important content on your site with:	b) Text
18	Duplicate content within your site is unlikely to be problematic if:	b) You use the rel="canonical" link element or the new Webmaster Tools feature called Parameter Handling to ignore specified URL parameters
19	You would like your site to be found for some keywords related to your content which are only found in images on the page. How do you do this?	d) Use the "alt" attribute or include the keywords in your text
20	Your Webmaster Tools account lists a lot of "robots.txt unreachable" errors. What should you do?	c) Contact your hoster or server administrator
21	Your Webmaster Tools account lists keywords like "viagra" and "ringtones" even though your site is about kittens. What could this mean?	b) Your site might be hacked (i.e., spammy comments in your forum, blog posts, etc.) / A hacker could have added those words to your site's content, or someone could have spammed your blog with comments that include those words
22	Your SEO has created ranking reports for your site. The results don't match what you're seeing. Why?	d) All of the above
23	Your site was hacked. What should you do to remedy the situation?	e) All of the above
24	What's a good way to submit an XML Sitemap file to Google?	c) Use Google Webmaster Tools
25	One of your pages is only listed with a title (but no snippet) in the search results. What could the problem be?	e) Any of the above
26	Your web shop has 100 products and a site: query shows 50,000 URLs indexed. What might this mean?	e) Any of the above
27	Google guarantees indexing for the following types of sites:	e) None of the above
28	You have limited bandwidth and would like Google to crawl your site less frequently. What should you do?	c) Set a custom crawl rate in Webmaster Tools
29	Your server has limited bandwidth resources and you would like Google only to crawl at night. What should you do?	c) Have your server respond with HTTP result code 503 to all users when it's bogged down
30	Does the amount of money spent on Google AdWords influence how your site ranks in Google Search?	c) No
31	One day you read that a free security update--WyszKablamCMS v.2.7.8--has been released. What should you do?	c) Read about the update, install it, and address any lingering vulnerabilities or compatibility issues
32	One thing Google has found to be true: "Focus on the ______ and all else will follow."	d) user
33	Your site is flagged as having malware, but you can't find the malware. What do you do?	b) Post in the Google Webmaster Help Forum to ask for help
34	Where do you put your robots.txt?	c) The root directory of your domain or subdomain(s)
35	"Unreachable robots.txt" in Webmaster Tools crawl errors means:	b) We couldn't reach the robots.txt file on your server
36	The number of indexed pages shown in a site: query for your site seems to vary. This could be due to:	d) Any of the above
37	Your site has 200 pages, but Google only found 5 pages from your site. What could be the cause of this?	c) Even when a site is crawlable and indexable, it can take Google time to fully explore it
38	You are thinking about putting some links on your site for advertising revenue, which of the below is the correct choice?	c) Use the rel="nofollow" HTML microformat in the <a> tag of the links
39	Disallowing via robots.txt prevents Googlebot from "seeing" 301 redirects, meta nofollow, and noindex directives.	TRUE
40	How do you help bots crawl your site more efficiently with If-Modified-Since?	b) Respond when appropriate with 304 "Not modified"


1	Timestamp	Username:	1. You have moved your site to a new domain name. For users and search engines, the preferred way to permanently redirect traffic is:	2. Your server is going to be moved and unavailable for a day. What should you do?	3. Your website is not in the index 5 days after you've put it online; what should you do?	4. Your homepage has 287 errors in the W3C validator. What is the maximum number of URLs that Google could index from your site?	5. You bought multiple domain names and want them to all show the same website. What should you do with them?	6. 192 PDF files from your /private-files/ folder have gotten indexed and you need to remove them from Google's search results. What's the fastest way to do this?	7. You need to prevent Google from indexing any content in the new folder /private-files/. What's the best way to do this?	8. Your site changed all URLs from .php to .asp, what do you need to do?	9. You have a country-coded domain name called example.es. To associate your site with Spain, you need to:	10. You have some pages completely in Spanish and others completely in English. How would you tell Google about this?	11. Which of the following is NOT against Google's Webmaster Guidelines?	12. All of the following can be link schemes that can negatively impact your site's ranking in search results EXCEPT:	13. What does it mean when a robots.txt file contains "User-agent: *" and "Disallow:"?	14. What does it mean when a robots.txt file contains "User-agent: *" and "Disallow: /"?	15. You may see a message in your Webmaster Tools Message Center for the following instances:	16. If you're using First Click Free, the page displayed to users who come there from Google search results must be identical to the content that is shown to Googlebot.	17. It's generally a best practice to convey important content on your site with:	18. Duplicate content within your site is unlikely to be problematic if:	19. You would like your site to be found for some keywords related to your content which are only found in images on the page. How do you do this?	20. Your Webmaster Tools account lists a lot of "robots.txt unreachable" errors. What should you do?	21. Your Webmaster Tools account lists keywords like "viagra" and "ringtones" even though your site is about kittens. What could this mean?	22. Your SEO has created ranking reports for your site. The results don't match what you're seeing. Why?	23. Your site was hacked. What should you do to remedy the situation?	24. What's a good way to submit an XML Sitemap file to Google?	25. One of your pages is only listed with a title (but no snippet) in the search results. What could the problem be?	26. Your web shop has 100 products and a site: query shows 50,000 URLs indexed. What might this mean?	27. Google guarantees indexing for the following types of sites:	28. You have limited bandwidth and would like Google to crawl your site less frequently. What should you do?	29. Your server has limited bandwidth resources and you would like Google only to crawl at night. What should you do?	30. Does the amount of money spent on Google AdWords influence how your site ranks in Google Search?	31. One day you read that a free security update--WyszKablamCMS v.2.7.8--has been released. What should you do?	32. One thing Google has found to be true: "Focus on the ______ and all else will follow."	33. Your site is flagged as having malware, but you can't find the malware. What do you do?	34. Where do you put your robots.txt?	35. "Unreachable robots.txt" in Webmaster Tools crawl errors means:	36. The number of indexed pages shown in a site: query for your site seems to vary. This could be due to:	37. Your site has 200 pages, but Google only found 5 pages from your site. What could be the cause of this?	38. You are thinking about putting some links on your site for advertising revenue, which of the below is the correct choice?	39. Disallowing via robots.txt prevents Googlebot from "seeing" 301 redirects, meta nofollow, and noindex directives.	40. How do you help bots crawl your site more efficiently with If-Modified-Since?