Search Engine Algorithm Quiz

Let’s have a little fun today with a short quiz. How well do you know the Google search algorithms and what they do? Check out your smarts below. Panda stuffed animal Search Algorithm Quiz Q – Panda If you are human, leave this field blank. First released in 2011, Google’s Panda update is one of the most popular. It’s purpose continues to be one of the most important today. Which statement represents the Panda algorithm: Sites that take their time to load or do anything interactive are favored by the Panda algorithm, just like it’s representation. Panda prevents sites that have too many ads blocking their good content from ranking well. Websites with poor quality content should not rank well on Google, so Panda’s job is to penalize the really bad sites out there. That way good quality sites will rise to the top. Submit Hummingbird stuffed animal Search Algorithm Quiz Q – Hummingbird If you are human, leave this field blank. The Hummingbird algorithm was released in 2013, taking the attributes of “precise and fast” from its bird representation. This algorithm: Ranks sites higher when the same keywords are repeated many, many times on a page. This makes it clear and precise to the visitor and they leave quickly. Ranks sites higher when it recognizes visitors have found the exact information they needed and then left the site right away. Pays more attention to each word in a query – Pages that exactly match the meaning of the query will rank better and deliver higher ranking results than those that are more vague. Submit mobile phone stuffed toy Search Algorithm Quiz Q – Mobilegeddon If you are human, leave this field blank. Google’s mobile friendly algorithm originally was released in April, 2015. It gave a boost in ranking to sites that could be viewed and navigated well on a mobile phone. It subsequently forced us all to ensure our websites can be read and interacted with on a much smaller screen. This algorithm is now being updated to rank fast mobile sites much higher than slow ones. Another name for this algorithm is: * Go mobile Mobilegeddon Mobile first Submit Pirate stuffed animal Search Algorithm Quiz Q – Pirate If you are human, leave this field blank. The Pirate Update was released in August, 2012. It’s job is to: Prevent sites with copyright infringement reports from ranking well. Provide more useful, relevant and accurate local search results using traditional web search ranking signals. View sites as if users only have one eye. Submit Three images of stuffed animals-two foxes facing backwards-a-medical-teddy-bear-a-teddy-bear-with-treasure-chest-for-payday Search Algorithm Quiz Q – Medic If you are human, leave this field blank. My focus is to find sites that do not meet Google’s Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines (E.A.T.) and ensure they don’t rank well. Other algorithms do this too, but I’m the first one that made a big dent in the health, fitness and medical sites although that was not specifically intended. Although Google doesn’t really say I’m its own algorithm update, the SEO community gave me a name anyway. Released in August, 2018, who am I? EMD Medic Payday Submit Search Algorithm Quiz Q – Possum If you are human, leave this field blank. The Possum Update was released in September, 2016. It’s job is to: Prevent sites from ranking that don’t get updated very often Make the 3-pack and local finder parts of Google My Business more meaningful. Among other things, I allow businesses that are not exactly in the city limits to still rank well for searches inside that city. Rank sites higher that were sleeping or playing possum to suddenly rank very high after just one update Submit Search Algorithm Quiz Q – Penguin If you are human, leave this field blank. Penguin is the name of an algorithm released in April, 2012. It’s purpose is to: Catch sites that attempt to spam search results by using purchased or unhelpful backlinks. Give priority to sites located near the colder areas to give those businesses a fight chance, much like Penguins. Make sure that sites with quizzes about search algorithms get bombarded with the white stuff. Submit Thanks for taking our quiz! How did you do? Did I mention prizes for all correct answers? Glad I didn’t, because there aren’t any. Sorry. Top Of The List stays on top of all the algorithm changes to ensure its clients continue to keep their websites in the best possible position for top placement on Google and other search engines. It’s a constantly changing environment, but it’s a lot of fun too! Contact us if you’re interested in driving more quality traffic and leads to your website. We’ll do our very best to help you succeed online.

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