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HubSpot SEO CertificationUpdated

What is the primary goal of a search engine?

To drive the most amount of traffic to their own pages
To serve users the most relevant content that matches their search query
To personalize search results for individual users
To index pages as fast as possible

Correct Answer

To serve users the most relevant content that matches their search query

About the HubSpot SEO Certification

The HubSpot SEO Certification covers the foundations of search engine optimisation: keyword research, on-page optimisation, topic clusters and pillar pages, technical SEO and earning backlinks.

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  1. 1Jo is a marketer at Papier, a stationery company that does most of their business online. Jo has noticed that Papier is falling behind their competitors in search results and wants to improve their ranking and clickthrough rate. How should Jo go about optimizing the Papier website for this goal?
  2. 2Chris is a marketing manager at The Pet Box, which offers subscription boxes for pet owners. Chris wants to increase traffic to The Pet Box’s main product page. Right now that page ranks on the second page of search results for their target keyword. Chris has started improving the on-page SEO of the page, optimizing it for their target keyword, and seeking backlinks from popular pet care blogs. In order to track progress towards their goal, which metrics should Chris track?
  3. 3Dr. Dave Driscoll, a very credible and well respected authority on dentistry, just linked to a blog post that you wrote about how to floss from his website. When Google assesses the authority of your post and recognizes the link from Dr. Driscoll’s website, which search engine function is at play?
  4. 4When building a relationship with the goal of receiving backlinks, what is the first thing you should do?
  5. 5How do you build discovery and relevance for search engines?
  6. 6How do search engines use sitemaps?