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Monday, November 12, 2012

SEO QUIZ - 3

1.  A link from PR5 or 5 links from PR4 websites. Which is better for ranking? (You can select several answers)

   1. Depends on the theme of those websites
   2. One link from PR5 is better
   3. Five links from PR4 overcome one PR5 link
   4. They have approx. the same value
   5. In some situations one PR5 is better, in others – five PR4 provide more link juice

Explanation: PageRank value displayed on Google Toolbar is a discrete number from 0 to 10. However, the real PageRank value hidden deep inside Google’s algorithms is a fraction between 0 and 1. Some threshold values of this real PR correspond to numeric values of the toolbar PR.

This means that a PR4 site may have a value of its real PageRank just a tiny bit more than a threshold between PR3 and PR4 of the toolbar, or on the opposite, it may have a tiny bit lesser value than a threshold between PR4 and PR5.

This makes a huge difference, as in fact in the first case the site is PR3+ (a little better than PR3), while in the second case it is PR5- (a little worse than PR5). So depending on the situation, five PR4 links may be better than one PR5, or the opposite.

Also, the topic of a website is even more important factor, because a link from an irrelevant site will be devalued and won’t help you at all, regardless of its PageRank.

2.  Is it safe to use JavaScript navigation? (select one answer)

   1. Yes, Google is smart enough to read and follow JS links
   2. Nope, Google won’t read JS links
   3. It is safe as long as there are alternative non-JavaScript text links

Explanation: At this time, Google doesn’t read JavaScript links and doesn’t follow them, so you need to put some alternative text versions of your links if you want your site to be crawled in full. However, Google is smart indeed and it may start reading JavaScript very soon, at least partially.

3.  Would Google penalize you if you maked an H1 tag look like normal text by means of CSS? (select one answer)

   1. Yes
   2. No

Explanation: It is a bad practice to hide header tags like that, because headings should work as headings. If you want to emphasize some text, use <strong> or <em> tags instead. Though, Google doesn't seem to penalize you for that as long as you don't stuff a text with headings all over.


SEO QUIZ 1 : http://webindiainternetservices.blogspot.in/2012/10/seo-quiz.html
SEO QUIZ 2 : http://webindiainternetservices.blogspot.in/2012/11/seo-quiz-2.html

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