oDesk Search Engine Optimization Test Answer by Sagar Ganatra

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

a.Windows Live
b.Yahoo Directory
c.Google
d.Wikipedia
e.DMOZ 
Ans:  B
 

Question: 

Which of the following statements regarding website content are correct?

a.If you have two versions of a document on your website, Google recommends that you only allow the indexing of the better versionb. Linking to a page inconsistently does not affect the way Google views the page/s. Examples of inconsistent linking could be http://www.expertrating.com/page/ and http://www.expertrating.com/page and http://www.expertrating.com/page/index.htm

c.Syndicating your content could lead to Google viewing the material as duplicate
d.Placeholders for pages which do not have content are never viewed as duplicate content by Google
Ana:c

Question: 
What is Keyword Density? 

a.The number of times the keyword is used / (DIVIDED BY) the total word count on page - (MINUS)the total words in HTML on the page

b.The number of times the keyword is used X (MULTIPLIED BY) the total word count on page
c.The number of times the keyword is used in the page description
d.The number of times the keyword is used in the page title
e.The number of times the keyword is used / (DIVIDED BY) the total word count on the page
Ans: D

Question: 
Which of the following statements about the Google Sitemap are correct: 
a.Repeated submission of the Sitemap to Google could be penalized
b.It is possible to create and submit specialized Sitemaps to Google for Video and Mobile content
c.The Sitemap acceptable to Google follows an XML format
Ans: A

Question:
 Are RSS/Atom feeds returned in Google's search results? 
a.Yes
b.No
Ans: B

Question: 
What does the term Keyword Prominence refer to? 
a.It refers to the fact that the importance of choosing high traffic keywords leads to the best return on investment
b.It refers to the importance attached to getting the right keyword density
c.It refers to the fact that the keywords placed in important parts of a webpage are given priority by the search engines
d.It refers to the fact that the keywords in bold font are given priority by the search engines
Ans: C

Question: 
Which of the following factors does Google take into account while assessing whether or not a website is an authority website? 
a.The frequency with which the content of the website is updated
b.The number of web pages containing relevant information on the main theme of the website
c.The number of in-bound natural links related to the website's theme (or keywords)
d.None of the above
Ans: A,B,C

Question:  
What is Anchor Text?
a.It is the main body of text on a particular web page
b.It is the text within the left or top panel of a web page
c.It is the visible text that is hyper linked to another page
d.It is the most prominent text on the page that the search engines use to assign a title to the page
Ans: C

Question:
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"?
a.Yes
b.No 
Ans:B

Question: 
What is the illegal act of copying of a page by unauthorized parties in order to filter off traffic to another site called? 
a.Trafficjacking
b.Visitorjacking
c.Viewjacking
d.Pagejacking 
Ans: D

Question: 
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? 
a.Yes
b.No
Ans: A

Question: 
What term is commonly used to describe the shuffling of positions in search engine results in between major updates? 
a.Waves
b.Flux
c.Shuffling
d.Swaying
Ans: B

Question: 
While grading your website, Google gives credit to outbound links pointing to authority websites? 
a.True
b.False
Ans: B

Question: 
Which of the following URLs can the Google search engine spider? 
a.http://www.expertrating.com/exams/seo.asp?examnum=243&examtype=244
b.http://www.expertrating.com/exams/seo.asp?examnum=243
c.http://www.expertrating.com/exams/seo.asp
d.http://www.expertrating.com/exams/seo.html
e.All of the above

Question: 
Google displays up to _____ characters of a webpage's Title Tag. 
a.56
b.60
c.66
d.80
Ans: E

Question: 
What does the 302 server response code signify? 
a.It signifies conflict, too many people wanted the same file at the same time
b.The page has been permanently removed
c.The method you are using to access the file is not allowed
d.The page has temporarily moved
e.What you requested is just too big to process
Ans: D

Question: 
Which of the following statements is correct with regard to the description meta tag? 
a.It should be about 50 characters in length
b.The description should not contain the keywords
c.If the meta description is not included, the search engines will use the meta keywords for information
d.Google uses the meta description to generate the search engine results pages
Ans: D

Question: 
State whether true or false. The Yahoo Directory listing is a free service for commercial sites.
a.True
b.False
Ans: A


Question: 
Which of the following statements is correct with regard to the images within a webpage? 
a.Images cannot be spidered by the search engines
b.Important keywords related to the image should be placed in the ALT text
c.Images should always be kept close to the top of a webpage
d.Image maps should be used while including the images
Ans: B 

Question: 
Cloaking is a controversial SEO technique. What does it involve? 
a.Increasing the keyword density on the web pages
b.Offering a different set of web pages to the search engines
c.Hiding the keywords within the webpage
d.Creating multiple pages and hiding them from the website visitors
Ans: B

Question: 
Which of the following facts about Alexa are correct? 
a.Alexa provides free data on relative website visitor traffic
b.Alexa and Quantcast provide information on visitor household incomes
c.Alexa is biased towards US based traffic
d.Quantcast only tracks people who have installed the Quantcast toolbar
ANS: A

Question: 
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? 
a.The text of the paid links should state the words "paid text link" for Google to identify it as a paid link
b.Only Paid text links to non profit websites should be accepted
c.Paid links should be disclosed through the "rel=nofollow" attribute  in the hyperlink
d.Paid links should be disclosed through the "index=nofollow" attribute  in the hyperlink
Ans: C

Question: 
Which of the following actions could get you banned by Google? 
a.Hiding text on the webpage
b.Stuffing keywords on the webpage
c.Linking to sites banned by Google
d.None of the above
Ans:  A

Question: 
Which of the following statements about Google's technical and quality guidelines is true? 
a. It is advantageous if your web server supports the If-Modified-Since HTTP heade
b. If using dynamic pages, it helps to keep the parameters short and the number of them few
c. Avoid using robots.txt to prevent crawling of search results pages or other auto-generated pages, even if they don't add much value for users coming from search engines
d. Submitting new pages of your website at http://www.google.com/addurl.html as soon as they are online, helps to speed up indexing
Ans: B

Question: 
Which of the following is an ethical SEO Technique? 
a.Creating a subdomain with the hottest keyword and creating duplicate copies of existing pages on it
b.Filling your pages with keywords, whether relevant to the page content or not
c.Creating a page which serves a different content to the search engine bots and different to human users
d.None of the above
Ans: D

Question: 
All major search engines are case sensitive. 
a.True
b.False
Ans: B

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

a.By letting you know the percentage of users who entered the website and then went on to visit additional pages

b.By letting you know the percentage of users who entered the website and then left without viewing any other page

c.By letting you know the percentage of users who decided to go back to the source from where they found your website
d.By letting you know the percentage of users who left your website within 10 seconds of viewing the first page
Ans: B

Question: 
Which of the following factors contribute towards link popularity of a website? 
a.The number of websites that link to it
b.The number of pages of the website indexed by Google
c.The number of pages in the website
d.The quality of websites that link to it
Ans: A,B,C,D

Question: 
Search engines do not index some common words (such as "or", "and", "when", and "in") within the webpage. What are these common words called? 
a.Barrier words
b.Non-indexable words
c.Slow words
d.Stop words
Ans: D

Question: 
Which of the following activities could be looked down upon by Google as per their quality guidelines? 
a.Using automated website submission software
b.Loading pages with irrelevant links
c.Intentionally adding keywords to the TITLE tags and ALT attributes
d.Registering misspellings of well-known websites
Ans: B,C

Question: 
Which of the following statements about RSS are correct? 
a.It is a form of XML
b.tstands for Realtime streamlined syndication
c.It is a good way of displaying static information
d.It is a Microsoft technology
Ans: A

Question:
_________ is usually the best web page to get linked to while receiving a themed in-bound link from another website. 
a.The sitemap
b.The contact page
c.The home page
d.The page which you would like to improve in the search engine rankings
Ans: D

Question: 
Which of the following can be termed as good keyword selection and placement strategies? 
a.Targeting synonyms of the main keyword
b.Targeting the highest searched keywords only
c.Copying competitor keywords
d.ofive or more keywords per page
ANS: A, D 


Question: 
 If your site is not appearing in Google search results because of some unethical SEO practices in the recent past, _________________? 
a.abandon and close your website permanently.
b.modify the page contents, make them useful and relevant to the human users, and request Google to reconsider your site.
c.start a PPC campaign to get your site included in the sponsored results.
d.it is better to discontinue the website and shift your webpages to a fresh website with a new domain name.
Ans:  D

Question: 
Which of the following statements about search engine optimization techniques are correct:
a.Making a keyword bold does not influence the way that the search engine looks at the keyword
b.Websites with deep linking are looked at favorably by search engines
c.search engine robots follow the first link they find to any particular page and they do not follow additional links to the same page
d.It is not a good idea to have the same anchor text for all inbound links as it could look automated to the search engines
Ans: A, B, D

Question: 
A Hallway Page is used to:
a.Attract visitors from the search engines straight onto the Hallway Page
b.Organize the Doorway Pages
c.Help people navigate to different Doorway Pages
d.Enable search engine bots to index the Doorway Pages
Ans: D

Question: 
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"?
aYahoo Search Term Suggestion Tool
b.Alexa
c.Google Traffic Estimatord.Google Trends
e.WordTracker
Ans: D

Question: 
How are site maps important for the search engine optimization process?
a.Site maps help the search engine editorial staff to quickly go through a website, hence ensuring quicke rplacement
b.Ggives credit to the websites having site maps. The GoogleBot looks for the keyword or title "Site Map" on the home page of a website.
c.Site maps help the search engine spider pick up more pages from the website
d.None of the above
Ans: C

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

Question: 
What is the function of "indexer" part of the Google search engine?
a.It helps to retrieve web pages from the world wide web
b.It helps to gather information from other search engines
c.It helps to sort the documents that Google has retrieved
d.It helps to generate meaningful results based upon the user's search term
Ans:  D

Question: 
Which of the following conditions will Google treat favorably from the 'Relevancy' perspective?
a.The website offering products and services to the visitors country
b.A website that provides free content for the related keywords
c.Hidden keywords on the home page matching the search term
d.Image Alt tags on the home page matching the search term
Ans: D

Question: 
Some words, when followed by a colon, have special meanings to Yahoo. What is performed by the link: operator?
a.It shows all the outbound links from the URL
b.It shows how many pages of the site Yahoo is pointing to
c.It shows all the pages that point to that URL
d.It shows URLs with broken links
ANS:  C

Question: 
Which of the following factors have an impact on the Google PageRank?
a.The total number of inbound links to a page of a web site
b.The subject matter of the site providing the inbound link to a page of a web site
c.The text used to describe the inbound link to a page of a web site
d.The number of outbound links on the page that contains the inbound link to a page of a web site
ANS:  A

Question: 
What is the term for Optimization strategies that are in an unknown area of reputability/validity?
a.Red hat techniques
b.Silver hat techniques
c.Grey hat techniquesd.Shady hat techniques
ANS: C

Question: 
 Why is it a bad idea from the seo perspective to host free articles and write ups that are very common on the internet?
a.Because they will not lead to fresh traffic
b.Because you could get penalized by search engines for using duplicate content
c.Because you will not get the benefits of proper keyword targeting
d.Because people could turn up claiming copy right infringement
ANS: B

Question: 
The following robots meta tag directs the search engine bots:  
a.Not to index the homepage and not to follow the links in the page
b.Not to index the page and not to follow the links in the page
c.To index the page and not to follow the links in the page
d.Not to index the page but to follow the links in the page
ANS:  B

Question:
_________________ use both crawlers and directories to generate relevant results?
a.Crawler-based Search Engines
b.Human-Powered Directories
c.Hybrid Search Engines
d.Meta Search Engines
ANS:  D

Question: 
Which of the following statements is correct with regard to natural links?
a.They are two way links (reciprocal links)
b.They are from authority websites
c.They are voluntary in nature
d.They are from .edu or .gov extension websites
ANS: C

Question: 
What will happen if you type the words 'Certification -Networking' in the Google search box?
a.Google will find the web pages about Certification and also containing the word "Networking"
b.Google will find all the web pages containing the words "Certification" and "Networking"
c.Google will find all the web pages in which the words "Certification" and "Networking" appear together
d.Google will find the web pages about Certification that do not contain the word Networking
ANS: D

Question: 
If you enter 'Help site:www.microsoft.com' in the Google search box, what will Google search for?
a.It will open up the Google help pages applicable to www.expertrating.com
b.It will find pages about help within www.expertrating.com
c.It will only find page titles about help within www.expertrating.com
d.It will direct you to the request page for re-indexing of www.expertrating.com
ANS: B

Question: 
Which of the following statements about FFA pages are true?
a.They are greatly beneficial to SEO
b.They are also called link farms
c.They are paid listings
d.They contain numerous inbound links
ANS: B

Question: 
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?
a.Spreading
b.Dilating
c.RSD (real time synonym detection)
d.Stemming
e.Branching
ANS: D

Question: 
If a website's search engine saturation with respect to a particular search engine is 20%, what does it mean?
a.20% of the webpages of the website have been indexed by the search engine
b.Only 20% of the pages of the website will be indexed by the search engine
c.20% of the websites pages will never be indexed
d.The website ranks in the first 20% of all websites indexed by the search engine for its most important search terms
ANS: A

Question: 
What is the main reason for the effectiveness of optimizing a webpage towards a long tail keyword search?
a.There are more long tail searches than shorter keyword queries
b.Search engines often pass on long tail searches to lesser known and new websites
c.Search engines do not pass on long tail search traffic to websites that rank high for shorter keyword searches
d.There are fewer websites that have targeted such keywords
ANS:A

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1.  Which blach hat Seo Techique is characterized by a method to deceive search engines,  by detecting the search engine bot and “feeding” it with a different HTML actually served to users?
ans: Cloaking
2. Which is the function of indexer part of the Google search Engine?
ans. It helps to retrieve web pages from the world wide wed
3. Google display up to _______ characters of a webpages Title Tag.
ans:66

4. which of the following can be termed as a good keyword selection and placement  strategies?
ans:a. targeting synonyms of the main keyword
d. Optimizing five or more keywords per page
5. What will happen if you type the words Certification-Networking in the google search  box?
ans: google will find all the web pages in which the words certerfication and networking  appear together
6. which search engine technology prevents a website from appearing in numerous top  positions in the search engine result pages
ans:clustering
7. if a websites search engine saturation with respect to a particular search engine is  20%. what does it mean?
ans:only 20% of the pages of the website will be indexed by the search engine
8. Which of the following statements about google techinical and quality guidlines is  true.
ans:Avoid using robot.txt to prevent crawling of search results pages or other auto- generated pages, even if they dont add much value for users coming from the search  engines.
9. Impleminting a 301 permanent Redirects on the old pages to redirect to the new pages  is a good idea from the SEO perspective.
True or False?
ans:True
10. 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:RSD ( real time synonym detection )
11. Are Rss/Atom feeds returned in Google search results?
ans:No
12. All major search engines are case sensitive
ans:False
13. Cloaking is a controversial SEO technique. What does it involve
ans:Offering a different set of web pages to the search engines
14. which of the following statements is correct with regard to the description meta tag?
ans:Google uses the meta description to generate the search engine results pages.
15. which of the following statements about the search engine optimization techniques are  correct.
ans:websites with deep linking are looked at the favorably by search engines
16.Which of the following factors have an impact on the google pagerank
ans: the subject matter of the site providing the inbound link to a page of a web site
17. what is the most likely time period required for getting a google page rank
ans:More Than 3 monts.
18. Which of the following is an ethical SEO Techique?
ans:Non of the above.
19. What is Anchor text
ans:it is the visible text that is hyper linked to another page
20. Google looks down upon paid links for enhancing page rank. If a website sells a  links, what actions does Google recommend to avoid being penalized
ans:Paid links should be disclosed through index-nofollow attribute in the hyperlink
21. 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”
Yes or no?
ans: no
22. if you enter “help site:http://www.expertrating.com‘ in the google search box, what will  google search for
ans:it will find pages about help with-in http://www.expertrating.com
23. which of the following website design guidelines have been recommended by Google
ans:Every page should be reachable from at least one static text link
24. Which of the following statements regarding website content are correct?
ans:If you have two versions of a document on your website, google recommends that you  only allow the indexing of the better version
25. which of the following statements about the RSS are correct.
ans:it is a form of XML
26. what is the main reason for the effectiveness of optimizing a webpages towards a long  tail keyword search
ans:there are fewer websites that have targeted such keywords.
27. how are the site maps important for the search engine optimization process
ans:ste maps help the search engine spider pick up more pages from the website..
28. which of the following actions could get you banned by Google
ans:non of the above.
29. Do search engines such as google detect innatural linking patterns by checking the  Class C ip address of the page where the link to the websites originates? Yes or no?
ans:yes
30. what is the term for optimization strategies that are in an unknown area of  reputability/validity
ans:Silver hat techiques
31. What does the term keyword prominence refer to?
ans:it refers to the fact that the keywords placed in important parts of a webpage are  given priority by the search engines.
1. Some words, when followed by a colon, have special meanings to yahoo. What is perfermed by the link:Operator?
a. it shows all the outbound links from the url
b. It shows how many pages of the site yahoo is pointing to
c. It shows all the pages that point to that url (ans)
d. It show url’s with broken links
2. Which blackhat Seo techniques is characterized by a method to decieve search engine, by detecting the search engine bot and “feeding” it with a different HTML code than the HTML actually served to users?
a.Coaling
b.Foisting
c.Slighting
d.Cloaking (ans)

3. Why is it bad idea from SEO perspective to host free articles and write ups that are very common on the internet?
a.Because they will not lead to fresh traffic
b.Because you could be penalize by search engine for using duplicate contents (ans)
c.Because you will not get the benefits of proper keyword targeting
d.because people could turn up claiming copyright infirigement
4. What will happen if you type the word ‘Certification-Networking’ in the google search box?
a.Google will find the web pages about “certification” and also containing the word “networking”
b.Google will find ALL the web pages containing the word word “Certification” and “Networking”
c.*Google will find ALL the web pages in which the words “Certification” and “Networking” appear together. (ans)
d.Google will find the web pages about Certification that do not contain the word Networking
5. Which of the following factors does google take into account while accessing whether or not a website is an authority website?

a. The frequency with which the contents of the website is updated
b. the number of web pages containing relevant information on the main theme of the website
c.*The number of in-bound natural links related to the website’s theme (or keywords) (ans)
d. None of the above
6. What is keyword density?

a.The number of times the keyword is used / (divided by) the total word count on page – (minus) the total words in HTML on the page
b.The number of times the keyword is used x (multiply by) the total word count on page.
c.The number of times the keyword is used in the page description
d.The number of times the keyword is used in the page title
e*The number of times the keyword is used / (divided by) the total word count on the page. (ans)
7. Which of the following statement about FFA pages are true?
a.They are greatly beneficial to SEO
b.They are also called Link Farms (ans)
c.They are Paid Listings
d*They contain numerous inbound links
8. What is the illegal act of copying of a page by unauthorized parties in order to filter off traffic to another site called?

a.Traffic jacking
b.Visitors Jacking
c.View Jacking
d* Page Jacking (ans)

9. What is the most likely time period required for getting a google page ranking?
a.1 week
b. 3 weeks
c. 1 month
d.* More than 3 months (ans)

10. Which of the following can be termed as a good keyword selection and placement strategies?
a* Targeting synonyms of the main keyword (ans) A & D
b.Targeting the highest searched keywords only
c.Copying competitor keywords
d.Optimizing 5 or more keywords per page (check) (ans)*
  

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Question: 1
If a website's search engine saturation with respect to a particular search engine is 20%, what does it mean?
a. 20% of the WebPages of the website have been indexed by the search engine ***Ans
b. Only 20% of the pages of the website will be indexed by the search engine ***Ans.
c. 20% of the websites pages will never be indexed
d. The website ranks in the first 20% of all websites indexed by the search engine for its most
Important search terms

Question: 2
Which of the following can be termed as good keyword selection and placement strategies?
a. Targeting synonyms of the main keyword*****Ans.
b. Targeting the highest searched keywords only
c. Copying competitor keywords
d. Optimizing five or more keywords per page*****Ans.

Question: 3
What does the 302 server response code signify?
a. It signifies conflict; too many people wanted the same file at the same time
b. The page has been permanently removed
c. The method you are using to access the file is not allowed
d. The page has temporarily removed*****Ans.
e. What you requested is just too big to process

Question : 4
What is the illegal act of copying of a page by unauthorized parties in order to filter off traffic to another site called?
a. Traffic Jacking
b. Visitor Jacking
c. View Jacking
d. Page Jacking*****Ans.

Question : 5
Which of the following factors does Google take into account while assessing whether or not a website is an authority website?
a. The frequency with which the content of the website is updated
b. The number of web pages containing relevant information on the main theme of the website
c. The number of in-bound natural links related to the website's theme (or keywords) *****Ans.
d. None of the above (Maybe a,b,c Ans.)

Question: 6
State whether the following statement is true or false.
A Sitemap provides a list of internal links to user accessible pages on a website.
a. True******Ans.
b. False


Question: 7
Which of the following statements about FFA pages are true?
a. They are greatly beneficial to SEO
b. They are also called link farms*****Ans.
c. They are paid listings
d. They contain numerous inbound links

Question: 8
All major search engines are case sensitive.
a. True
b. False*****Ans.

Question: 9
What is the term for Optimization strategies that are in an unknown area of reputability/validity?
a. Red hat techniques
b. Silver hat techniques
c. Grey hat techniques******Ans.
d. Shady hat techniques

Question: 10
_________ is usually the best web page to get linked to while receiving a themed in-bound link from another website.
a. The sitemap
b. The contact page
c. The home page
d. The page which you would like to improve in the search engine rankings*****Ans.
Question: 11
Which of the following statements about Google's technical and quality guidelines is true?
a. It is advantageous if your web server supports the If-Modified-Since HTTP header
b. If using dynamic pages, it helps to keep the parameters short and the number of them few**Ans.
c. Avoid using robots.txt to prevent crawling of search results pages or other auto-generated pages, even if they don't add much value for users coming from search engines
d. Submitting new pages of your website at http://www.google.com/addurl.html as soon as they are online, helps to speed up indexing

Question: 12
Which of the following statements is correct with regard to the images within a webpage?
a. Images cannot be spidered by the search engines
b. Important keywords related to the image should be placed in the ALT text****Ans.
c. Images should always be kept close to the top of a webpage
d. Image maps should be used while including the images




Question: 13
Which of the following statements about search engine optimization techniques are correct:
a. Making a keyword bold does not influence the way that the search engine looks at the keyword
b. Websites with deep linking are looked at favorably by search engines
c. search engine robots follow the first link they find to any particular page and they do not follow
additional links to the same page
d. It is not a good idea to have the same anchor text for all inbound links as it could look
automated to the search engines *****(Ans. A, B & D)*****

Question: 14
What is the most likely time period required for getting a Google page rank?
a. 1 week
b. 3 weeks
c. 1 month
d. More than 3 months*****Ans.

Question: 15
What will happen if you type the words 'Certification -Networking' in the Google search box?
a. Google will find the web pages about Certification and also containing the word "Networking"
b. Google will find all the web pages containing the words "Certification" and "Networking"
c. Google will find all the web pages in which the words "Certification" and "Networking" appear
together *****Ans.
d. Google will find the web pages about Certification that do not contain the word Networking

Question: 16
How are site maps important for the search engine optimization process?
a. Site maps help the search engine editorial staff to quickly go through a website,
hence ensuring quicker placement
b. Google gives credit to the websites having site maps.
The Google Bot looks for the keyword or title "Site Map" on the home page of a website.
c. Site maps help the search engine spider pick up more pages from the website*****Ans.
d. None of the above

Question: 17
Are RSS/Atom feeds returned in Google's search results?
a. Yes
b. No*****Ans.

Question: 18
Which of the following conditions will Google treat favorably from the 'Relevancy' perspective?
a. The website offering products and services to the visitors’ country
b. A website that provides free content for the related keywords
c. Hidden keywords on the home page matching the search term
d. Image Alt tags on the home page matching the search term*****Ans.


Question: 19
While optimizing your website it is important to generate the right type of traffic, how does the Bounce Rate information help in this regard?
a. By letting you know the percentage of users who entered the website and then went on to
visit additional pages
b. By letting you know the percentage of users who entered the website and then left without
viewing any other page*****Ans.
c. By letting you know the percentage of users who decided to go back to the source from
where they found your website
d. By letting you know the percentage of users who left your website within 10 seconds of
viewing the first page

Question: 20
Which of the following statements is correct with regard to the description meta tag?
a. It should be about 50 characters in length.
b. The description should not contain the keywords.
c. If the meta description is not included, the search engines will use the meta keywords for
information.
d. Google uses the meta description to generate the search engine results pages.***Ans.

Question: 21
Which of the following actions could get you banned by Google?
a. Hiding text on the webpage
b. Stuffing keywords on the webpage
c. Linking to sites banned by Google
d. None of the above*****Ans.

Question: 22
10 people do a web search. In response, they see links to a variety of web pages. Three of the 10 people choose one particular link. That link then has a __________ click through rate.
a. less than 30%
b. 30 percent
c. more than 30%******Ans.

Question: 23
Which of the following activities could be looked down upon by Google as per their quality guidelines?
a. Using automated website submission software
b. Loading pages with irrelevant links*****Ans.
c. Intentionally adding keywords to the TITLE tags and ALT attributes*****Ans.
d. Registering misspellings of well-known websites

Question: 24
_________________ use both crawlers and directories to generate relevant results.
a. Crawler-based Search Engines
b. Human-Powered Directories
c. Hybrid Search Engines
d. Meta Search Engines******Ans.
Question: 25
While grading your website, Google gives credit to outbound links pointing to authority websites?
a. True
b. False*****Ans.

Question: 26
What will the following robots.txt file do?
User-agent:Googlebot
Disallow:/*?
User-agent:Scooter
Disallow:

a. It will allow Google to crawl any of the dynamically generated pages. It will also allow the altavista scooter bot to access every page
b. It will disallow Google from crawling any of the dynamically generated pages. It will also disallow the altavista scooter bot from accessing any page
c. It will disallow Google from crawling any of the dynamically generated pages. It will allow the altavista scooter bot to access every page*****Ans.
d. None of the above

Question: 27
Which of the following statements regarding website content are correct?
a. If you have two versions of a document on your website, Google recommends that you only
allow the indexing of the better version*****Ans.
b. Linking to a page inconsistently does not affect the way Google views the page/s. Examples of
inconsistent linking could be http://www.expertrating.com/page/and
http://www.expertrating.com/page and http://www.expertrating.com/page/index.htm
c. Syndicating your content could lead to Google viewing the material as duplicate
d. Placeholders for pages which do not have content are never viewed as duplicate content
by Google
Question: 28
Which of the following facts about Alexa are correct?
a. Alexa provides free data on relative website visitor traffic*****Ans.
b. Alexa and Quantcast provide information on visitor household incomes
c. Alexa is biased towards US based traffic
d. Quantcast only tracks people who have installed the Quant cast toolbar

Question: 29
Some words, when followed by a colon, have special meanings to Yahoo. What is performed by the link: operator?
a. It shows all the outbound links from the URL
b. It shows how many pages of the site Yahoo is pointing to
c. It shows all the pages that point to that URL********Ans
d. It shows URLs with broken links

Question: 30
Implementing a 301 Permanent Redirects on the old pages to redirect to the new pages is a good idea from the SEO perspective.
a. True
b. False*****Ans.

Question: 31
Cloaking is a controversial SEO technique. What does it involve?
a. Increasing the keyword density on the web pages
b. Offering a different set of web pages to the search engines
c. Hiding the keywords within the webpage
d. Creating multiple pages and hiding them from the website visitors*****Ans.

Question: 32
Which black hat SEO technique is characterized by a method to deceive search engines, by detecting the search engine bot and "feeding" it with a different HTML code than the HTML actually served to users?
a. Coating
b. Foisting
c. Slighting
d. Cloaking*****Ans.

Question: 33
A Hallway Page is used to:
a. Attract visitors from the search engines straight onto the Hallway Page
b. Organize the Doorway Pages
c. Help people navigate to different Doorway Pages
d. Enable search engine bots to index the Doorway Pages*****Ans.

Question: 34
What is the function of "indexer" part of the Google search engine?
a. It helps to retrieve web pages from the world wide web
b. It helps to gather information from other search engines
c. It helps to sort the documents that Google has retrieved
d. It helps to generate meaningful results based upon the user's search term*****Ans.

Question: 35
Which of the following statements about the Google Sitemap are correct:
a. Repeated submission of the Sitemap to Google could be penalized*****Ans.
b. It is possible to create and submit specialized Sitemaps to Google for Video and Mobile content
c. The Sitemap acceptable to Google follows an XML format

Question: 36
Which of the following statement about RSS is correct?
a. It is a form of XML*****Ans.
b. It stands for Realtime streamlined syndication
c. It is a good way of displaying static information
d. It is a Microsoft technology

Question: 37
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?
a. Spreading
b. Dilating
c. RSD (real time synonym detection)
d. Stemming*****Ans.
e. Branching

Question: 38
The following robots meta tag directs the search engine bots:

a. Not to index the homepage and not to follow the links in the page
b. Not to index the page and not to follow the links in the page*****Ans.
c. To index the page and not to follow the links in the page
d. Not to index the page but to follow the links in the page

Question: 39
What does the term Keyword Prominence refer to?
a. It refers to the fact that the importance of choosing high traffic keywords leads to the best
return on investment
b. It refers to the importance attached to getting the right keyword density
c. It refers to the fact that the keywords placed in important parts of a webpage are given priority
by the search engines*****Ans.
d. It refers to the fact that the keywords in bold font are given priority by the search engines
Question: 40
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"?
a. Yes
b. No****Ans.

Question : 41
Why is it bad idea from SEO perspective to host free articles and write ups that are very common on the internet?
a. Because they will not lead to fresh traffic
b. Because you could be penalize by search engine for using duplicate contents *****Ans.
c. Because you will not get the benefits of proper keyword targeting
d. Because people could turn up claiming copyright infringement

Question : 42
What is keyword density?
a. The number of times the keyword is used / (divided by) the total word count on page - (minus) the total words in HTML on the page
b. Combination of the number of times a keyword or a keyword phrase, in proportion with other words, appears on a Web page*****Ans.
c. The number of times the keyword is used in the page description
d. The number of times the keyword is used in the page title
e. The number of times the keyword is used / (DIVIDED BY) the total word count on the page

Question : 43
Google displays up to _____ characters if a webpage's Title Tag.
a. 56
b. 60
c. 66
d. 80******Ans.

Question : 44
Which of the following search engines offers a popular list of the top 50 most searched keywords?
a. Google
b. Yahoo
c. AOL
d. Lycos***Ans.

Question: 45
Which of the following website design guidelines have been recommended by Google?
a. Having a clear hierarchy and text links
b. Every page should be reachable from at least one static text link*****Ans.
c. If the site map is larger than 100 or so links, you should break the site map into separate pages
d. Keeping the links on a given page to a reasonable number (fewer than 100)
e. Use less than 30 images or graphics per page

Question: 46
What is Anchor Text?
a. It is the main body of text on a particular web page
b. It is the text within the left or top panel of a webpage
c. It is the visible text that is hyper linked to another page*****Ans.
d. It is the most prominent text on the page that the search engines use to assign a title to the page

Question : 47
Which of the following search engines or directories provides the main search results for AOL?
a. Lycos
b. DMOZ
c. Google*****Ans.
d. Yahoo
e. Windows Live
Question: 48
Which of the following statements is correct with regard to natural links?
a. They are two way links (reciprocal links) ******Ans.
b. They are from authority website
c. They are voluntary in nature
d. They are from edu or gov extension websites
Question: 49
What is the main reason for the effectiveness of optimizing a webpage towards a long tail keyword search?
a. There are more long tail searches than shorter keyword queries******Ans.
b. Search engines often pass on long tail searches to lesser known and new websites
c. Search engines do not pass on long tail search traffic to websites that rank high for shorter keyword searches
d. There are fewer websites that have targeted such keywords
Question: 50
If you enter `Help site: www.expertrating.com’ in the Google search box, what will Google search for?
a. It will open up the Google help pages applicable to www.expertrating.com******Ans.
b. It will find pages about help within www.expertrating.com
c. It will only find pages title about help within www.expertrating.com
d. It will direct you to the request page for the re-indexing of www.expertrating.com

Question: 51
Which of the following search engines or directories provides the directory search results for Yahoo?
a. Windows Live
b. Yahoo Directory****Ans.
c. Google
d. Wikipedia
e. DMOZ

Question: 52
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?
a. Yes*****Ans.
b. No

Question: 53
What term is commonly used to describe the shuffling of positions in search engine results in between major updates?
a. Waves
b. Flux******Ans.
c. Shuffling
d. Swaying

Question: 54
What does the 301 server response code signify?
a. Not Modified
b. Moved Permanently******Ans.
c. syntax error in the request
d. Payment is required
e. The request must be authorized before it can take place

Question: 55
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”?
a. Yahoo Search Term Suggestion Tool
b. Alexa
c. Google Traffic Estimator
d. Google Trends******Ans.
e. WordTracker

Question: 56
Which of the following can be termed as appropriate Keyword Density?
a. 0.01-0.1%
b. 0.1-1%
c. 3-4%.*******Ans.
d. 7-10%
f. None of above

Question: 57
Which of the following are examples of agents?
a. Internet Explorer
b. Search engine spiders *******(Ans. A, B & C)******
c. Opera
d. SQL Server database attached to a website

Question: 58
Google gives priority to themed in-bound links.
a. True*****Ans.
b. False

Question: 59
Which of the following factors have an impact on the Google Page Rank?
a. The total number of inbound links to a page of a web site
b. The subject matter of the site providing the inbound link to a page of a web site.
c. The text used to describe the inbound link to a page of a web site
d. The number of outbound links on the page that contains the inbound link to a page of a web site
*******Ans.

Question: 60
Which of the following options is correct regarding the Keyword Effectiveness Index (KEI) of a particular keyword?
a. It is directly proportional to the popularity of the keyword******Ans.
b. It is inversely proportional to the competition for the keyword
c. It is directly proportional to the chances of the keyword ranking on the first page of the Google
Search results



Question: 61
Which of the following methods can help you get around the Google Sandbox?
a. Buying an old Website and getting it ranked
b. Buying a Google Ad words PPC campaign
c. Placing the website on a sub domain of a ranked website and then 301 re-directing the site after it
has been indexed*****Ans.
d. Getting a DMOZ listing

Question: 62
Which of the following are examples of agents?
a. Internet Explorer
b. Search engine spiders*****Ans.
c. Opera
d. SQL Server database attached to a website

Question: 63
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?
a. The text of the paid links should state the words "paid text link" for Google to identify it as a
paid link
b. Only Paid text links to non-profit websites should be accepted
c. Paid links should be disclosed through the "rel=nofollow" attribute in the hyperlink*****Ans.
d. Paid links should be disclosed through the "index=nofollow" attribute in the hyperlink

 

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Question 

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

a* Targeting synonyms of the main keyword (ans) A & D
b.Targeting the highest searched keywords only
c.Copying competitor keywords
d.Optimizing 5 or more keywords per page

Ans: D



Question

Which blackhat Seo techniques is characterized by a method to decieve search engine, by detecting the search engine bot and "feeding" it with a different HTML code than the HTML actually served to users?

a.Coaling
b.Foisting
c.Slighting
d.Cloaking

Ans: D



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

a.Because they will not lead to fresh traffic
b.Because you could be penalize by search engine for using duplicate contents (ans)
c.Because you will not get the benefits of proper keyword targeting
d.because people could turn up claiming copyright infirigement

Ans: B


 What will happen if you type the word 'Certification-Networking' in the google search box?

a.Google will find the web pages about "certification" and also containing the word "networking"
b.Google will find ALL the web pages containing the word word "Certification" and "Networking"
c.*Google will find ALL the web pages in which the words "Certification" and "Networking" appear together. (ans)
d.Google will find the web pages about Certification that do not contain the word Networking


Ans: C


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

a. The frequency with which the contents of the website is updated
b. the number of web pages containing relevant information on the main theme of the website
c.*The number of in-bound natural links related to the website's theme (or keywords)
d. None of the above

ans: C

What is keyword density?

a.The number of times the keyword is used / (divided by) the total word count on page - (minus) the total words in HTML on the page
b.The number of times the keyword is used x (multiply by) the total word count on page.
c.The number of times the keyword is used in the page description
d.The number of times the keyword is used in the page title
e*The number of times the keyword is used / (divided by) the total word count on the page. (ans)


Ans: E

Which of the following statement about FFA pages are true?

a.They are greatly beneficial to SEO
b.They are also called Link Farms
c.They are Paid Listings
d*They contain numerous inbound links

Ans: B

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

a.Traffic jacking
b.Visitors Jacking
c.View Jacking
d* Page Jacking

Ans: D

What is the most likely time period required for getting a google page ranking?

a.1 week
b. 3 weeks
c. 1 month
d.* More than 3 months

ans: D

question

Some words, when followed by a colon, have special meanings to yahoo. What is perfermed by the link:Operator?
a. it shows all the outbound links from the url
b. It shows how many pages of the site yahoo is pointing to
c. It shows all the pages that point to that url
d. It show url's with broken links

Ans: C

 

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Question

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

a. Targeting synonyms of the main keyword (ans) A & D

b. Targeting the highest searched keywords only

c. Copying competitor keywords

d. Optimizing 5 or more keywords per page

 

 

  2.Which black hat SEO techniques is characterized by a method to deceive search engine, by detecting the search engine bot and "feeding" it with a different HTML code than the HTML actually served to users?

a.Coaling 

b.Foisting

c.Slighting

d.Cloaking

 

 

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

  a.Because they will not lead to fresh traffic

 
b.Because you could be penalize by search engine for using duplicate contents (ans)

c.Because you will not get the benefits of proper keyword targeting

d.because people could turn up claiming copyright infringement

 

 

 4.What will happen if you type the word 'Certification-Networking' in the Google search box?

 

a.Google will find the web pages about "certification" and also containing the word "networking"

b.Google will find ALL the web pages containing the word word "Certification" and "Networking"

 
c.Google will find ALL the web pages in which the words "Certification" and "Networking" appear together. (ans)

d.Google will find the web pages about Certification that do not contain the word Networking

 

 

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

a. The frequency with which the contents of the website is updated

b. the number of web pages containing relevant information on the main theme of the website

 
c.The number of in-bound natural links related to the website's theme (or keywords)

d. None of the above 

 

 

6.What is keyword density?

 a.The number of times the keyword is used / (divided by) the total word count on page - (minus) the total words in HTML on the page

b.The number of times the keyword is used x (multiply by) the total word count on page.

c.The number of times the keyword is used in the page description

d.The number of times the keyword is used in the page title

e.The number of times the keyword is used / (divided by) the total word count on the page. (ans)

 

 

7.Which of the following statement about FFA pages are true?

  a.They are greatly beneficial to SEO

b.They are also called Link Farms

c.They are Paid Listings

d.They contain numerous inbound links

 

 

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

a.Traffic jacking 

b.Visitors Jacking

c.View Jacking

d.Page Jacking

 

 

 

9.What is the most likely time period required for getting a google page ranking?  

a. 1 week

b. 3 weeks

c. 1 month

d. More than 3 months  

 

 

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

a. it shows all the outbound links from the URL

b. It shows how many pages of the site yahoo is pointing to

c. It shows all the pages that point to that URL

d. It show URL's with broken links

11.What is the function of "indexer" part of the Google search engine?

a.It helps to retrieve web pages from the world wide web

b.It helps to gather information from other search engines

c.It helps to sort the documents that Google has retrieved

d.It helps to generate meaningful results based upon the user's search term





12.Google displays up to _____ characters of a webpage's Title Tag. How many title tag Google displays up to web page’s

a.56

b.60

c.66

d.80

13.which search engine technology prevents a website from appearing in numerous top  positions in the search engine result pages
 
 Ans:clustering





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

a.20% of the webpages of the website have been indexed by the search engine

b.Only 20% of the pages of the website will be indexed by the search engine

c.20% of the websites pages will never be indexed

d.The website ranks in the first 20% of all websites indexed by the search engine for its most important search terms  

 

 

15.Which of the following statements about Google's technical and quality guidelines is true?

a.It is advantageous if your web server supports the If-Modified-Since HTTP header

b.If using dynamic pages, it helps to keep the parameters short and the number of them few

c.Avoid using robots.txt to prevent crawling of search results pages or other auto-generated pages, even if they don't add much value for users coming from search engines

e.Submitting new pages of your website at http://www.google.com/addurl.html as soon as they are online, helps to speed up indexing 

 

16.Implementing a 301 permanent Redirects on the old pages to redirect to the new pages is a good idea from the SEO perspective ?

a.True
b.False

 

17.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?

a.Spreading

b.Dilating

c.RSD (real time synonym detection)

d.Stemming

e.Branching

18.Are RSS/Atom feeds returned in Google's search results?

a.Yes

b.No 

19.All major search engines are case sensitive.

a. True

b. False 

 

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

a.Increasing the keyword density on the web pages

b.Offering a different set of web pages to the search engines   

c.Hiding the keywords within the webpage

d.Creating multiple pages and hiding them from the website visitors

 

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

a.It should be about 50 characters in length

b.The description should not contain the keywords

c.If the meta description is not included, the search engines will use the meta keywords for information

d.Google uses the meta description to generate the search engine results pages  

 

 

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

a.Making a keyword bold does not influence the way that the search engine looks at the keyword
 

b.Websites with deep linking are looked at favorably by search engines

c.search engine robots follow the first link they find to any particular page and they do not follow additional links to the same page

d.It is not a good idea to have the same anchor text for all inbound links as it could look automated to the

 

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

 a.The total number of inbound links to a page of a web site 

b.The subject matter of the site providing the inbound link to a page of a web site

c.The text used to describe the inbound link to a page of a web site

d.The number of outbound links on the page that contains the inbound link to a page of a web site

24.Which of the following is an ethical SEO Technique ?

Ans:Non of the above.

25.What is Anchor Text?

a. It is the main body of text on a particular web page
b. It is the text within the left or top panel of a web page
c. It is the visible text that is hyper linked to another page
d. It is the most prominent text on the page that the search engines use to assign a title to the page

26.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?

a. The text of the paid links should state the words “paid text link” for Google to identify it as a paid link
b. Only Paid text links to non profit websites should be accepted
c. Paid links should be disclosed through the “rel=nofollow” attribute in the hyperlink
d. Paid links should be disclosed through the “index=nofollow” attribute in the hyperlink

27.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"?

a. Yes
b. No

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

a. It will open up the Google help pages applicable to www.example.com
b. It will find pages about help within www.example.com
c. It will only find page titles about help within www.example.com
d. It will direct you to the request page for re-indexing of www.example.com

29.Which of the following website design guidelines have been recommended by Google?

a. Having a clear hierarchy and text links
b. Every page should be reachable from at least one static text link
c. If the site map is larger than 100 or so links, you should break the site map into separate pages
d. Keeping the links on a given page to a reasonable number (fewer than 100)
e. Use less than 30 images or graphics per page

30.Which of the following statements regarding website content are correct?

a. If you have two versions of a document on your website, Google recommends that you only allow the indexing of the better version
 

b. Linking to a page inconsistently does not affect the way Google views the page/s. Examples of inconsistent linking could be http://www.go4expert.com/page/ and http://www.go4expert.com/page and http://www.go4expert.com/page/index.htm.
 

c. Syndicating your content could lead to Google viewing the material as duplicate
 

d. Placeholders for pages which do not have content are never viewed as duplicate content by Google

31.Which of the following statements about RSS are correct?

a. It is a form of XML
b. It stands for Real time streamlined syndication
c. It is a good way of displaying static information
d. It is a Microsoft technology

32.what is the main reason for the effectiveness of optimizing a webpages towards a long  tail keyword search

Ans: There are fewer websites that have targeted such keywords.

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

 a. Site maps help the search engine editorial staff to quickly go through a website, hence ensuring quicker placement
 
b. Google gives credit to the websites having site maps. The GoogleBot looks for the keyword or title “Site Map” on the home page of a website.
 
c. Site maps help the search engine spider pick up more pages from the website
 
d. None of the above

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

a.Hiding text on the webpage b.Stuffing keywords on the webpage

c.Linking to sites banned by Google

d.None of the above 

35.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?

a.Yes

b.No

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

a.Red hat techniques

b.Silver hat techniques

c.Grey hat techniques

d.Shady hat techniques   

37.What does the term Keyword Prominence refer to?

a. It refers to the fact that the importance of choosing high traffic keywords leads to the best return on investment
 
b. It refers to the importance attached to getting the right keyword density
 
c. It refers to the fact that the keywords placed in important parts of a webpage are given priority by the search engines
 

d. It refers to the fact that the keywords in bold font are given priority by the search engines

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

a. it shows all the outbound links from the url

b. It shows how many pages of the site yahoo is pointing to

c. It shows all the pages that point to that url

d. It show url’s with broken links

39.Do search engines such as Google detect natural linking patterns by checking the  Class C IP address of the page where the link to the websites originates ?

a.yes

b.No

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

a.Red hat techniques

b.Silver hat techniques

c.Grey hat techniques 

d.Shady hat techniques   

 

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Cybersecurity Measures for Your Business by Sagar-Ganatra

In August, the Senate voted down the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 with a vote of 52-46, just shy of the 60 votes it needed to pass. The bill was an effort to ensure hackers couldn’t gain access to the computer networks of private companies. It would have also made it easier for private businesses to share critical data and information with the government regarding cyber threats.
The types of businesses that would have been affected by the bill included any that contained “critical infrastructure,” which means that access to the company’s assets could lead to the halt of life-sustaining services (such as food, energy, or water), widespread economic damage, or the degradation of national security capabilities in general.
Even though the bill stalled in the Senate, and in spite of the growing and obvious cyber threat, not all businesses are taking even basic preventative steps. Without proper preparation, these companies risk losing critical data. Below are a few things any business can do to improve its security now.

1. Translate Security Answers to Another Language

Many times, security questions such as “What is your favorite book?” are much easier to break than passwords because they are susceptible to social engineering. Consider translating your answers to another language by using free online translation tools. Switching this up can serve to deter a hacker who may assume you’re sticking to only one language.

2. Start Passwords with a Space

Many modern password cracking tools, like Cain & Abel, do not take spaces into account simply because they aren’t common in passwords. Adding one to your password can throw off complex hacking software. Spaces carry other benefits, too. If you need to write your password down, only you will know a space is also needed at the front or end of it.

3. Don’t Depend on Just AES 256 Encryption

With just a few clicks, AES 256 encryption allows anyone using a PC or Mac to encrypt their files and protect them with a password. That said, there are holes, because AES 256 encryption is only as strong as the master password being used for the encryption. For example, if no randomness is used on data encrypted with AES 256, it is susceptible to the TLS CBC IV attack.

4. Do not use NTLM if the Underlying Protocol is Insecure

If you are accessing a site via HTTP or FTP — both protocols for exchanging files over the internet — never enter your credentials in a Windows authentication popup. Unlike HTTP or FTP, HTTPS and SFTP ensure data being sent from the host computer to the receiver isn’t available in plain text. HTTPS and SFTP ensure the entire transmission is encrypted, so no outside eyes can access usernames and passwords.

5. Use Drive Encryption Software

Use drive encryption software such as BitLocker on all machines. Even if you format your hard drive, sensitive data can easily be recovered from a machine if it is lost or stolen. Drive encryption software is a simple way to prevent this from happening, because it encrypts every bit of data on a storage volume.

6. Create the Right Strong Password

Know that modern computers can break long passwords if they aren’t complex. Creating a strong password is more than just using a longer password or replacing letters with similar-looking numbers. The reason that some passwords take longer to crack is because the “key space” (number of possible permutations) is larger if a password is longer. For instance, a password like “123456789” can be cracked in 15 minutes on a desktop computer, or instantly on a “super” computer. A password like “r3Dcr0W5” takes six years to crack on a desktop and 31 minutes on a super computer. Something more complex, like “%ZBGbv]8g,” takes three years to crack on a super computer.

Free Tricks to Make Facebook Better

Facebook is by far the largest social network on the web. While Mark Zuckerberg has made plenty of great calls in its design, the site — and the way people use it — isn’t as streamlined as it could be.
These 20 tips, tricks and tools will give help take your Facebook experience to the next level. From simple settings options you may have overlooked, to browser plug-ins dedicated to making the social network even better, you’re sure to find something on this list that will make your Facebook time even more addicting than it already is.

Tweak Your Facebook Settings

1. Appear Offline to Certain Friends
By opening your Facebook chat window, clicking the settings icon in the upper right corner and then navigating to “Advanced Settings,” you can customize your chat experience by appearing offline to certain people on your friends list. This tweak will be especially helpful for those of you with chatty acquaintances who like to talk your ear off when you’re online.


2. Reposition Your Timeline Photos
When uploading a new photo, it might not always appear on your feed the way you intended. Particularly long or wide photos have a tendency to be cropped awkwardly, but you can fix this rather easily. By clicking “Edit Photo” from your Timeline page, you gain access to a “Reposition Photo” option. Using this tool, you can move your photo around the preview window so that it appears as you intended.

3. Add Photos to Your Worldly Travels
If you’re a fan of Facebook’s “Places” feature, you can very easily decorate it with pictures to show off your various activities all over the world. On the main Places page, simply click “Add Photos to Map” and start tagging away! If you frequently upload photos directly to your Facebook profile using a mobile app for iPhone or Android, you might find that your map is already pretty well populated.

4. Easily Hide App Notifications
By going into your account settings, navigating to the “Notifications” tab on the left side of the page, you can browse the applications that have permission to populate your news feed. If find that a friend has spammed your feed with an excessive number of app notifications, simply deactivate the offending app. It’s easier than breaking off the friendship.


5. Upload Photos in High Resolution
Sometimes you’ll find that a gorgeous photo you wanted to share with your friends appears tiny and blurry after adding it to your social network profile. Remedy this by going into your Facebook albums and, before uploading a photo, click the “High Quality” box.

6. Use the “View As” Option to Tweak Your Appearance to Specific Friends
Knowing what your friends can see on your Facebook Timeline is an invaluable tool to ensuring your virtual reputation stays intact. From your Timeline page, click the settings icon next to “Activity Log” and then click “View As.” From here you’ll be able to see what specific friends see when they visit your page.

7. Download Your Entire Facebook History
Ever wanted to browse your entire Facebook profile at once — including every status update you’ve ever submitted? Facebook makes it easy. Under your Account Settings page, a small link will appear at the very bottom of the options list. Click “Download a copy of your Facebook data” to begin the process of securing your entire archive.

8. Forward Your Facebook Conversations
Having to repeat yourself is annoying in day-to-day life, and it’s even more of a bother when online. Rather than copying and pasting directions or instructions to multiple people, click the “Actions” tab at the top of any Facebook message thread to access the option to forward it to others. Ta-da! No more double-talk!


9. Turn Chat Sign-in Off by Default
Can’t stand endless chat when you’re simply browsing your status updates? No problem. Click the settings icon in the main Facebook chat window, and click “Turn off chat” to have all future messages sent to your inbox, rather than pop-up in realtime on your screen.

10. Use Facebook to Design Your Business Card
If you’ve put a lot of work into making your Timeline page reflect exactly who you are, consider using it as a pre-designed business card. Clicking the “About” link — located under your name on your Timeline — lets you browse your social network details. In the Contact Info window is a small business card icon that will direct you to Moo.com, where you can customize a Facebook-flavored business card and place an order.

Web Tools That Optimize Facebook

11. Analyze Your Facebook History With Wolfram Alpha
For the most comprehensive breakdown of your entire Facebook history, Wolfram Alpha can’t be beat. Simply type “Facebook Report” into the main search bar, approve the app’s use of your Facebook data and wait for the system to break down your history. Once it’s finished, you’ll be treated to a seemingly endless number of graphs and data points showing your update history, most-liked photos and much more.

12. Schedule Facebook Updates With Sendible
Believe it or not, thieves are big fans of Facebook. By finding out when you’ll be away from your home, security experts believe would-be robbers target those who go on a Facebook hiatus. Sendible — an application that allows you to schedule updates even when you’re not near your computer — can keep your online persona active, even when you can’t.


13. Use Twitter to Update Facebook
Sometimes you just don’t have enough time to keep all your social networks up to date, but thankfully Facebook and Twitter play nice together with a little tweaking. Head to the Twitter app page on Facebook to begin the process of syncing your virtual social lives. After authorizing the Facebook app via Twitter, all your tweets will appear on Facebook as status updates.

14. Export Your Facebook Calendar to Your PC
Make sure you don’t miss any important events by exporting your Facebook calendar to either Microsoft Outlook or Apple iCal. Head to your Facebook calendar (located under the “Events” tab on the Facebook navigation bar) and click the settings icon. Click “Export,” and then choose either your Facebook birthday list or upcoming events. Your desktop’s calendar app should launch immediately, making the process even more streamlined.

Chrome Extensions for Facebook

15. Facebook Photo Zoom
Using this extension, you no longer have to click on the photos in your news feed in order to view them in full size. Simply move your mouse cursor over the image thumbnail and the larger version will pop up right in front of you. You can even adjust the zoom by moving the mouse back and forth over the photo itself. It’s like magic.


16. Revert Facebook Photo Viewer
If you’re not into real-time photo zooming, this extension turns back the clock on your Facebook’s photo feature. Rather than displaying pictures in the new “Theater” layout, photos will appear on their own pages, complete with the full comments section and “Like” options.

17. Facebook Chat Notifications
Have you ever left a Facebook tab open on your web browser and missed an urget message from a friend? This handy plugin produces a pop-up window on your desktop to notify you when someone needs to chat, ensuring you never miss an important bit of info.

Firefox Add-Ons for Facebook

18. Like the Page
If you’re a Firefox user, you can use this add-on to instantly share any web page they come across, even when the site doesn’t have a built-in Facebook share button. A small “Like” icon will pop up at the bottom of every browser window, and all it takes it a click to share your find with the world.

19. FB Purity
This plug-in returns your Facebook to an earlier day, back when spammers and useless clutter wasn’t a hinderance to your browsing habits. You can hide any type of notification you wish, including birthdays, relationship updates, tagged photos, links and much more. You can make your social experience as simple as you wish.

20. Facebook Auto-Logout
Do you hate it when you accidentally leave yourself signed in to the social network, only to come back to missed chat messages and anxiety over whether someone else was browsing your digital life? This handy add-on will automatically sign you out of your Facebook windows if you’ve been inactive for too long, ensuring that nobody can snoop your info