"Are You a Search Engine Whiz?
Take This Quiz and Find Out!"

What kind of search engine wizard are you anyway?

Not sure? Well, why not have some fun and put your search engine know-how to the test?

Simply answer the following 10 search engine quiz questions picking the best answer for each.
Then, based on your score you'll not only get the answers but you'll also get over 40 specific tips, tools and tactics tailored just for you in a FREE special report entitled "Coming Out on Top".
All set? Good. Then let’s go…
Question #1: Which Meta Tag is LEAST valuable when it comes to high search engine rankings but is still the one most often mistakenly focused on?
Description Tag
Title Tag
Heading Tag
Keyword Tag

Question #2: Google used to update it’s index monthly. What does it do now?
Google updates after the "fresh" bot visits your site.
Google updates when DMOZ does.
Google uses a rolling or continuous update.
Google updates about a quarter of it’s index each week

Question #3: A prime example of Search Engine Spamming is
Keyword stuffing or excessive use of a word to increase how many times it shows up on a page to improve your page rank for the term.
Invisible text or hiding keywords by using text that’s the same color as the page background.
Page swapping or getting ranked for one page and then swapping it out for another.
Over submitting or submitting the same page more than once on the same day to the same search engine.
All the above

Question #4: Given the importance of inbound links, what is the best way to boost the number of sites who link to yours?
Participate in FFA
Email link requests to like minded sites
Seek out appropriate Link Farms
Look for guestbooks to sign
Set up a "Link to Us" Page on your site

Question #5: What text does Google display when it returns listings for a keyword search term?
Your site’s DMOZ description for that keyword
The first instance of the keyword and surrounding text
Your Meta Description Tag text
The text you specify Google should use
Could come from any of the first three

Question #6: Inktomi currently serves results for which major such engines? (Pick all that apply)
BBC
Hotbot and Espotting
Kanoodle and WiseNut
MSN and About.com
Overture after the paid listings
All of the above

Question #7: Which statement best describes the main benefit of paying to get into Yahoo?
Helps you rank better in Google and for the traffic
Helps you rank better in AOL and for the traffic
Just for the traffic alone
Just for Google alone

Question #8: How do you know when you’ve been banned by Google?
Your traffic from Google drops to zero
Your PageRank shows zero
You get an email from Google confirming your suspicions
You do a search and can’t find your site listed in the Google index
All the above

Question #9: Which search engine is considered the most serious current challenger to Google?
AOL
Yahoo
FAST/All the Web
Alta Vista
Overture

Question #10: The best thing about Google’s PPC or Ad Words program is (Pick all that apply)
You can get lots of extra traffic
You can get cheap bids
You can get an alternative traffic source
You can quickly test keywords headlines, etc
You can get extra exposure for your site
All the above


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