Test Your Panda And Penguin Knowledge
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Where did the name for the Panda update come from?
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A very smart engineer
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In honor of Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing pandas that were a gift from China to the US
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It was a favorite childhood toy of Google co-founder, Sergey Brin
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Explore the intricacies of Google's Panda and Penguin updates with this quiz. Understand their origins, purposes, and impacts on website rankings through engaging questions that bridge technology and digital marketing.
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The Panda’s diet is primarily what food?
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Eggs
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Grass
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Wild tubers
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Bamboo
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A. BambooExplanation
Answer: D.
The Panda’s diet is 99% bamboo.Rate this question:
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Google’s Penguin update launched in what month?
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January 2012
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February 2012
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March 2012
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April 2012
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A. April 2012Explanation
Answer: D.
Google’s Penguin update was first launched on April 24, 2012.Rate this question:
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Google’s Penguin update is designed to decrease search engine rankings of websites that:
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Focus on aquatic animals
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Participate in link schemes
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Use White-Hat SEO tactics
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A. Participate in link schemesExplanation
Answer is B.
Google created Penguin to decrease the search engine rankings of websites that participate in link-building schemes and link spam. These are generally referred to as Black-Hat SEO Techniques – as opposed to White-Hat SEO techniques, which Google approves.Rate this question:
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Penguins live almost exclusively in:
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The Southern Hemisphere
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The Northern Hemisphere
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A. The Southern HemisphereExplanation
Answer: A
Penguins live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, especially AntarcticaRate this question:
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How do you know if you’ve been hit by Panda or Penguin?
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An image of a Panda or a Penguin will appear on your website
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Google will call your webmaster
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You will see a drop in visits to your site
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A. You will see a drop in visits to your siteExplanation
Answer: C.
In most cases, if you are hit by an algorithm update such as Penguin or Panda, you will see a decrease in site visits. Google may also contact you; however, they won’t call, they will provide a message via Webmaster Tools.Rate this question:
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Google’s Panda Update launched in what month?
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January 2011
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February 2011
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March 2011
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April 2011
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A. February 2011Explanation
Answer: B.
Google originally launched Panda in February of 2011, however it did not get widely publicized until later in the year when it was rolled out globally.Rate this question:
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Google’s Panda update is focused on devaluing sites which have which of the following attributes:
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More than 1,000 web pages
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Poor site architecture
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Web pages with very little content
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A. Web pages with very little contentExplanation
Answer: C.
Google’s Panda Update is focused on lowering the rank of sites with very little content (also known as thin websites) and return higher-quality sites near the top of the search results.Rate this question:
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List which one of the following is not a reason that Google continues to make changes to its search engine?
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Provide better search results
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Google hates SEO
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Make life difficult for companies like Top Floor Technologies
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A. Make life difficult for companies like Top Floor TechnologiesExplanation
Answer: C.
According to Matt Cutts, who is Google’s head of Webspam, Google doesn’t hate SEO. In fact, they provide a listing of guidelines on Webmaster Tools to help companies optimize their websites the right way. However, Matt has also said that Google intends on making it more difficult for companies like Top Floor Technologies, who specialize in Search engine Optimization.Rate this question:
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What would not be an example of something impacted by Google’s Over-optimization Penalty?
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Putting 10 keywords in a title tag
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Excessive use of no-follow tags
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Unnecessarily repeating keywords just so you have a higher chance of ranking
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A. Excessive use of no-follow tagsExplanation
Answer is B.
Google will not penalize you for having too many no-follow tags, which is an HTML tag that protects a website by preventing page authority to be passed to other websites. Google doesn’t care how many no-follow tags your site has.
While Google doesn’t have hard and fast rules on what constitutes over-optimization, it will look for sites that do things (such as stuffing 10 keywords in title tag or unnecessarily repeating keywords) for the explicit purposes of ranking high for a keyword.Rate this question:
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